Ivan Bratko (15 February 1914 – 23 March 2001) was a Slovene writer and publisher,

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and officer. Bratko was born in

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in 1914. He graduated in law from the University of Ljubljana in 1941. He was a member of the

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from 1933 and published numerous articles and columns on socio-economic matters even before the Second World War. He was interred at Gonars concentration camp from where he escaped and joined the

. His escape from Gonars was also the inspiration for his best known book ''Teleskop'' (Telescope), for which he won the

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in 1954. From 1952 until his retirement in 1981 he worked as head of the DZS Publishing House. He died in Ljubljana in 2001.Slovenian Press Agency, ''Preminil pisatelj in založnik Ivan Bratko'' (Writer and Publisher Ivan Bratko dies), 26 March 2001
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Bibliography

* ''S poti po evropskem zapadu'' (On the Road in Western Europe), 1950 * ''Teleskop'' (Telescope), novel, 1954 * ''Pomlad v februarju'' (Spring in February), novel, 1957 * ''Vroči asfalt Evrope'' (The Hot Asphalt of Europe), short stories, 1962 * ''Rakete in sekvoje'' (Rockets and Sequoias), travelogue, 1965 * ''Dekletov dnevnik'' (A Girl's Diary), 1969 * ''Čas knjige'' (The Time of the Book), 1972 * ''Okrogla miza'' (Round Table), 1977

References

Writers from Celje Yugoslav Partisans members 1914 births 2001 deaths Levstik Award laureates Ethnic Slovene people University of Ljubljana alumni {{slovenia-writer-stub