Beno Zupančič
Beno Zupančič (22 March 1925 – 28 August 1980) was a Slovene writer and journalist. He is best known for his novels and youth literature. Zupančič was born in Sisak, then part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, now in Croatia.
Beno Zupančič
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- Name
- Beno Zupančič
- Born
- 22 March 1925
- Birthplace
- Sisak, Kingdom of Serbs Croats and Slovenes (now in Croatia)
- Died
- 28 August 1980
- Place of death
- Ljubljana, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (now in Slovenia)
- Occupation
- * Writer
- Nationality
- Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia · Kingdom of Yugoslavia · Kingdom of Serbs and Croats and Slovenes
- Honours
- Prešeren Award · Župančič Award · Order of Brotherhood and Unity · Order of the Republic
- Languages
- Slovene
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Beno Zupančič (22 March 1925 – 28 August 1980) was a Slovene writer and journalist. He is best known for his novels and youth literature. Zupančič was born in Sisak, then part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, now in Croatia.
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Beno Zupančič (1925–1980) was a journalist, politician and publicist, among other activities, a national of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. The journalist was born in Sisak and died in Ljubljana.
Languages used include Slovene. Honours include Order of Brotherhood and Unity, Order of the Republic and Prešeren Award, among others.
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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. In 1958 he won the Prešeren Award for his novel Sedmina. He was also president of the Slovene Writers' Association in the late 1950s. The public library in Postojna is named after Zupančič.
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Key facts
• Name — Beno Zupančič • Born — 22 March 1925 • Birthplace — Sisak, Kingdom of Serbs Croats and Slovenes (now in Croatia) • Died — 28 August 1980 • Place of death — Ljubljana, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (now in Slovenia) • Occupation — * Writer • journalist • scriptwriter • Notable Works — Sedmina, Gramada,
Selected works
Selected works
• 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
Youth prose
• Janez morski volk (1954) • Deček Jarbol (1959) • Koromindija doma (1971) • 105 lubenic (1972) • Luka (1981)
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- 1.Stanko Janež. Jugoslovenski književni leksikon. Matica srpska. 590–591. 1971.
- 2.Helga Glušič, Sto Slovenskih Pripovednikov (Ljubljana: Prešernova družba, 1996)
- 3.Slovenian Ministry of Culture, complete list of the Grand Prešeren Awards recipients
- 4.Slovene Writer's Association site, History of the SWA
- 5.postojna Public Library site
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