Florjan Lipuš (1937) was born in Lobnik/Lobnig near Železna Kapla/ Bad Eisenkappel in Austria. He went to the humanistic secondary school at the Diocesan Seminary at Tanzenberg/ Plešivec where he graduated in 1958. He later co-founded the literary magazine Mladje, and was its editor for twenty years. He worked as a teacher in bilingual schools in Podjuna/Jauntal in Carinthia and, now retired, lives at Sele/Sielach near Žitara Vas/Sittersdorf. He has received numerous awards in Austria, Slovenia, and Germany, among others the Prešeren Award (2004), the Grand Austrian State Prize (2018) and the Petrarca- Preis in Germany (2011). His literary opus includes prose, poetry and theatre. Notable among his works are Zmote dijaka Tjaža (The Errors of Young Tjaž) (Obzorja, 1972), Odstranitev moje vasi (The Removal of My Village) (DZS, 1984), Boštjanov let (Sebastian’s Flight) (Litera, 2003), Mirne duše (Calm Souls) (Litera, 2015) and Gramoz (Gravel) (Litera, 2017).