Alenka Rebula Tuta (born April 14, 1954) 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 Alojz Rebula and Zora Tavčar, both notable Slovene writers. After finishing high school, with Slovene as the language of instruction in Trieste, she receiuved a bachelor's degree in psychology at the University of Trieste. She married Igor Tuta, a radio program editor and director.Primorski slovenski biografski leksikon. Goriška Mohorjeva družba, Gorica 1974–1994. They have two daughters and one son.
Work Rebula initially worked as psychologist and is now teaching at 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 female author (Alenka Puhar) and her book (The Primal Text of Life). The documentary was aired by the national public broadcasting organization RTV Slovenija.Kač, Maja (2010) A View On Infancy Without A Sugar Coating (in Slovene: "Nepocukran" pogled na otroštvo), MMC RTV Slovenija, 20 April.Tomažič, Agata (2010) Izvrstna (časopisna) intervjuja, a documentary criticism, Pogledi, 5 May 2010, Ljubljana.International Children's Rights Day will be noted on Opčine, as well , SloMedia.it, 19 November 2010
Poetry 1983: (The Rainbow Shield), Trieste: ZTT 2009: (Embraced), Trieste: ZTT
Prose 2010 100 Faces of Inner Strength (in Slovene: Sto obrazov notranje moči), Mladinska knjiga, Ljubljana
Psychology 1999 The Depths we are Born from (in Slovene: Globine, ki so nas rodile), Mohorjeva založba 2007 Feeling Blessed (in Slovene: Blagor ženskam), ZTT, Trieste
References
External links www.alenkarebula.com, official website