Feri Lainšček

Feri Lainšček (born 5 October 1959), also known as Franc Lainšček, is a Slovenian writer, mainly of novels for both adults and youth. Many of his novels have been adapted into films, including the box-office hit Rooster's Breakfast, based on his 1999 novel Petelinji zajtrk. He has won many awards for his novels, and in 2021 he received the Prešeren Lifetime Achievement Award.

Early life and education Feri Lainšček was born on 5 October 1959 into a Slovene Lutheran family in the village of Dolenci (part of Šalovci), in northeastern Slovenia, then part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He studied journalism at the University of Ljubljana.

He started work at Radio Ljubljana, on both the daily news and drama editorial teams, until around 1983, when he became a freelance writer.

His 2007 novel The Untouchables (Nedotakljivi ) became the basis of another film by Naberšnik, Shanghai Gypsy (2012). The book and film tell a multi-generational story of the Slovenian Romani Mirga family, and the film won the Best Screenplay award at the Montreal World Film Festival.

Lainšček has also created works in the Prekmurje Slovene dialect, professing a Prekmurje identity.

Politics In the parliamentary elections of 2008, Lainšček ran for the Slovenian National Assembly for the social liberal party Zares.

Recognition and awards 1986: Kajuh Award, for Raza

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