Alenka Goljevšček (7 September 1933 – 17 January 2017) was a Slovene writer, essayist and playwright.

Alenka Goljevšček
Born(1933-09-07)7 September 1933
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Died17 January 2017(2017-01-17) (aged 83)
OccupationWriter, essayist and playwright
Notable awardsLevstik Award
1988 for Med bogovi in demoni

She won the Levstik Award in 1988 for her book on Slovene mythology Med bogovi in demoni (Amongst Gods and Daemons).[1] She is also a playwright.

Her husband was the literary historian, philosopher and essayist Taras Kermauner. She died on 17 January 2017.[2]

Bibliography edit

Youth fiction edit

  • Čudozgode (Wonderstories), 1974
  • Po štirih, po dveh (On Four Legs, On Two Legs), 1996

Youth plays edit

  • Čudežni kamen (The Magic Stone), 1979
  • Če zmaj požre mamo (When the Dragon Eats Mother), 1981
  • Hiša (The House), 1981
  • Kralj Matjaž, kako se imaš? (King Matjaž How Are You?), 1981
  • Volk in rdeča kapica (The Wolf and Little red Riding Hood), 1982
  • Zakaj avto zjutraj noče vžgati (Why the Car Won't Start in the Morning), 1982
  • Gornastenisedimuha (Theflyonthewall) 1983

Adult plays edit

  • Srečanje na Osojah (Meeting in Osoje), 1981
  • Pod Prešernovo glavo (Under Prešeren's Bust), 1984
  • Zelena je moja dolina (Green is My Valley), 1985
  • Lepa Vida 87 (The Beautiful Vida 87), 1987
  • Srečna draga vas domača (Happy Beloved Home Village), 1999

Monographs edit

  • Mit in slovenska ljudska pesem (Myth and Slovene Traditional Songs), 1982
  • Med bogovi in demoni: liki iz slovenske mitologije (Amongst Gods and Daemons: Figures from Slovene Mythology), 1988
  • Pravljice, kaj ste? (Fairytales What Are You?), 1991
  • New age in krščanstvo (New Age and Christianity), 1992

References edit

  1. ^ "The Levstik Award on the Mladinska Knjiga Publishing House site". Archived from the original on 17 March 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
  2. ^ Umrla je pisateljica Alenka Goljevšček Kermauner (in Slovene)