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Ivo Zorman

イヴォ・ゾルマン

Ivo Zorman

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1926-05-03 (Gora pri Komendi, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (now Slovenia))
Died
2009-01-14 (Kamnik, Slovenia) age 82
Nationality
Slovenian
Languages
Slovene
Residence History
Gora near Komenda, central Slovenia → Ljubljana → Kamnik

Career

Occupations
writer, editor
Active Years
1953-2002

Awards

Levstik Award
1969
Work: This is the Month the Poppies Scatter
Organization: Mladinska Knjiga Publishing House
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Draga moja Iza

1973 novel

A novel based on his war experiences, adapted into a film in 1979.

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Adaptations
  • [film] (1979)

V sedemnajstem

1972 prose for young readers

At Seventeen.

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This is the Month the Poppies Scatter

1969 prose for young readers

Story set in the month when poppies scatter. Winner of Levstik Award.

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Bibliography

  • Trije Borjanovi (The Borjan Three), 1955
  • Čez dvajset let bo vse drugače (In Twenty Years All Will Be Different), 1968
  • Pedagoška komedija (The Educational Comedy), 1971
  • Draga moja Iza (My Dear Iza), 1973
  • Sončnica navadna (The Plain Sunflower), 1974
  • Stric Benjamin (Uncle Benjamin), 1977
  • Medved z budilko (The Bear with an Alarm Clock), 1982
  • Vonj po jeseni (Smell of Autumn), 1978
  • Dom človekov (A Man's Home), 1981
  • Kdo bo meni prižgal sveče (Who Shall Light Candles for Me), 1982
  • Portret revolucionarja Malusa (A Portrait of Malus the Revolutionary), 1985
  • Leta herojev (Years of Heroes), 1988
  • Lectovo srce (Lebkuchen Heart), 1989
  • V znamenju tehtnice (In the Sign of Virgo), 1989
  • Stiska bogov (Anguish of the Gods), 1991
  • Donata (Donata), 1991
  • Kajnov rod (Cain's Clan), 1991
  • Vila Bagari (Villa Bagari), 1997
  • Ko odletijo lastovke (When The Swallows Fly Away), 1999
  • Okus po marcipanu (A Taste of Marzipan), 2002
  • Iz obroča (Out of the Ring), 1953
  • Svobodni gozdovi (Free Forests), 1954
  • Eno samo je življenje (We Only Live Once), 1963
  • Na senčni strani mesta (On the Shady Side of Town), 1967
  • Gnezdo sršenov (A Hornets' Nest), 1968
  • V tem mesecu se osipa mak (This is the Month the Poppies Scatter), 1969
  • V sedemnajstem (At Seventeen), 1972
  • Storžkovo popoldne (Storžek's Afternoon), 1973
  • Rosni zaliv (Dew Bay), 1975
  • Tinčevi divji doživljaji (Little Tine's Wild Adventures), 1978
  • Naši kurirji (Our Partisan Couriers), 1978
  • Uporne Dražgoše (Dražgoše the Village That Rebelled), 1978
  • Bolničarka Vida (Vida the Partisan Nurse), 1978
  • Rada bi bila velika (I Would Like to Grow Up), 1979
  • Obveščevalec Lesnika (Lesnika the Informer), 1979
  • Deklica iz Mihovega mlina (The Girl from Miha's Mill), 1982
  • Hrčki smrčki (Sniffy Hamsters), 1983
  • Oh, ta naša babica (Oh, This Granny of Ours), 1986
  • Sla po letenju (A Desire to Fly), 1987
  • Račka Puhačka (Fluffy Duckling), 1988
  • Ded Nil in teta Filipa (Grandpa Nil and Aunt Phillipa), 1989
  • Bolečina odraščanja (Growing Pains), 1993

Style & Themes

Literary Style
short stories and novels, radio playsrealism based on war experiences
Recurring Motifs
war experiencesPartisan resistanceyouth and growth

Legacy

Slovene writer known for works based on his war experiences. Levstik Award winner.

In Popular Culture

  • Draga moja Iza adapted into a film in 1979

Trivia

  • Participated in Slovene Partisans
  • Worked briefly as a teacher, then as editor until 1977