Mailer and His Reception in Slovenia

Authors

literary translation, Slovene reception, postwar American literature, literary journalism, transnational literary reception, comparative literature

A Slovene Mailer scholar reviews the state of Mailer’s reception in Slovenia.

Jasna Potočnik Topler, University of Maribor

Jasna Potočnik Topler received her PhD at the University of Ljubljana in American Studies and Literatures in 2012 with a dissertation comparing Norman Mailer and Louis Adamic. She is the author of several articles on American and European literatures and cultures. Her recent book is “Norman Mailer—dežurni kritik in kulturna ikona.” She has been extremely active in the field of language in general, in particular using her linguistic skills in broadcasting. At the University of Maribor she has just been elected to the status of English language lector.