Pavla Rovan was a Slovenian poet and writer, born 21 January 1908 in

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, Austria. She died 12 June 1999 in

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in northern Slovenia. Her name is sometimes written as Pavlo Rovan.

Biography

Born Pavla Hafner, she attended elementary school in

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and continued her higher education in Innsbruck and

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. During

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, she was active in the National Liberation War and spent some time in exile in

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. After Slovenia's liberation, Rovan went to

Velenje Velenje (; german: Wöllan''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 4: ''Štajersko''. 1904. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 272.) is Slovenia's sixth-largest city, and the seat of the Municipality ...

and participated in the city's cultural and political reconstruction. She was a member of the Slovenian Writers' Association and published stories and novels in numerous newspapers and magazines including ''Delavska enotnost'', ''Novi tednik'', ''Naše delo'', ''

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'', '' Večer'', ''Dialogi'', ''Obzornik'', ''Naših razgledih'', and ''Obrazi''. She was also heard on

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radio. She died in 1999 in northern Slovenia and is buried in the cemetery in Šentjur, Slovenia.

Awards

* The Kajuh Prize for the collection of stories ''Kje so tiste stezice'' (Where Are Those Paths) with a Carinthian theme * 1979: Kajuh Award for the book ''Sonce in sence'' (Sun and Shadows) * Commendations for literary work: 1979 Velenje, 1962 and 1974 Celje, 1975 Laško

Selected works

* 1974: ''Sonce in sence'' (Sun and Shadows), novel collection * 1976: ''Obrazi življenja'' (Faces of Life), novel collection * 1980: ''Kje so tiste stezice'' (Where Are Those Lanes), story * 1983: ''Pozabljeni listi'' (Forgotten Letters), poetry collection * 1986: ''Odmevi'' (Echoes), poetry collection * 1991: ''Podaj mi roko'' (Give Me Your Hand), poetry collection

Biography

Awards

Selected works

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