Smiljan Rozman
Smiljan Rozman (28 January 1927 – 15 March 2007) was a Slovene writer, author of numerous novels and collections of short stories who also wrote for young readers and scripts for children's programmes and drama series on television. Rozman was born in Celje in 1927. Soon after his birth the family moved to Maribor where he grew up.
Smiljan Rozman
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- Name
- Smiljan Rozman
- Born
- 28 January 1927
- Birthplace
- Celje, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (now in Slovenia)
- Died
- 15 March 2007
- Place of death
- Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Occupation
- Writer and screenwriter
- Awards
- Prešeren Foundation Award
- Nationality
- Slovenia · Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia · Kingdom of Yugoslavia
- Fields
- creative and professional writing · children's and young adult literature · visual art activity
- Honours
- Levstik Award · Prešeren Fund Awards
- Languages
- Slovene
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Smiljan Rozman (28 January 1927 – 15 March 2007) was a Slovene writer, author of numerous novels and collections of short stories who also wrote for young readers and scripts for children's programmes and drama series on television. Rozman was born in Celje in 1927. Soon after his birth the family moved to Maribor where he grew up.
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Smiljan Rozman (1927–2007) was an actor, musician and painter, among other activities and a national of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and Slovenia. Born in Celje, the actor died in Ljubljana. Smiljan Rozman was active in children's and young adult literature, creative and professional writing and visual art activity.
Languages used include Slovene. The actor received Levstik Award and Prešeren Fund Awards.
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During the Second World War sent on forced labour to Germany and France. After the war he worked as a factory worker, musician, painter, actor and teacher and eventually a full-time writer. He died in Ljubljana in 2007. In 1965 he won the Prešeren Foundation Award for his novel Druščina (The Company). In 1968 he won the Levstik Award for his book Reporter Tejč poroča (Tejč the Reporter Reports).
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• Name — Smiljan Rozman • Born — 28 January 1927 • Birthplace — Celje, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (now in Slovenia) • Died — 15 March 2007 • Place of death — Ljubljana, Slovenia • Occupation — Writer and screenwriter • Notable Works — Nekdo, Mesto, Druščina, Reporter Tejč poroča • Awards — Prešeren Foundation Award
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Smiljan Rozman is recorded as a citizen of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Recorded with the occupation children's writer. Recorded with the occupation film actor. Career and activity. Rozman worked in creative and professional writing, children's and young adult literature and visual art activity.
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1927
Smiljan Rozman was born on 28 January 1927.
2007
Smiljan Rozman died on 15 March 2007.
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Celje.
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Ljubljana.
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Published works
• Adult Prose • Nekdo (Someone), novel, 1958 • Obala (The Coast), novel, 1959 • Mesto (The Town), short stories, 1961 • Na tekočem traku (On the Conveyor Belt), comic stories, 1962 • Rozalija (Rozalia), novel, 1963 • Vrtačnik, novel, 1963 • Druščina (The Company), novel, 1965 • Ruševine (The Ruin), novel, 1965 • Brusač (The Grinder), novel, 1965 • Poletje (The Summer), novel, 1966 • Pokopališče (The Graveyard), novel, 1968 • Leta in dnevi (Years and Days), short stories, 1972 • Leteči krožnik (The Flying Saucer), novel, 1976 • For Children and Young Adults • Teden ima sedem dni (The Week Has Seven Days), 1962 • Čudežni pisalni strojček (The Magic Typewriter), 1966 • Reporter Tejč poroča (Tejč the Reporter Reports), 1968 • Janko in njegov svet (Janko and His World), 1969 • Lov za ukradenimi milijoni (Hunting the Stolen Millions), 1969 • Tri zgodbe (Three Stories), 1970 • Zlata trobenta (The Golden Trumpet), 1971 • Sin Martin (The Son Martin), 1974 • Martin fantalin (The Boy Martin), 1976 • Majhne besede, velike reči (Small Words, Large Things), 1976 • Oblaček Pohajaček (Wanderer the Cloud), 1978 • Poklici (Occupations), 1978 • Fantje muzikantje (The Musical Lads), 1979 • Ta glavna Urša (Ursulla the Leader), 1981 • Mezinček in Mezinčica (Tom Thumb and Thumbelina), 1983 • Klip, klap in deček Mak (Clip, Clap and the Boy Mak), 1999 • Koza Filomena (Philomena the Goat), 1999 • Pes Pip (Pip the Dog), 1999
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- 1.Stanko Janež. Jugoslovenski književni leksikon. Matica srpska. 464. 1971.
- 2.Obituary in Dnevnik, 15 March 2007
- 3.In Memoriam in Dnevnik, 20 March 2007
- 4.Slovenian Ministry of Culture, complete list of Prešeren Foundation Awards recipients
- 5.The Levstik Award on the Mladinska Knjiga Publishing House site
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