Franček Rudolf

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Franček Rudolf (Franèek Rudolf) (5 September 1944 - ) is a Slovenian poet, author, screenwriter, playwright, film director, critic and publicist.

Rudolf was born in Lipovci, Slovenia during WWII. He grew up in Yugoslavia under Tito, compleing high school in Maribor and graduating from the Academy for Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (AGRFT) of the University of Ljubljana.

In 1969 he went to work as an actor, but quickly became involved with screenwriting. In the 1970s he worked as a screenwriter and eventually director for Viba Film. In the 1980's in addition to his film and television work, he taught film classes and wrote film reviews. In 1994 he became the editor of Radia Slovenije and remained there until his retirement in 2006.

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