France Bevk wrote at a period when the terms of literature itself were being argued over.
The record lists France Bevk as Slovene writer (1890-1970).
France Bevk was born at Zakojca in 1890. His recorded nationality is Italy.
Around the turn of the twentieth century, literary form itself came under argument, and the certainties of the realist novel were dismantled.
He worked as linguist, writer and poet.
The writing is recorded in Italian and Bulgarian.
Books outlive their reviews, and the ones that last are seldom the ones that sold best.
That the work was written from Italy matters: language, censorship and the reach of a publishing industry decide which books travel and which stay local.
France Bevk died in 1970, aged 80. The books remain, which is the only durable form a writing life takes.
