Smiljan Rozman

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Name Smiljan Rozman Role Writer		Awards Preseren Fund Award

Born 28 January 1927Celje, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (now in Slovenia) ( 1927-01-28 ) Occupation Writer and screenwriter Notable works Nekdo, Mesto, Druscina, Reporter Tejc poroca Notable awards Preseren Foundation Award1965 for DruscinaLevstik Award1968 for Reporter Tejc poroca Died March 15, 2007, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Smiljan Rozman (28 January 1927 – 15 March 2007) was a Slovene writer, author of numerus 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. 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).

Published works

Adult Prose

Nekdo (Someoen), 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

References

Smiljan Rozman Wikipedia

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