Veno Taufer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Veno Taufer

Slovenian politician

Date of Birth: 19-Feb-1933

Place of Birth: Ljubljana, Ljubljana City Municipality, Slovenia

Profession: poet, politician, playwright, translator, editor, spy, essayist, linguist

Nationality: Slovenia

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Veno Taufer (born 19 February 1933) is a Slovenian poet, essayist, translator and playwright.
Together with Dane Zajc and Gregor Strniša, he is considered one of the foremost Slovenian modernist poets of the postwar era.
Under the Communist regime, he was a driving force behind alternative cultural and intellectual projects in Socialist Slovenia, which challenged the cultural policies of the Titoist system.
During the Slovenian Spring (1988–1990), he actively participated in the efforts for the democratization and independence of Slovenia.