Drago Jančar wins Latisana award

Drago Jančar, the internationally-acclaimed Slovenian writer, has won the 30th Latisana per il Nord Est international literary prize for his 2017 novel And Love Itself (In ljubezen tudi).

The award is presented in Latisana, Italy, to writers who were born or live in in the Italian regions of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trentino-Alto Adige and Veneto, or Austria, Croatia or Slovenia, or whose works are set in these countries or regions or deal with themes relating to them.

Jančar's novel takes place in the occupied Maribor during the Second World War, among the...