Several hundred people gathered at St Ana’s Cemetery to lay to rest Boris Pahor, one of the greatest Slovenian writers. Pahor was paid respects by several Slovenian politicians and other public figures, who highlighted the high moral and ethical standards of the writer and witness to all three totalitarianisms. Many of his compatriots from Slovenia …
The great Slovenian writer Boris Pahor died at the age of 109 at his home in Trieste. All his life he warned of the dangers of totalitarian regimes, of which he was a victim. His most famous work is the Necropolis, in which he described the camp experience and with which he became famous throughout …
A commemoration was held on Wednesday evening at the National Hall in Trieste to pay tribute to late Slovenian author Boris Pahor, who died aged 108 in Trieste on Monday. Slovenian President Borut Pahor remembered him as a “stubborn and strong-willed person with a clearly developed moral compass, a man who embodied the resistance against …
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“And it was that national consciousness that helped him brave three totalitarian regimes: fascism, Nazism, and capitalism,” was one of the statements in a report on the late Boris Pahor on the news programme Svet (the World) on the commercial television station Kanal A. The fact that a news media outlet with nationwide coverage can …
At the age of 108, the Trieste writer Boris Pahor has died, Radio Slovenia reported on Monday, the 30th of May. Throughout his life, Pahor warned of the dangers of totalitarian regimes, as he was also a victim of said regimes. His most famous work is the book Nekropola (Necropolis), in which he described his …
