Saša Vegri (true name Albina Vodopivec, née Doberšek
) (12 February 1934 – 29 August 2010) was a
Slovene poet who is also known for her books for young readers.
Vegri was born in
Belgrade
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in 1934.
In 1941, her family returned to
Sveti Štefan and she went to school in
Celje
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and
Ljubljana. She worked as a freelance writer and a librarian. She first published her poetry in various journals in the mid-1950s. At the same time, she started writing for children and young adults.
She 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 ...
in 1979 for her work ''Mama pravi, da v očkovi glavi'' (Mum Said that in Dad's Head).
The Levstik Award on the Mladinska Knjiga Publishing House site
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Published works
Poetry for adults
* ''Mesečni konj'' (The Moon Horse), 1958
* ''Naplavljeni plen'' (the Washed Up Loot), 1961
* ''Zajtrkujem v urejenem naročju'' (I Take My Breakfast in My Tidy Lap), 1967
* ''Ofelija in trojni aksel'' (Ophelia and the Triple Axel), 1977
* ''Konstelacije'' (Constellations), 1980
Poetry for children
* ''Jure Kvak-Kvak'' (George Quack-Quack), 1975
* ''Mama pravi, da v očkovi glavi'' (Mum Said that in Dad's Head), 1978
* ''To niso pesmi za otroke ali kako se dela otroke'' (These Are Not Poems For Children Or on How You make Children), 1983
* ''Kaj se zgodi, če kdo ne spi'' (What Can Happen If One Doesn't Sleep), 1991
References
Slovenian women poets
Slovenian poets
Slovenian children's writers
1934 births
2010 deaths
Levstik Award laureates
Writers from Belgrade
Slovenian women children's writers
20th-century Serbian poets
20th-century women writers
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