Beno Zupančič (22 March 1925 – 28 August 1980) was a Slovene writer and journalist. He is best known for his novels and youth literature.
Beno Zupančič | |
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| Born | 22 March 1925 Sisak, Kingdom of Serbs Croats and Slovenes (now in Croatia) |
| Died | 28 August 1980 (aged 55) Ljubljana, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (now in Slovenia) |
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| Notable works | Sedmina, Gramada, |
| Notable awards | Prešeren Award 1958 for his novel Sedmina |
Zupančič was born in Sisak, then part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, now in Croatia.[1] He went to school in Ljubljana and during the Second World War participated in the Slovene Liberation Front and was sent to a detainment camp as a result. He completed his studies after the war and then worked in publishing and as a politician.[2]
In 1958 he won the Prešeren Award for his novel Sedmina.[3] He was also president of the Slovene Writers' Association in the late 1950s.[4]
The public library in Postojna is named after Zupančič.[5]
Selected works edit
- Sanje (1945)
- Štirje molčeči in druge zgodbe (1951)
- Veter in cesta (1954)
- Sedmina (1957)
- Mrtvo morje (1956)
- Meglica (1966)
- Plat zvona (1970)
- Potres (1971)
- Golobnjak (1972)
- Grmada (1974)
Youth prose edit
- Janez morski volk (1954)
- Deček Jarbol (1959)
- Koromindija doma (1971)
- 105 lubenic (1972)
- Luka (1981)
References edit
- ^ Stanko Janež (1971). Živan Milisavac (ed.). Jugoslovenski književni leksikon [Yugoslav Literary Lexicon] (in Serbo-Croatian). Novi Sad (SAP Vojvodina, SR Serbia): Matica srpska. pp. 590–591.
- ^ Helga Glušič, Sto Slovenskih Pripovednikov (Ljubljana: Prešernova družba, 1996) ISBN 961-6186-21-3
- ^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture, complete list of the Grand Prešeren Awards recipients[permanent dead link]
- ^ Slovene Writer's Association site, History of the SWA Archived 14 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ postojna Public Library site
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