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Polonca Kovač

ポロンカ・コヴァチ

Polonca Kovač

Aliases: Magdalena Kovač

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1937-02-19 (Ljubljana)
Nationality
Slovenian
Languages
Slovenian
Residence History
Ljubljana

Career

Occupations
children's writer, translator
Active Years
1975-

Education

University of Ljubljana
Comparative literature
Country: Slovenia

Awards

Levstik Award
2009
Work: lifetime achievement
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Zverinice z Večne poti

1975 children's literature

Little Beasts from the Eternal Road.

animalsadventure

Kaja in njena družina

1999 children's literature

Kaja and Her Family.

familydaily life

Bibliography

  • Zverinice z Večne poti
  • Klepetava želva
  • Jakec in stric hladilnik
  • Andrejev ni nikoli preveč
  • Stric hladilnik, boben sreče in kanarček
  • Deževen dan je krasen dan
  • Slovarček tujk
  • Urške so brez napake
  • Igrice za kartek čas
  • Pet kužkov išče pravega
  • Zgodbe od A do Ž
  • Kresnica podnevnica
  • Špelce
  • Vesoljsko jajce ali 1+1=5
  • Težave in sporočila psička Pafija
  • Mufijeve sanje
  • Mišek
  • O dveh občutljivkah
  • O krokodilih, putkah in miselnih igrah
  • Kaj se komu sanja
  • V mestu
  • Zelišča male čarovnice
  • Palčki na Smovskem Griču
  • Od kod so se vzele pravljice
  • Kaja in njena družina
  • Mali medo
  • S pravljico na izlet
  • Ptičje leto

Translations by Author

  • Grimms' Fairy Tales
  • The Diary of Anne Frank

Style & Themes

Literary Style
broad range of themes and stylesprolific

Legacy

Slovene children's writer and translator, prolific since 1975, known for translating Grimms' Fairy Tales and The Diary of Anne Frank. Received Levstik Award for lifetime achievement in 2009.