Beno Zupančič (22 March 1925 – 28 August 1980) was a Slovene writer and journalist. He is best known for his novels and youth literature. Zupančič was born in

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, then part of the

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, now in

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. He went to school in

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and during the

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participated in the Slovene Liberation Front and was sent to a detainment camp as a result. He completed his studies after the war and then worked in publishing and as a politician. In 1958 he won the

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for his novel ''Sedmina''. He was also president of the

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in the late 1950s. The

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Selected works

* ''Sanje'' (1945) * ''Štirje molčeči in druge zgodbe'' (1951) * ''Veter in cesta'' (1954) * ''Sedmina'' (1957) * '' Mrtvo morje'' (1956) * ''Meglica'' (1966) * ''Plat zvona'' (1970) * ''Potres'' (1971) * ''Golobnjak'' (1972) * ''Grmada'' (1974)

Youth prose

* ''Janez morski volk'' (1954) * ''Deček Jarbol'' (1959) * ''Koromindija doma'' (1971) * ''105 lubenic'' (1972) * ''Luka'' (1981)

References

Slovenian writers 1925 births 1980 deaths Presidents of the Slovene Writers' Association People from Sisak Yugoslav writers Burials at Žale {{slovenia-writer-stub