Marija Makarovič
Marija Makarovič, née Jagodic, (born 15 August 1930) is a Slovene ethnologist. After graduating from the University of Ljubljana in 1953 she worked as a curator at the Slovene Ethnographic Museum from 1953 until 1989. From 1993 to 1997 she led the Urban Jarnik Slovene Ethnographic Institute in Klagenfurt.
Marija Makarovič

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- Name
- Marija Makarovič
- Born
- 15 August 1930
- Birthplace
- Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Field
- ethnology
- Nationality
- Slovenia · Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia · Kingdom of Yugoslavia
- Occupation
- writer · anthropologist · ethnologist · ethnographer · poet · photographer
- Fields
- ethnography · anthropology · creative and professional writing · photography
- Education
- University of Ljubljana
- Languages
- Slovene · German
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Marija Makarovič, née Jagodic, (born 15 August 1930) is a Slovene ethnologist. After graduating from the University of Ljubljana in 1953 she worked as a curator at the Slovene Ethnographic Museum from 1953 until 1989. From 1993 to 1997 she led the Urban Jarnik Slovene Ethnographic Institute in Klagenfurt.
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In 2001 she was one of the co-founders of Centre for Biographic Research in Ljubljana together with Prof. She collaborated with many ethnologist including Neli Niklsbacher Bregar. In 1979 she won the Levstik Award for her book Kmečka abeceda and Kmečko gospodarstvo na Slovenskem (The Farmer's Alphabet and Farm Management in Slovenia). In 2014 she won the Deklica s Piščalko Award, which is awarded by county Kočevje for professionalism in the fields of art, culture, and humanitarian sciences.

Marija Jagodic pri izpraševanju ob Krki.
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Key facts
• Name — Marija Makarovič • Born — 15 August 1930 • Birthplace — Ljubljana, Slovenia • Field — ethnology
Life and career
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Life and career
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1930
Marija Makarovič born at Ljubljana.
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scholarly publication
- Marija Makarovič. Kmečko gospodarstvo na Slovenskem. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga, 1980, Slovene Studies Journal, 1980
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 1980
- Marija Makarovič. Strojna in Strojanci: narodopisna podoba koroške hribovske vasi. Ljubljana, 1982, Slovene Studies Journal, 1985
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 1985
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q6763317: Marija Makarovič
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- 1.Republic of Slovenia Public Fund for Cultural Activities site: Prizes for 2005
- 2.Slovene Ethnographic Museum site Mojca Ramšak: Carpe Diem – Zagrabi Dan O življenju in etnološkem opusu dr. Marije Makarovič (Grab the Day - On the Life and Work of dr. Marija Makarovič)
- 3.The Levstik Award on the Mladinska Knjiga Publishing House site.
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scholarly publication
Marija Makarovič. Kmečko gospodarstvo na Slovenskem. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga, 1980, Slovene Studies Journal, 1980Crossref registry
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Marija Makarovič. Strojna in Strojanci: narodopisna podoba koroške hribovske vasi. Ljubljana, 1982, Slovene Studies Journal, 1985Crossref registry
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Marija Makarovič is recorded as writer, anthropologist, ethnologist, ethnographer and poet.
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