Alojz Ihan

Alojz Ihan (1961) is a medical doctor, a specialist in clinical microbiology, and Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Ljubljana. In addition to his professional, educational and scientific research in medicine, he is a true man of letters: a poet, a fiction writer and a perspicacious essayist and author of journalistic articles and columns. So far, he has published six books of poetry, four novels and three collections of essays. He has received numerous awards for his literary work, among others the Prešeren Fund Award, Slovenia’s highest award for artistic achievements.

Awards

Prešeren Fund Award 1987
Jenko Award for best poetry collection 1996
Rožanc Award for best essay collection 2013
Slovenian Science Communicator of the year 2021

Books by Alojz Ihan

The Time of Immortality

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