Tita Kovač Artemis (19 September 1930 – 11 March 2016) was a Slovene chemist and writer.[1]

Tita Kovač Artemis
Tita Kovač Artemis
Tita Kovač Artemis
Born(1930-09-18)18 September 1930
Novo Mesto, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Died11 March 2016 (aged 85)
OccupationChemist and writer
Notable awardsLevstik Award
1985 for Kemiki skozi stoletja

She won the Levstik Award in 1985 for her book Kemiki skozi stoletja (Chemists Through the Centuries).[2]

She was best known for her documented biographical novels on Johann Weikhard von Valvasor Spomini baraona Valvasorja (Memoirs of Baron Valvasor), 1973; Stephen Dečanski Štefan Dečanski, 1974; Sigmund Zois Najbogatejši Kranjec (The Richest Carniolan), 1979; Janez Bleiweis Slovenski orator (The Slovene Orator), 1990; and Ioannis Kapodistrias Grški feniks (The Greek Phoenix), 2003.[citation needed]

In 1970 she moved to Greece where she lived and worked for many years until she moved to a retirement home near Topolšica in her native Slovenia.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ "Umrla pisateljica in častna občanka Novega mesta Tita Kovač Artemis". Dolenjski list. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Levstikove nagrade". Mladinska knjiga. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  3. ^ PV Zimzelen site Archived 8 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine, cs-zimzelen.si; accessed 20 March 2016.