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Name
  
Jana Milcinski

Role
  
Writer

Spouse
  
Frane Milcinski


Born
  
5 December 1920 Ljubljana, Slovenia (
1920-12-05
)

Occupation
  
Writer, journalist and translator

Notable awards
  
Levstik Award 1986 for Lukec dobi sestrico

Died
  
April 13, 2007, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Jana Milčinski (born Jana Podkrajšek) (5 December 1920 – 13 April 2007) was a Slovene writer, journalist and translator.

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.

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

    • References

    Jana Milčinski Wikipedia
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