Oton ŽUPANČIČ Writer; (b. Vinica (White Carniola), 23 January 1878 – d. Ljubljana, 11 June 1949)

Writer, poet; substitute teacher at a gymnasium in Ljubljana (1903); dramaturge and head of the National Theatre in Ljubljana (1910, 1922)

Membership of SASA: Department of Literature and Language; full member from 18 March 1948 (elected by proclamation)

Accession speech: He never delivered his accession speech.

Photograph: SANU F–537/1