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.Obituary in Dnevnik, 15 March 2007
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 Memoriam in Dnevnik, 20 March 2007
In 1965 he won the Prešeren Foundation Award for his novel Druščina (The Company).Slovenian Ministry of Culture, complete list of Prešeren Foundation Awards recipients In 1968 he won the Levstik Award for his book Reporter Tejč poroča (Tejč the Reporter Reports).The Levstik Award on the Mladinska Knjiga Publishing House site
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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