Alenka Rebula Tuta (born April 14, 1954) is a Slovene writer, poet, applied psychologist and a notable member of the Slovene minority in Italy. She lives and works in Sistiana in the Province of Trieste, Italy.
Alenka Rebula Tuta | |
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| Born | April 14, 1954 Loka pri Zidanem Mostu, Slovenia |
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| Genre | essays, poetry, studies in psychology |
| Spouse | Igor Tuta |
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Life
editShe was born to father Alojz Rebula and mother Zora Tavčar, both notable Slovene writers. After finishing high school, with Slovene language as language of instruction in Trieste, she graduated from psychology at Trieste University. She married Igor Tuta, a radio program editor and director.[1] They have two daughters and one son.
Work
editRebula initially worked as psychologist and is now teaching at the "Anton Martin Slomšek" College in Trieste. Her 1999 book on developmental psychology places particular emphasis on early infant experiences; The Depths we are Born from (in Slovene: Globine, ki so nas rodile) is the first work written by a Slovenian author, that rejects the alienation of analytic terminology in favor of treating the subject with an increased sensibility towards the infant's needs.[2] The book was reprinted in 2009. In 2010 Alenka Rebula took part in a TV documentary on her life and work, together with another notable woman author (Alenka Puhar) and her book "The Primal Text of Life" (in Slovene: "Prvotno besedilo življenja". The documentary was aired on National Television and Radio Station RTV Slovenija.[3][4][5]
Poetry
edit- 1983 The Rainbow Shield (in Slovene: Mavrični ščit), ZTT, Trieste
- 2009 Embraced (in Slovene: V naročju), ZTT, Trieste
Prose
edit- 2010 100 Faces of Inner Strength (in Slovene: Sto obrazov notranje moči), Mladinska knjiga, Ljubljana
Psychology
editReferences
edit- ^ Primorski slovenski biografski leksikon. Goriška Mohorjeva družba, Gorica 1974–1994. COBISS 7175168
- ^ "Knjigarna Bukla".
- ^ Kač, Maja (2010) A View On Infancy Without A Sugar Coating (in Slovene: "Nepocukran" pogled na otroštvo), MMC RTV Slovenija, 20 April.
- ^ Tomažič, Agata (2010) Izvrstna (časopisna) intervjuja, a documentary criticism, Pogledi, 5 May 2010, Ljubljana.
- ^ International Children's Rights Day will be noted on Opčine, as well Archived 2014-04-13 at the Wayback Machine, SloMedia.it, 19 November 2010
External links
edit- www.alenkarebula.com, official website