Franček Rudolf

Who is Franček Rudolf?

Franček Rudolf is a Slovenian poet, author, screenwriter, playwright, film director, critic and publicist.

Rudolf was born in Lipovci, Slovenia. He grew up in Yugoslavia under Tito, completing high school in Maribor and graduating from the Academy for Theatre, Radio, Film and Television at the University of Ljubljana.

He started out as an actor in 1969, but soon became involved in screenwriting. In the 1970s he worked as a screenwriter and eventually director for Viba Film. In addition to his film and television work, he taught film classes and wrote film reviews in the 1980΄s. In 1994 he became an editor at Radio Slovenije and remained there until his retirement in 2006.

Rudolf's first book of poetry, Dnevi v Predalu, was published in 1968. His most recent poetry volume is Dež, ulice, mesec was published in 2004. His first novel, Kam je mama šla? was published in 1975. Fifteen novels followed, the most recent being Tolmun na dnu reke published in 2006.