Dane Zajc

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Dane Zajc
Born	(1929-10-26)26 October 1929 Zgornja Javoršica, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (now in Slovenia)
Died	20 October 2005(2005-10-20) (aged 75) Ljubljana, Slovenia
Occupation	Poet, Playwright
Literary movement	Existentialism, Surrealism

Dane Zajc (pronunciation^ⓘ) (26 October 1929 – 20 October 2005) was a Slovenian poet and playwright. He served as president of the Slovene Writers' Association (1991–1995), and was awarded the prestigious Prešeren Award for lifetime achievement (1981). Together with Edvard Kocbek and Gregor Strniša, he is considered the most important Slovenian poet of the second half of the 20th century.