Ernest Hemingway in Slovenia since 1990: Scandal, the Soča and Six-Toed Cats

Abstract

The position of Ernest Hemingway in Slovenian culture in the pre-1990 period was systematically examined by Maver (1990). Developments since then, however, have not yet been researched in a synthetic manner. The article analyzes three aspects of Hemingway’s presence in Slovenia: literary-critical reception of his works in Slovenia after 1990; his position in Slovenian popular culture; and the statistical data about the number of book loans for his books in Slovenian libraries. The analyses confirm that Hemingway’s position in Slovenia has not changed dramatically and that he remains recognized as one of the foremost 20thcentury American writers.

Keywords

• Ernest Hemingway
• literary reception
• literary criticism
• popular culture
• book loans