Boris Pahor

Slovenian writer (1913-2022) · Italy · On the map · Writers · Died at 108

Boris Pahor, OMRI was a Slovene novelist from Trieste, Italy, who was best known for his heartfelt descriptions of life as a member of the Slovenian minority in pre-Second World War increasingly fascist Italy as well as a Nazi concentration camp survivor.

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2022Died30 May 20222020Decoration for Exceptional MeritsAward2008Viareggio-Versilia International PrizeAward2007Knight of the Legion of HonourAward2002Preis der SWR-BestenlisteAward1992Prešeren AwardAward1913Born26 August 1913

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View of Trieste, "The City in the Bay" from Pahor's novels

View of Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp after liberation

Boris Pahor at a public event together with the historians Milica Kacin Wohinz (left) and Marta Verginella (right)

Pahor in June 2015

Awards

Decoration for Exceptional Merits2020

Viareggio-Versilia International Prize2008

Knight of the Legion of Honour2007

Preis der SWR-Bestenliste2002

Prešeren Award1992

Order of Freedom of the Republic of Slovenia

Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres

About this person

In his novel Necropolis he visits the Natzweiler-Struthof camp twenty years after his relocation to Dachau. Following Dachau, he was relocated three more times: to Mittelbau-Dora, to Harzungen, and finally to Bergen-Belsen, which was liberated on 15 April 1945.

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Italy