Irena Žerjal, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Irena Žerjal

writer, poet, translator

Date of Birth: 20-Apr-1940

Place of Birth: San Giuseppe della Chiusa, Friuli–Venezia Giulia, Italy

Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001

Profession: writer, poet, translator, critic, essayist, linguist

Nationality: Italy, Slovenia

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Irena Žerjal (born 20 April 1940) is a Slovene poet, writer and translator who also used the pen name Maja Tul in her early work.Žerjal was born in San Giuseppe della Chiusa (Slovene: Ricmanje) in Italy in 1940.
She studied Slovene and Russian at the University of Ljubljana.
She taught at various Slovene language secondary schools in the Trieste region.
She writes poetry and short stories.
She was married to the public intellectual, sociologist and politician Jože Pucnik from 1964 to 1969 and lived with him in Hamburg for a while.