Bartol, Vladimir

Vladimir Bartol (1903-1967) was a Slovene intellect and journalist living in the Trieste region of Italy prior to World War II. An early follower of Jung and Freud, and Slovenia's first translator of Nietzsche, Bartol wanted to fuse psychology and literature to with the story of the world's first terrorist to tell the story of Mussolini. Bartol's view of Mussolini was ambiguous; he originally wanted to dedicate "Alamut" to the dictator, but was convinced otherwise by his publisher. Bartol spent nearly a decade writing "Alamut," which was the first book of a projected trilogy. He went on to wri...