# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bronja-zakelj
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:03:11.890Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bronja-zakelj"
name: "Bronja Žakelj"
slug: "bronja-zakelj"
description: "Bronja Žakelj is a Slovenian writer. Trained in journalism, she currently works in finance. Her debut novel Belo se pere na devetdeset appeared in 2018, and received critical and popular acclaim. The novel is autobiographical, and deals with growing up in Yugoslavia in the 1970s and 1980s. In 2019, Zakelj's book won the 29th Kresnik Award, only the third time a female author has won this prize."
tagline: "Slovenian writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bronja_%C5%BDakelj.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1969-11-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.73
  momentum:             6.329588014981273
  historical:           5.482362666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronja_%C5%BDakelj"
    title: "Bronja Žakelj"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%A7_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AC"
    title: "برونجا شاكيلج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronja_%C5%BDakelj"
    title: "Bronja Žakelj"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronja_%C5%BDakelj"
    title: "Bronja Žakelj"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronja_%C5%BDakelj"
    title: "Bronja Žakelj"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronja_%C5%BDakelj"
    title: "Bronja Žakelj"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q66310832"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump