Kristina Brenk

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Kristina Brenk (1938)

Kristina Brenk , née Vrhovec, also known as Kristina Brenkova (born October 22, 1911 in Horjul , Austria-Hungary , † November 20, 2009 in Ljubljana , Slovenia ) was a Slovenian writer , poet and translator . She was best known for her children's books .

Life

Brenk was born in 1911 in Horjul in what was then Austria-Hungary. She studied psychology and education at the University of Ljubljana and received her doctorate in 1939.

During the Second World War she was a member of the political resistance organization of Slovenia, the Osvobodilna Fronta . From 1949 until her retirement in 1973 she worked as an editor at Mladinska Knjiga publishing house.

In 1972 Brenk received the Levstik Prize for her work Deklica Delfina in Lisica Zvitorepka . In 1999 she received the Levstik Prize a second time for her lifetime achievement in writing children's books. She died in Ljubljana in 2009 and was buried in the Žale Central Cemetery there.

The award for the best Slovenian picture book, which has been presented by the Slovenian Publishers' Association since 2003, was named after Kristina Brenk from 2011.

Published works (selection)

  • Košček sira 1971
  • Deklica Delfina in Lisica Zvitorepka 1972
  • Prva domovina 1973
  • Kruh upanja 1973
  • Srebrna račka, zlata račka 1975
  • Čenča Marenča 1976
  • Kako šteje Čenča Marenča 1976
  • Dobri sovaržnikov pes 1980
  • Hoja za bralci 1980
  • Babica v cirkusu 1982
  • Prigode koze Kunigunde 1984
  • Moja dolina 1996
  • Prišel je velikanski lev 2008

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Website of the Slovenian Writers 'Association ( Slovenian ) Website of the Slovenian Writers' Association. Archived from the original on February 24, 2013. Retrieved March 15, 2012.
  2. ^ Radiotelevizija Slovenija : Slovo Kristine Brenkove Kristina Brenkova Obituary
  3. ↑ Geopedia - interaktivní spletni atlas in zemljevid Slovenije. Retrieved April 21, 2020 .
  4. ↑ The 2011 Original Slovenian Picture Book Award (the Kristina Brenkova Award) ( Memento from December 24, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
  5. ↑ O letu Kristine Brenkove na Slovenskem in prazniku Čebelice. Retrieved April 21, 2020 (Slovenian).
personal data
SURNAME Brenk, Kristina
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brenkova, Kristina; Vrhovec, Kristina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Slovenian writer
DATE OF BIRTH October 22, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Horjul , Austria-Hungary
DATE OF DEATH November 20, 2009
Place of death Ljubljana , Slovenia