Vid Pečjak (7 January 1929 – 27 February 2016) was a Slovene author and

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. Pečjak was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia. His father was Rudolf Pečjak. Vid Pečjak has written 90 books, two thirds in the field of psychology. Most of his literary works are science fiction

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and also travel diaries and

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. Some of his works were written under his pseudonym ''Div Kajčep'' (

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of his name). Pečjak is perhaps best known for his SF novel for children and youth ''Drejček in trije marsovčki'' (''Drejček and Three Little Martians'') (1961), which concerns a little boy named Drejček (Andy) who meets three little Martians.

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1929 births 2016 deaths Writers from Ljubljana Slovenian science fiction writers Yugoslav science fiction writers Slovenian psychologists Levstik Award laureates Health professionals from Ljubljana {{sf-writer-stub