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

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and

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. Pečjak was born in

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. He has written 90 books, two thirds from the field of

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. Most of his literary works are

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and also travel diaries and

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. Some of his works were written under his

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''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

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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