Miloš Mikeln

Miloš Mikeln
Miloš Mikeln in 2011
Born(1930-05-23)23 May 1930
Celje, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, now in Slovenia
Died1 April 2014(2014-04-01) (aged 83)
Occupationwriter, playwright, theatre director

Miloš Mikeln (23 May 1930 – 1 April 2014) was a Slovene writer, playwright, theatre director and journalist. He served as the president of Slovene PEN and was the initiator of the Writers for Peace Committee, founded in 1984. He was the Committee chairman for the first decade of its existence. The Committee still continue to operate within the fold of PEN International to this day, providing a platform for literary and intercultural dialogue and understanding.