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[[image:Žarko Petan (2007).jpg|thumb|Žarko Petan]]
'''Žarko Petan''' (27 March 1929 – 2 May 2014) was a Slovenian writer, essayist, screenwriter, and theatre and film director. He is best known as a writer of [[aphorism]]s.

Petan was born into a relatively wealthy urban middle-class family in [[Ljubljana]], Slovenia, then part of the [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia]]. He spent his childhood in [[Zagreb]], [[Croatia]], where his father owned a hotel in the city centre. In 1940, the family moved to [[Maribor]] in Slovenia, where they owned a café. After the [[Axis invasion of Yugoslavia]] in 1941, they moved to [[Trieste]] to escape [[Nazi German]] persecution. After the end of [[World War II]], they returned to Maribor.

Petan soon entered into conflict with the new [[Communist regime]]. In 1949, while serving in the [[Yugoslav People's Army]], he was accused of enemy propaganda and sentenced to 9 years in jail. He was released in 1951, and enrolled in the [[University of Ljubljana]], where he studied economics. After graduation, he enrolled in the [[Academy for Theatre, Radio, Film and Television]] in Ljubljana, where he studied theatre directing.

In the late 1950s, he worked with [[Jože Javoršek]] and [[Bojan Štih]] at the Drama theatre in Ljubljana, which was one of the first theatres to introduce the theatre of the absurd on Yugoslav stages. Together with [[Dominik Smole]], [[Taras Kermauner]] and [[Dane Zajc]], he was one of the co-founders of the alternative theatre [[Stage 57]], which challenged the rigid cultural policies of the [[Titoist]] regime. After the abolition of the theatre by the authorities in 1964, Petan returned to the established theatres.

Between 1992 and 1994, he served as Director General of the [[Radiotelevizija Slovenija|Slovenian National Radio and Television Broadcast]].

Žarko Petan was an extremely prolific writer. He has published more than 60 books in Slovene, and many others in other languages, especially in [[Croatian language|Croatian]]. His work has been translated into more than a dozen foreign languages. He died on 2 May 2014.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.siol.net/kultura/oder/2014/05/umrl_je_zarko_petan.aspx|title=Umrl je Žarko Petan |trans-title=Žarko Petan has died |accessdate=2014-05-03|date=2014-05-03 |work= Siol.net}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.zarko-petan.com/ Home Page]
*{{IMDb name|0676147}}
*[http://www.locutio.si/avtorji.php?ID=194 Complete bibliography]

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