★ HOW OLD IS GORAN VOJNOVIĆ?
Goran Vojnović is 45 years old, born June 11, 1980 in SI · Gemini.
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★ LEDE
About
Goran Vojnović is a Slovenian writer, screenwriter and film director born in 1980. His 2008 debut novel *Southern Scum Go Home* (*Čefurji raus!*) became an instant landmark—it won the Prešeren Foundation Award and Kresnik Award, and triggered a police lawsuit that collapsed within a day after public backlash. The novel, which grew from an unfinished film script, captures immigrant youth in Ljubljana's Fužine estate grappling with cultural displacement. A Gemini born under life-path 8, Vojnović channels confrontational storytelling into works translated across continents.
★ FEATURE
Biography
Goran Vojnović is a Slovenian writer, screenwriter and film director born in Ljubljana on 11 June 1980. He studied at the Academy for Theatre, Radio, Film and Television, grounding his craft in formal training. His first collection of poetry, *Lep je ta svet*, appeared in 1998.
Vojnović's signature work, the 2008 novel *Čefurji raus!* (*Southern Scum Go Home*), began as an abandoned film script and evolved into a portrait of immigrant adolescence in Ljubljana's Fužine estate—documenting everyday friction between locals and youth from the former Yugoslavia. The novel's raw social realism earned him the Prešeren Foundation Award and Kresnik Award in 2009, and sparked a rare moment of institutional overreach: the Slovenian Police filed charges for the work of fiction, which was withdrawn a day later amid media uproar and ministry embarrassment. The book has been translated into numerous languages.
He followed with *Jugoslavija, moja dežela* (*Yugoslavia, My Fatherland*) in 2011, published by Beletrina and later translated to English in 2015 by Istros Books. His third novel, *Figa* (*The Fig Tree*), was translated into English by Istros Books in 2020. As a screenwriter and director, Vojnović operates across narrative forms—novels, scripts, film—each marked by unflinching social observation. A Gemini born under life-path 8, he embodies the number's trademark drive toward authority and material consequence, channeling literary muscle into works that provoke institutional response [F1, birth fact].
★ ORIGIN
Before Fame
Goran Vojnović studied at the Academy for Theatre, Radio, Film and Television. He published his first poetry collection, *Lep je ta svet*, in 1998. The 2008 novel *Čefurji raus!* originated as an unfinished film script—a creative detour that would become his breakthrough.
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Trivia
- The Slovenian Police filed charges against Vojnović for the content of *Čefurji raus!*, alleging it was a criminal work of fiction; the lawsuit was withdrawn the next day after media backlash and public outrage forced the Ministry of Interior to retreat.
- *Southern Scum Go Home* won both the Prešeren Foundation Award and the Kresnik Award in 2009 and has been translated into many languages.
- His third novel, *Figa* (*The Fig Tree*), was published in English translation by Istros Books in 2020, continuing his visibility in Anglophone literary markets.
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Numerology
LIFE-PATH NUMBER
The Powerhouse
Driven and business-minded. Goran Vojnović extend their craft into ownership: labels, production companies, brand lines.
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Birthday compatibility
By Chinese zodiac — san-he trine for best matches, opposing pair for the most friction-prone.
HIGHLY COMPATIBLE
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CHALLENGING
- Hunter SchaferTiger · 1998
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★ FAQ
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