Jana Milčinski (born Jana Podkrajšek; 5 December 1920 – 13 April 2007) was a
Slovene writer, journalist and translator.
She won the
Levstik Award
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in 1986 for her
popular science
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book ''Lukec dobi sestrico'' (Lukec Gets a Sister). She wrote a number of other stories and children's books, many with themes from the
Second World War in Yugoslavia
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.
She was married to the poet and satirist
Frane Milčinski Ježek.
Selected works
* ''Pravljice za danes in jutri'' (Stories for today and Tomorrow), 1992
* ''To si ti, Nina'' (That Is You, Nina), 1988
* ''Danes, ko postajam pionir, pionirka'' (Today As I Become a Pioneer), 1988
* ''Matiček in Maja včeraj, danes, jutri in vsak dan'' (Matiček and Maja Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow and Every Day), 1986
* ''Lukec dobi sestrico'' (Lukec Gets a Sister), 1986
* ''Pisane zgodbe'' (Diverse Tales), 1976
* ''Zakaj sta Matiček in Maja zamudila pouk'' (Why Matiček and Maja Missed Class), 1972
References
1920 births
2007 deaths
Slovenian translators
Slovenian journalists
Slovenian women journalists
Levstik Award laureates
Writers from Ljubljana
20th-century translators
20th-century Slovenian women writers
20th-century journalists
Yugoslav translators
Yugoslav journalists
Yugoslav women journalists
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