About Svetlana Slapšak
Born 1948. Svetlana Slapšak is a Yugoslav and Slovenian anthropologist, classical philologist, translator and writer.
Svetlana Slapšak (; born 18 January 1948) is a Serbian born Slovenian anthropologist, classical philologist, writer, and historian. She has authored the books Svi Grci nazad! : eseji o helenizmu u novijoj srpskoj književnost, Ogledi o bezbrižnosti : srpski intelektualci, nacionalizam i jugoslovenski rat (1994), Leon in Leonina ali Zgodba o vztrajnosti (1997), Ženske ikone antičkog sveta (2006), Zelje in spolnost : iz zgodovinske antropologije hrane : študija o kultni, ritualni in kulturni vlogi zelja (2013), and Antička miturgija : žene (2013). She was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005.
In 2017, Slapšak has signed the Declaration on the Common Language of the Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks and Montenegrins.
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Who is Svetlana Slapšak?
Slovene anthropologist
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Svetlana Slapšak was born on 18 January 1948 in Belgrade.
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Svetlana Slapšak is an anthropologist, classical philologist, translator and writer.
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Svetlana Slapšak is Yugoslav and Slovenian.
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