What is Ciril Zlobec?
{{Infobox writer | name = Ciril Zlobec | image = Ciril Zlobec2.jpg | caption = Ciril Zlobec (April 2005) | birth_date = {{birth date|1925|7|4|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Ponikve, Sežana|Ponikve]], [[Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)|Kingdom of Italy]] (now in [[Slovenia]]) | death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|08|24|1925|7|4|df=y}} | death_place = | occupation = Poet, writer, journalist, translator, politician | nationality = | spouse = | children = | genre = | movement = [[Intimism (Slovene poetry)|Intimism]] | notableworks = Pesmi štirih, Najina oaza, Glas | awards = {{Awd|[[Prešeren Foundation Award]]|1965|for his poetry collection Najina oaza}}{{Awd|[[Prešeren Award]]|1982|for his poetry collection Glas}}{{Awd|[[Veronika Award]]|2000|for Samo ta dan imam}} | influences = | influenced = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Ciril Zlobec''' (4 July 1925 – 24 August 2018) was a [[Slovene language|Slovene]] poet, writer, translator, journalist and former politician. He was best known for his poems and published several volumes of poetry.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.drustvo-dsp.si/si/pisatelji/189/detail.html |title=Slovene Writers' Association site |language=sl |work=Slovene writers' portal |publisher=DSP Slovene Writers' Association |access-date=11 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110919031417/http://www.drustvo-dsp.si/si/pisatelji/189/detail.html |archive-date=19 September 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> In 1990 he became a member of the Presidency of Slovenia at a critical time for Slovene independence.<ref>[http://www.slovenskapomlad.si/1?id=222 Slovenska Pomlad (Slovenian Spring) site, National Museum of Contemporary History] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605193238/http://www.slovenskapomlad.si/1?id=222 |date=5 June 2011 }}</ref> In the 1970s and 1980s, he was the editor of the intellectual and cultural journal ''[[Sodobnost]]''. Zlobec died on 24 August 2018 at the age of 93.<ref>{{ci