Pavel Kunaver

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Name Pavel Kunaver

Born 19 December 1889 Ljubljana, Slovenia ( 1889-12-19 ) Occupation pedagogue, writer of popular science books Notable awards Levstik Award 1981 for Pravljica in resnica o zvezdah Died April 19, 1988, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Pavel Kunaver (19 December 1889 – 19 April 1988) was a Slovene pedagogue, writer of popular science books, geography, history and Slovene language teacher and pioneer of amateur astronomy in Slovenia.

He won the Levstik Award in 1981 for his book Pravljica in resnica o zvezdah (The Story and Truth About the Stars).

Selected Published Works

Na planine (Into the Hills), 1921

Po gorah in dolinah (In the Hills and In the Valleys), 1923

Zadnja pot kapitana Scotta (Captain Scott's Last Journey), 1926

V prepadih (Amid Precipices), 1932

Skozi led in sneg (Through Ice and Snow), 1944

Sprehodi po nebu (Walks Across the Sky), 1944

Pastir v Zlatorogovem kraljestvu (The Sheapherd in Goldhorn's Kingdom), 1945

Potovanje po nebu (Travelling the Sky), 1951

Nebo nad nami (The Sky Above Us), 1956

Neizprosen sever (Relentless North), 1958

Cerkniško jezero (lake Cerknica), 1961

Brezna in vrhovi (Peaks and Abysses), 1974

Kažipot po nebu (A Guide to the Sky), 1974

Moje steze (My Paths), 1979

Pravljica in resnica o zvezdah (The Story and Truth About the Stars), 1981

References

Pavel Kunaver Wikipedia

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