Saša Vegri Explained
Saša Vegri (true name Albina Vodopivec, née Doberšek[1]) (12 February 1934 – 29 August 2010) was a Slovene poet who is also known for her books for young readers.[2]
Vegri was born in Belgrade in 1934.[1] In 1941, her family returned to Sveti Štefan and she went to school in Celje and Ljubljana. She worked as a freelance writer and a librarian. She first published her poetry in various journals in the mid-1950s. At the same time, she started writing for children and young adults.[3]
She won the Levstik Award in 1979 for her work Mama pravi, da v očkovi glavi (Mum Said that in Dad's Head).[4]
Published works
Poetry for adults
- Mesečni konj (The Moon Horse), 1958
- Naplavljeni plen (the Washed Up Loot), 1961
- Zajtrkujem v urejenem naročju (I Take My Breakfast in My Tidy Lap), 1967
- Ofelija in trojni aksel (Ophelia and the Triple Axel), 1977
- Konstelacije (Constellations), 1980
Poetry for children
- Jure Kvak-Kvak (George Quack-Quack), 1975
- Mama pravi, da v očkovi glavi (Mum Said that in Dad's Head), 1978
- To niso pesmi za otroke ali kako se dela otroke (These Are Not Poems For Children Or on How You make Children), 1983
- Kaj se zgodi, če kdo ne spi (What Can Happen If One Doesn't Sleep), 1991
Notes and References
- Book: Stanko Janež . Živan Milisavac . 1971 . Jugoslovenski književni leksikon . Yugoslav Literary Lexicon . . . 559 .
- http://www.delo.si/clanek/119746 Obituary
- http://nl.ijs.si/fedora/get/sbl:4370/VIEW/ Albina Vodopivec on the Slovene Biographical Lexicon site
- http://www.mladinska.com/knjige/knjizne_nagrade/levstikove__nagrade The Levstik Award on the Mladinska Knjiga Publishing House site
