Call for TV series based on Jančar's acclaimed novel withdrawn

Ljubljana, 7 September - As Slovenia is gearing up for its guest appearance at the 2023 Frankfurt Book Fair, the Culture Ministry wanted to have a mini series made based on Drago Jančar's award-winning novel I Saw Her That Night. But Jančar has asked the ministry to withdraw the EUR 2 million call, which the ministry has done.

Ljubljana Drago Jančar receiving his third Kresnik Prize for best novel of the year, conferred by the newspaper publisher Delo, in 2011, when he was honoured for I Saw Her That Night (To Noč Sem Jo Videl). Photo: Nebojsa Tejic/STA File photo

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Drago Jančar receiving his third Kresnik Prize for best novel of the year, conferred by the newspaper publisher Delo, in 2011, when he was honoured for I Saw Her That Night (To Noč Sem Jo Videl).
Photo: Nebojsa Tejic/STA
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