Katja Špur (20 November 1908 – 18 December 1991) was a Yugoslav journalist, writer, poet and translator. She wrote poetry, children's books and contributed articles to numerous journals, newspapers and children's magazines. She won the

Levstik Award The Levstik Award () 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 by a Slovene publishin ...

for her journalistic work in 1949. She graduated from the Facility of Social Sciences at the

University of Ljubljana The University of Ljubljana (, , ), abbreviated UL, is the oldest and largest university in Slovenia. It has approximately 38,000 enrolled students. The university has 23 faculties and three art academies with approximately 4,000 teaching and re ...

subsequently working as a journalist and educator as well as translator from Bulgarian into Slovene.

Bibliography

For children and young adults

* ''Zdaj pa šalo na stran'' (Now, That's Enough Kidding), article in children's magazine Kurirček, 1991 * ''Babice nimajo vedno prav'' (Grandma's Are Not Always Right), article in children's magazine Kurirček, 1989 * ''Pri materi'' (At Mother's), 1984 * ''Mojca reši račko'' (Mojca Saves the Duck), 1984 * ''Mojčine dogodivščine'' (My Adventures), 1984 * ''Muce na obisku'' (Cats for A Visit), 1984 * ''Potepuški poni'' (The Travelling Pony), 1984 * ''Zvesti čuvaj'' (The Dedicated Guard), 1984 * ''Sošolca'' (Schoolfriends), 1977 * ''Prva knjiga o rastlinah'' (First Book on Plants), 1951

Other

* ''Ljubezen je bolečina'' (Love is Pain), 1980 * ''Vezi'' (Bonds), 1970 * ''Slepa v pregnanstvu'' (Blind In Exile), 1963 * ''Dva studenca'' (Two Streams), 1958 * ''50.000 hektarov'' (50,000 hectares), 1948

References

1908 births 1991 deaths Yugoslav poets Women poets Yugoslav journalists Yugoslav women journalists Yugoslav translators Levstik Award laureates People from the Municipality of Ljutomer {{europe-writer-stub