# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dane-zajc
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:33:01.355Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dane-zajc"
name: "Dane Zajc"
slug: "dane-zajc"
description: "Dane Zajc was a Slovenian poet and playwright. He served as president of the Slovene Writers' Association (1991–1995), and was awarded the prestigious Prešeren Award for lifetime achievement (1981). Together with Edvard Kocbek and Gregor Strniša, he is considered the most important Slovenian poet of the second half of the 20th century."
tagline: "Slovenian poet, playwright, and writer (1929–2005)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dane_Zajc.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1929-10-26"
deathDate: "2005-10-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.12
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.869618666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e187687d-527f-4eed-8489-e2848aad96ad"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dane_Zajc"
    title: "Dane Zajc"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dane_Zajc"
    title: "Dane Zajc"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dane_Zajc"
    title: "Dane Zajc"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dane_Zajc"
    title: "Dane Zajc"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dane_Zajc"
    title: "Dane Zajc"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dane_Zajc"
    title: "Dane Zajc"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%86%2C_%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5"
    title: "Зайц, Дане"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dane_Zajc"
    title: "Dane Zajc"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dane_Zajc"
    title: "Dane Zajc"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dane_Zajc"
    title: "Dane Zajc"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Dane_Zajc"
    title: "Wikiquote"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1159458"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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