Marko Marin (3 April 1930 – 10 January 2015) was a Slovenian theatre director, art historian, professor, and restorer.[1] In 2007, he was named a distinguished professor at the University of Ljubljana.[2] In Lower Carniola, he was especially well known for his almost 50 years of work in the renovation of Mirna Castle near Mirna, started in 1962.[2][3]
Marko Marin was born in Gabrovka near Litija, Kingdom of Yugoslavia.[1] He received a bachelor's degree in art history in 1958 and in theatre direction in 1963, and earned his master's degree in art history in 1972.[4] He worked for six years with young actors in Koper as a theatre director and then took a job as a professor of theatre direction at the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (AGRFT) of the University of Ljubljana, where he delivered lectures in the history of theatre.[1] For two terms, he was a regular deputy of Yugoslavia at the International Federation for Theatre Research (IFTR).[1] He delivered lectures at the universities of Leipzig, Vienna, and Barcelona, and he researched Jesuit drama, the Škofja Loka Passion Play, and Ruše religious drama.[1]