Dušan Merc

Dušan Merc, the author of twenty prose books, explores the perspectives of nonconforming individuals in his novels and short stories, focusing particularly on the sinister yet fantastical chasm between the outsider and their environment. He graduated from the Faculty of Arts in Ljubljana, from the Department of Comparative Literature and Literary Theory. Initially employed as a Slovenian language teacher, he later served as the principal of Prule Elementary School for thirty-two years. His literary work has earned him multiple nominations for the Kresnik Award and the Prešeren Fund Award. He is also well known to the broader public for his columns, where he presents uncompromising views on general societal issues, primarily education, the position of youth, and the treatment of problematic individuals.