Renowned author Boris Pahor has died at the age of 108.
Pahor was born in Trieste and wrote about his experiences in Nazi concentration camps in the award-winning novel, Necropolis.
A committed democrat, Pahor in 1966 founded Zaliv (or The Bay), a magazine in which he advocated for democratic values in Yugoslavia.
At one point he was banned from entering Yugoslavia, but the ban was lifted when Slovenia became independent.
His won numerous awards, including the French Legion of Honour, Austria's Cross of Honour and several nominations for the Nobel Prize in Literature.