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Frane Milčinski - Ježek

フラン・ミルチンスキ - イェジェク

Frane Milčinski - Ježek

Pen Names: Ježekpen name

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1914-12-14 (Ljubljana)
Died
1988-02-26 (Ljubljana) age 73
Nationality
Slovenian
Languages
Slovene
Residence History
Ljubljana

Career

Occupations
poet, satirist, humorist, comedian, actor, children's writer, director
Active Years
1930-1988

Awards

Levstik Award
1959
Work: Zvezdica Zaspanka
Organization: Mladinska knjiga
Result: winner
Prešeren Award
1975
Category: 生涯功労賞
Organization: Slovenian Ministry of Culture
Result: winner
Golden Lion
1952
Work: Kekec
Category: 児童映画部門
Organization: Venice Film Festival
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Zvezdica Zaspanka

1959 children's literature

The story of a sleepy little star

friendshipimagination
Adaptations
  • [film] Zvezdica Zaspanka (1965)

Bibliography

  • 13 and One: Humorous Stories by Frane Milčinski, a.k.a. Ježek (1951)
  • Zvezdica Zaspanka (1959)
  • Legenda o birokratu (1961)
  • Desetnica in druge pravljice (1964)
  • Govoreči bankovec (1976)
  • Preprosta ljubezen (1987)
  • Ta svet je pesmi vreden (1988)

Adaptations

  • Kekec (1951)
  • Svet na Kajžarju (1952)
  • Vesna (1953)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
satiricalhumorouspoetic
Recurring Motifs
bureaucracyeveryday humorchildren's perspective

Health

  • internment camp
    第二次世界大戦中
    Interned at Gonars concentration camp

Legacy

Considered one of Slovenia's foremost 20th-century satirists and entertainers. The Ježek Award is named after him.

In Popular Culture

  • Ježek Award named after him

Trivia

  • Interned at Gonars concentration camp during World War II.
  • Son of writer and judge Fran Milčinski.