Neli Kodrič Filipić (born 12 May 1964) is a Slovene

children's writer Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. Modern children's literature is classified in two different ways: genre or the intended age of the reader. Children's ...

. Her first book ''Lov na zvezde'' (Star Hunting) won her 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 ...

and all her following books have been popular with young readers. Kodrič was born in

Postojna Postojna (; german: Adelsberg, it, Postumia) is a town in the traditional region of Inner Carniola, from Trieste, in southwestern Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Postojna.

in 1960. She studied

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at the

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in Ljubljana, but works as a writer of

juvenile fiction Young adult fiction (YA) is a category of fiction written for readers from 12 to 18 years of age. While the genre is primarily targeted at adolescents, approximately half of YA readers are adults. The subject matter and genres of YA correlate ...

.Mladinska Knjiga Publishing House site
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Published works

* ''Lov na zvezde'' (Star Hunting), 1995 * ''TITA@boginja.smole.in.težav.si'' (Tita@goddess.of.bad.luck.and.trouble.si), 2002 * ''Na drugi strani'' (On the Other Side), 2004 * ''49:03:39'' (49:03:39), 2008 * ''Sreča je'' (Happiness Is), 2008 * ''Punčka in velikan'' (The Girl and the Giant), 2009 * ''Jasmin in srečni cekin'' (Jasmin and the Lucky Coin), 2009 * ''Kaj ima ljubezen s tem'' (What's Love Got to Do with It), 2009 * ''Ali te lahko objamem močno?'' (Can I Hug You Hard?), 2011

References

Slovenian children's writers 20th-century Slovenian women writers 21st-century Slovenian women writers Slovenian women children's writers Living people 1964 births People from Postojna Levstik Award laureates University of Ljubljana alumni {{slovenia-writer-stub