10 Facts About Vladimir Bartol

Vladimir Bartol was a writer from the Slovene minority in Italy.

Vladimir Bartol is best known for his 1938 novel Alamut, the most popular work of Slovene literature around the world, which has been translated into numerous languages.

Vladimir Bartol's father Gregor Bartol was a post office clerk, and his mother Marica Bartol Nadlisek was a teacher, a renowned editor and feminist author.

Vladimir Bartol was the third child of seven and his parents offered him extensive education.

Vladimir Bartol's mother introduced him to painting, while his father shared with him his interest in biology.

Vladimir Bartol began to be interested in philosophy, psychology, and biology, but art, theatre, and literature, as described in his autobiographical short stories.

Vladimir Bartol began his elementary and secondary schooling in Trieste and concluded it in Ljubljana, where he enrolled at the University of Ljubljana to study biology and philosophy.

Vladimir Bartol gave special attention to the works of Sigmund Freud.

Vladimir Bartol graduated in 1925 and continued his studies at Sorbonne in Paris, for which he obtained a scholarship.

Vladimir Bartol is buried in the Zale cemetery in Ljubljana.