Marko Marin (born 3 April 1930) is a Slovenian theatre director, art historian, professor and restorer.[1] Since 2007, he has been an honorable professor of the University of Ljubljana.[2] In Lower Carniola (Southeastern Slovenia), he is especially well known after his almost 50 years long work in the renovation of the Mirna Castle near the settlement Mirna, started in 1962.[2]
Marko Marin was born in Gabrovka near Litija.[1] He graduated in art history in 1958 and in theatre direction in 1963 and achieved his masters degree in art history in 1972.[3] He worked at first for six years with young actors in Koper as a theatre director and then got a job as a professor of theatre direction at the Academy for Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (AGRFT) of the University of Ljubljana, where he held lectures in the history of theatre.[1] For two terms, he was the regular deputy of SFR Yugoslavia at the International Federation for Theatre Research (IFTR).[1] He held lectures at the universities of Leipzig, Vienna and Barcelona and researched the Jesuit drama, the Škofja Loka Passion Play and the Ruše religious drama.[1]