Lojze Zupanc (21 September 1906 – 2 June 1973) was a Slovene writer, poet, playwright and journalist best known for his short stories based on folktales and other

traditional stories Traditional stories, or stories about traditions, differ from both fiction and nonfiction in that the importance of transmitting the story's worldview is generally understood to transcend an immediate need to establish its categorization as imagi ...

. Zupanc was born in

Ljubljana Ljubljana (also known by other historical names) is the capital and largest city of Slovenia. It is the country's cultural, educational, economic, political and administrative center. During antiquity, a Roman city called Emona stood in the ar ...

in 1906. He trained as a teacher in Ljubljana and

Maribor Maribor ( , , , ; also known by other #Name, historical names) is the second-largest city in Slovenia and the largest city of the traditional region of Styria (Slovenia), Lower Styria. It is also the seat of the City Municipality of Maribor, th ...

and worked as a teacher in Štrekljevec and numerous other places in

White Carniola White Carniola ( sl, Bela krajina; german: Weißkrain or ''Weiße Mark'') is a traditional region in southeastern Slovenia on the border with Croatia. Due to its smallness, it is often considered a subunit of the broader Lower Carniola region, alth ...

and the

Kočevje Kočevje (; german: Gottschee; ''Göttscheab'' or ''Gətscheab'' in the local Gottscheerish dialect; it, Cocevie) is a city in the Municipality of Kočevje in southern Slovenia. It is the seat of the municipality. Geography The town is loc ...

area. During the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

he participated in the National Liberation Struggle and was imprisoned by the Italian Fascist authorities in 1943. His experiences of imprisonment are described in the autobiographical tale ''Sonce je umrlo'' (The Sun Has Died). After the war he worked in Gornji Grad and

Škofja Loka Škofja Loka (; german: Bischoflack) is a town in Slovenia. It is the economic, cultural, educational, and administrative center of the Municipality of Škofja Loka in Upper Carniola. It has about 12,000 inhabitants. Geography Škofja Loka lies a ...

, where he retired in 1965 and lived until his death in 1973. He won the

Levstik Award The Levstik Award ( sl, Levstikova nagrada) is a literary award in Slovenia awarded for achievements in children's literature. It has been bestowed since 1949 by the Mladinska Knjiga Publishing House, making it the first literary award established ...

twice, in 1957 for his collection of stories ''Povodni mož v Savinji'' (The River Merman in the Savinja) and in 1971 for his collection of stories ''Zlato pod Blegošem'' (Gοld Under Mount Blegoš).

Published works

Fairy tales and fables

* ''Belokranjske pripovedke'' (Tales form White Carniola), 1932 * ''Bili so trije velikani'' (There Were Once Three Giants), 1932 * ''Dedek, povej'' (Tell Me Grandpa), 1939 * ''Čudežni rog'' (The Magic Horn), 1944 * ''Jezerka'' (The River Maiden), 1944 * ''Svirel povodnega moža in druge belokranjske pripovedke'' (The River Neck and Other Tales from White Carniola), 1944 * ''Velikan Nenasit'' (Neverful the Giant), 1944 * ''Zaklad na Kučarju'' (The Treasure on Kučar), 1956 * ''Povodni mož v Savinji'' (The River Merman in the Savinja), 1957 * ''Deklica in kač'' (The Girl and the Snake, 1959 * ''Čudežni studenec'' (The Miraculous Spring), 1960 * ''Kamniti most'' (The Stone Bridge), 1964 * ''Sto belokranjskih'' (A Hundred from White Carniola), 1965 * ''Zlato pod Blegošem'' (Gold under Mount Blegoš), 1971 * ''Sinček palček'' (The Tiny Son), 1979 * ''Deklica s tremi lešniki'' (The Girl With Three Hazelnuts), 1984 * ''Pripovedke o Škofji Loki'' (Tales of Škofja Loka), 2008

Novels

* ''Pod križem'' (Under the Cross), 1944 * ''Mlini stoje'' (The Mills Stand Still), 1945

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zupanc, Lojze Slovenian writers Slovenian children's writers 1906 births 1973 deaths Levstik Award laureates Writers from Ljubljana Yugoslav Partisans members

Published works

Fairy tales and fables

Novels

Other stories

References