Zoran Jerin (13 February 1925 – 6 February 2005) was a Slovene journalist, writer and editor. 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 ...

in 1978 for his book ''Himalaja, rad te imam'' (Himalayas, I Love You) published after an expedition to the

Himalayas The Himalayas, or Himalaya (; ; ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has some of the planet's highest peaks, including the very highest, Mount Everest. Over 100 ...

in 1975, one of a total of seven journeys he made to

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

and

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

.The Levstik Award on the Mladinska Knjiga Publishing House site
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Published works

* ''Himalaja, rad te imam'' (Himalayas, I Love You), 1978 * ''Vzhodno od Katmanduja'' (West of Kathmandu), 1965

References

1925 births 2005 deaths Slovenian journalists Levstik Award laureates Writers from Celje 20th-century journalists {{slovenia-writer-stub