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dr. Dear Prenner

The exhibition on the theatrical creativity of Dr. On the occasion of the 90th anniversary of Ljube Prenner's birth and the 20th anniversary of his death, the Carinthian Regional Museum Slovenj Gradec prepared it, supplemented with material kept by the Slovenian Theater Museum. The project was created in cooperation with the Carinthian Provincial Museum, Slovenj Gradec.

 

Dear Prenner – Slovenian politician, lawyer and writer was born on June 19, 1906 in Slovenj Gradac. Amalija Marija Prenner changed her name to Ljubo Prenner during her school years. In 1914, she and her family moved to Slovenj Gradec. She finished the first two classes of the folk school in Ruše in Carinthia, later enrolled in the Ptuj grammar school, completed her final year in Celje. She finished her fifth and sixth year of high school in Belgrade. She graduated from Ljubljana in 1930. She also enrolled in law studies there and graduated from the Faculty of Law in 1936. On the initiative of her friend Vida Tomšič, she joined the Communist Party of Slovenia (KPS) and was an active member. Before World War II, she established herself as a writer. In 1929, she published the novel Trojica, in 1931 the novel Pohorska vigred, in 1936 the novel Življenje za hrbtom and in 1938 the novel Mejniki. In 1939, she wrote the first Slovenian crime novel Neznani storilec. She was a member of the Society of Slovenian Writers. She practiced law and law in Slovenj Gradac until 1939, then moved to Ljubljana.

 

In 1941, she completed her doctoral studies in law and joined the OF as a member of the KPS. As a civil servant in the Ljubljana administration and a secret colleague of the OF, she rescued imprisoned Slovenes from Italian prisons and camps during the occupation. She was at the very top of the KPS, well-known communists such as Vida Tomšič, Vito Kraigher and Edvard Kardelj hid in her apartment. In 1942, she quarreled with the leadership of the KPS, which excluded liberals from the Stara Pravda party under the leadership of Črtomir Nagodet from the OF, and because of the liquidations carried out by the VOS on behalf of the OF. Therefore, in 1942, she was expelled from OF and KPS. After the war, in 1946 and 1947, she defended political opponents of the new government as a lawyer at monitored trials. She was known as an outstanding rhetorician. That is why the authorities condemned her for defending anti-communist, anti-revolutionary elements and opponents of the new people's government at the trials. She was accused of making fun of the State Security Administration (UDV), which drew up indictments against political opponents. In 1947, she was banned from working as a lawyer and was expelled from the Society of Slovenian Writers. In April 1947, she was arrested and imprisoned for a month in the women's prison at the castle in Škofja Loka. After her release, she got a job at the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, but the UDV arrested her again in 1949 and sent her to forced labor in the Ferdreng penal-labor camp near Kočevje. After 18 months of forced labor, she returned to Ljubljana. Since she was forbidden to practice law, she got a job as a secretary in a law firm. In 1954, she was again allowed to return to the ranks of lawyers. Since she had a ban on publishing literary works, her creative possibilities were limited. She retired in 1975. She was re-admitted to the Society of Slovenian Writers in 1976. She wrote the libretto for the opera Slovo od mladosti, set to music by Danilo Švara.

 

Due to her gender identity, Ljuba Prenner was a prominent figure in the Slovenian space. Her masculine features and way of dressing seemed extravagant in the early 20th century. With them, she gained many friends, as well as enemies, especially in her professional environment, among lawyers. She died on September 15, 1977, Fara pri Prevalje.

 

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