Jana Milčinski Explained
| Jana Milčinski |
| Birth Date: | 5 December 1920 |
| Birth Place: | Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| Death Place: | Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| Occupation: | Writer, journalist and translator |
Jana Milčinski (born Jana Podkrajšek; 5 December 1920 – 13 April 2007) was a Slovene writer, journalist and translator.[1]
She won the Levstik Award in 1986 for her popular science book Lukec dobi sestrico (Lukec Gets a Sister). She wrote a number of other stories and children's books, many with themes from the Second World War in Yugoslavia.[2]
She was married to the poet and satirist Frane Milčinski Ježek.
Selected works
- Pravljice za danes in jutri (Stories for today and Tomorrow), 1992
- To si ti, Nina (That Is You, Nina), 1988
- Danes, ko postajam pionir, pionirka (Today As I Become a Pioneer), 1988
- Matiček in Maja včeraj, danes, jutri in vsak dan (Matiček and Maja Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow and Every Day), 1986
- Lukec dobi sestrico (Lukec Gets a Sister), 1986
- Pisane zgodbe (Diverse Tales), 1976
- Zakaj sta Matiček in Maja zamudila pouk (Why Matiček and Maja Missed Class), 1972
Notes and References
- Web site: Sanje Publishing House site . 19 December 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120101100024/http://www.sanje.si/knj_avtorji.php?avtorId=50 . 1 January 2012 . dead .
- Web site: The Levstik Award on the Mladinska Knjiga Publishing House site . 19 December 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120317130359/http://www.mladinska.com/knjige/knjizne_nagrade/levstikove__nagrade . 17 March 2012 . dead .
