Alenka Rebula Tuta


Alenka Rebula Tuta is a Slovene writer, poet, applied psychologist and a notable member of the Slovene minority in Italy. She lives and works in Sistiana in the Province of Trieste, Italy.

Life

She was born to father Alojz Rebula and mother Zora Tavčar, both notable Slovene writers. After finishing high school, with Slovene language as language of instruction in Trieste, she graduated from psychology at Trieste University. She married Igor Tuta, a radio program editor and director. They have two daughters and one son.

Work

Rebula initially worked as psychologist and is now teaching at the "Anton Martin Slomšek" College in Trieste. Her 1999 book on developmental psychology places particular emphasis on early infant experiences; The Depths we are Born from is the first work written by a Slovenian author, that rejects the alienation of analytic terminology in favor of treating the subject with an increased sensibility towards the infant's needs. The book was reprinted in 2009. In 2010 Alenka Rebula took part in a TV documentary on her life and work, together with another notable woman author and her book "The Primal Text of Life" (in Slovene: "Prvotno besedilo življenja". The documentary was aired on National Television and Radio Station RTV Slovenija.

Poetry