Beno Zupančič (22 March 1925 – 28 August 1980) was a Slovene writer and journalist. He is best known for his novels and youth literature.
Zupančič was born in Sisak, then part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, now in Croatia. He went to school in Ljubljana and during the Second World War participated in the Slovene Liberation Front and was sent to a detainment camp as a result. He completed his studies after the war and then worked in publishing and as a politician.Helga Glušič, Sto Slovenskih Pripovednikov (Ljubljana: Prešernova družba, 1996)
In 1958 he won the Prešeren Award for his novel Sedmina.Slovenian Ministry of Culture, complete list of the Grand Prešeren Awards recipients He was also president of the Slovene Writers' Association in the late 1950s.Slovene Writer's Association site, History of the SWA
The public library in Postojna is named after Zupančič.postojna Public Library site
Selected works Sanje (1945) Štirje molčeči in druge zgodbe (1951) Veter in cesta (1954) Sedmina (1957) Mrtvo morje (1956) Meglica (1966) Plat zvona (1970) Potres (1971) Golobnjak (1972) Grmada (1974)
Youth prose Janez morski volk (1954) Deček Jarbol (1959) Koromindija doma (1971) 105 lubenic (1972) Luka (1981)
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