Anton Ingolič (5 January 1907 – 11 March 1992) was a Slovene writer, playwright, and editor. He is best known for his novels and youth literature. Ingolič was born in

Spodnja Polskava Spodnja Polskava () is a settlement in the Municipality of Slovenska Bistrica in northeastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Styria, Styria. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Drava Statistica ...

near

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in the

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Duchy of Styria The Duchy of Styria (german: Herzogtum Steiermark; sl, Vojvodina Štajerska; hu, Stájer Hercegség) was a duchy located in modern-day southern Austria and northern Slovenia. It was a part of the Holy Roman Empire until its dissolution in 180 ...

(present-day eastern

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). He went to the local school and completed his secondary education in

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before studying in

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and Paris. He worked as a secondary-school Slovene and French language teacher in

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, Maribor, and Ljubljana. He was editor of the journal ''Nova Obzorja'' and became a member of the

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in 1976. He won the

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twice, in 1949 for his novel ''Pot po nasipu'' and in 1978 for his literary opus for youth and adults. Between 1961 and 1963 he was president of the

Slovene Writers' Association The Slovene Writers' Association ( sl, Društvo slovenskih pisateljev) is a non-profit association of Slovene writers based in Ljubljana. The association was founded on 21 April 1872 in Ljubljana at the initiative of Davorin Trstenjak who also be ...

. The primary school in Spodnja Polskava is named after Ingolič.

Published works

Young adult literature

* ''Udarna brigada'' (1946) * ''Deček z dvema imenoma'' (1955) * ''Tvegana pot'' (1955) * ''Tačko v velikem svetu'' (1957) * ''Tajno društvo PGC'' (1958) * ''Mladost na stopnicah'' (1962) * ''Enajstorica živih'' (1964) * ''Gimnazijka'' (1967) * ''Deklica iz Chicaga'' (1969) * ''Zgodbe vesele in žalostne'' (1971) * ''Potopljena galeja'' (1973) * ''Diamanti, ribe in samovar'' (1974) *'' Deklica na sončnem žarku'' (1976) * ''Ptiček brez kljunčka'' (1977) * ''Srečanje s podvodnim konjem'' (1978) * ''Bila sem izgnanka'' (1979) * ''Zgodbe mojega jutra'' (1979) * ''Moje pisateljevanje'' (1980) * ''Velika stavka'' (1980) * ''Zaupno'' (1981) * ''Nemir mladostnika'' (1982) * ''Rokove zgodbice'' (1983) * ''Čudovita pot'' (1986) * ''Leta dozorevanja'' (1987)

Prose for adults

* ''Mlada leta'' (1935) * ''Lukarji'' (1936) * ''Soseska'' (1939) * ''Na splavih'' (1940) * ''Matevž Visočnik'' (1941) * ''Pred sončnim vzhodom'' (1945) * ''Vinski vrh'' (1946) * ''Pot po nasipu'' (1948) * ''Na prelomu'' (1950) * ''Stavka'' (1951) * ''Človek na meji'' (1952) * ''Sončna reber'' (1953) * ''Tam gori za hramom'' (1956) * ''Ugasla dolina'' (1956) * ''Kje ste, Lamutovi?'' (1958) * ''Vidim te, Veronika!'' (1959) * ''Črni labirinti'' (1960) * ''Nebo nad domačijo'' (1960) * ''Oči'' (1962) * ''Pri naših v Ameriki'' (1964) * ''Lastovka čez ocean'' (1966) * ''Sibirska srečanja'' (1966) * ''Šumijo gozdovi domači'' (1969) * ''Pretrgana naveza'' (1971) * ''Delovni dan sestre Marje'' (1980) * ''Obračun'' (1982) * ''Človek, ne jezi se!'' (1984) * ''Podobe njenega življenja'' (1985) * ''Zgodilo se je'' (1986) * ''Družinski festival'' (1988) * ''Poslavljanje'' (1989) * ''Tako je bilo'' (1992) * ''Črni kurent'' (1993) ; Historical novels: * ''Mlatilnica-Lovorjev venec'' (1948) * ''Likof-Mejnik'' (1950) * ''Našli so se'' (1952) * ''Pradedje'' (1975) * ''Gorele so grmade'' (1977)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ingolic, Anton 1907 births 1992 deaths People from the Municipality of Slovenska Bistrica People from the Duchy of Styria Slovenian dramatists and playwrights Slovenian writers Slovenian editors 20th-century dramatists and playwrights Presidents of the Slovene Writers' Association Members of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts Levstik Award laureates