Tone Partaljič
Partljič in 2020
Born	(1940-08-05) 5 August 1940 (age 84) Maribor, Drava Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (now in Slovenia)
Occupation	writer, playwright, screenwriter, politician
Notable works	Moj ata, socialistični kulak; Hotel sem prijeti sonce
Notable awards	Prešeren Award 2016 lifetime achievement

Tone Partljič (born 5 August 1940) is a Slovene writer, playwright and politician. Between 1990 and 2004 he was a member of the Slovenian National Assembly, from 1994 as a member of the LDS party. He was also president of the Slovene Writers' Association between 1983 and 1987.^[1]

Partljič was born in Maribor and grew up in Pesnica pri Mariboru. He studied in Maribor and graduated in Slovene and English language in 1965 and worked as a teacher and then as a dramaturge and artistic director at the Slovene National Theatre and the Ljubljana City Theatre. In 1980 he won the Prešeren Foundation Award for his satirical comedies.^[2] In 2016, he was given the Prešeren Award, the highest Slovenian award in the field of artistic creation, for lifetime achievement.^[3]

Partljič began his career as a writer and playwright in the 1960s. His works are characterized by humor, satire, and a deep understanding of human nature, which resonated with Slovenian audiences.^[4] His early plays such as Moj ata, socialistični kulak ("My Dad, the Socialist Kulak")^[5] and Kdo vam je pa to delo ("Who Gave You This Work?")^[6] became significant in Slovenian theatre for their witty critique of societal norms and political life.^[7]

Partljič's body of work includes more than 40 plays, numerous short stories, novels, and screenplays.

• Ribe na plitvini, (1968)
• Naj poje čuk, (1971)
• Tolmun in kamen, (1972)
• Ščuke pa ni, (1973)
• Oskubite jastreba, (1977)
• Nekoč in danes,(1979)
• Za koga naj še molim?,(1980)
• Taki ste, take smo, (1980)
• Nasvidenje nad zvezdami,(1981)
• O, ne, ščuke pa ne, (1982)
• Moj ata, socialistični kulak, (1983)
• Sekretar za humor, (1984)
• Rdeče in sinje med drevjem, (1985)
• Justifikacija, Mestno gledališče ljubljansko, (1986)
• Ščuka, da te kap, (1987)
• Pesnikova žena prihaja, (1989)
• Deni me kot pečat na svoje srce, (1990)
• Moj deda, socialistični mrtvak, (1991)
• Štajerc v Ljubljani, (1995)
• Politika, bolezen moja, (1996)
• Gospa poslančeva, (1996)
• Komedije, (1997)
• Maister in Marjeta, (1998)
• Čistilka Marija, (1998)
• En dan resnice, (1999)
• Krivica boli, (1999)
• Čaj za dve, (2001)
• Edelweis ali Denis in Ditka, (2001)
• Izbrane komedije, (2003)
• Poroka čistilke Marije, (2006)
• Zveze in partnerstva, (2007)
• Za nacionalni interes, (2007)

• Ne glej za pticami, (1967)
• Jalovost, (1971)
• Volk na madridskih ulicah, (1974)
• Nasvidenje nad zvezdami, (1982)
• Pepsi ali provincialni donjuan, (1987)
• Rdeče in sinje med drevjem, (1987)
• Kulturne humoreske, prosim, (1988)
• Prelesti, prelesti, Mladinska knjiga, (1990)
• Goool!: predvolilne humoreske, (1992)
• Mala, Prešernova družba, (1992)
• Pri Mariji Snežni zvoni, (1994)
• Starec za plotom, (1995)
• Samo roko daj, (1997)
• Pisatelj v parlamentu, (1998)
• Usodna privlačnost, (2001)
• Kampanja, (2002)
• Golaž, reka in mostovi, (2003)
• Grob pri Mariji Snežni, (2005)

• Hotel sem prijeti sonce, (1981)
• Slišal sem, kako trava raste, (1990)
• Dupleška mornarica, (1996)
• Maša in Tjaša, (1999)
• General: deset črtic o Rudolfu Maistru, (2006)

• Ščuke pa ni, ščuke pa ne (1980), Slovenian television comedy series

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