Branko Hofman

Branko Hofman (29 November 1929 – 12 June 1991) was a Slovene poet, writer and playwright. As well as his poetry he is best known for his 1981 novel Noč do jutra (Night Till Morning) that deals with the subject of the Goli Otok prison.

Hofman was born in Rogatec, then part of Yugoslavia, in 1929. He studied Comparative literature at the University of Ljubljana and worked as a journalist at Radio Koper and editor at Večer and the DZS Publishing House.

He won the Levstik Award in 1981 for his book Ringo Star.

Published works

Poetry Pred jutrom (Before Morning), 1951 Za oblaki so zvezde (There Are Stars Behind the Clouds), 1956 Mavrica v dlaneh (The Rainbow in My Palm), 1962 Trapez (Trapezoid), 1970 In večno življenje mesa (And the Eternal Life of Meat), 1972 Pesmi (Poems), 1972 Lok (Arch), 1977 Ne kliči, tu ni škržatov (Don't Call Out, There Are No Cicadas Here), 1989

Prose Vrabčki (Sparrows), 1955 Strah (Fear), 1961 Ljubezen (Love), 1965 Ringo Star (Ringo Star), 1980 Noč do jutra (Night Till Morning), 1981 Tonka Paconka (Tonka Paconka), 1982 Kdo mamici soli pamet (Who Is Being Clever With Mum), 1985 Ringo potepuh (Ringo the Vagabond), 1990

Drama Življenje zmaguje (Life Wins), 1955 Svetloba velike samote (The Light of Great Loneliness), 1957 Zvezde na jutranjem nebu (Stars in the Morning Sky), 1958 Dan in vsi dnevi (The Day and All Days), 1962 Mož brez obraza (The Faceless Man), 1971