Branko Pintarič (born March 30, 1967) is a Slovene writer, actor and theatrical organizator.
He was born in Murska Sobota, in the Prekmurje region, and raised in Cankova. He attended high school at Murska Sobota, and later studied philosophy in university. Pintarič organized theatrical groups in the Prekmurje region and in Hungary, and he wrote plays primarily in Prekmurian language. In 2007, he published book for children in Prekmurian and Slovene, entitled Kak so šli v lejs trejbit/Kako so šli drvarit.
In 2008, he said in the newspaper Večer: "For me the Prekmurian is not dialect but a distinct language." Pintarič seeks to promote and preserve the Prekmurian language.
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