• The Levstik Award (Slovene: Levstikova nagrada) is a literary award in Slovenia awarded for achievements in children's literature. It has been bestowed...
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    Fran Levstik (28 September 1831 – 16 November 1887) was a Slovene writer, political activist, playwright and critic. He was one of the most prominent...
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    Award Jenko Award KONS International Literary Award Kresnik Award Levstik Award Prešeren Award Prešeren Foundation Award Rožanc Award Veronika Award Vilenica...
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  • Desa Muck (category Levstik Award laureates)
    2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 Večernica Award nominee 1996, 2001, 2003 and 2004 Večernica Award winner 1998 Levstik Award winner 2005 International Board on...
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  • Jakopič Award, also known as the Rihard Jakopič Award (Slovene: Jakopičeva nagrada or Nagrada Riharda Jakopiča) is an art award in Slovenia awarded each...
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    Janez Strnad (category Levstik Award laureates)
    Janez Strnad (March 4, 1934 – November 28, 2015) was a Slovene physicist and popularizer of natural science. Strnad was born in Ljubljana, Kingdom of Yugoslavia...
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    France Avčin (category Levstik Award laureates)
    'woodpeckers' (Slovene: žolna, plural: žolne). In 1964 he was awarded the Levstik Award for his book on his passion for the mountains Kjer tišina šepeta...
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  • Aco Mavec (category Levstik Award laureates)
    known for his illustrations of children's books and comics. He won the Levstik Award for his illustrations of Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island (Otok...
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    Prežihov Voranc (category Levstik Award laureates)
    Prežihov Voranc (10 August 1893 – 18 February 1950) was the pen name of Lovro Kuhar, a Slovene writer and communist political activist. Voranc's literary...
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    France Bevk (category Levstik Award laureates)
    Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts. He received the Prešeren Award, the most prestigious award for artistic achievements in Slovenia, twice, in 1949 and...
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  • Jelka Reichman (category Levstik Award laureates)
    20 stamps issued by the Slovenian Post Office. In 2005 she won the Levstik Award for lifetime achievement in illustration. She was named Slovene Woman...
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  • play. In 1959, after it was published as a book story, Ježek won the Levstik Award for it. It remains one of the most popular children's stories in Slovenia...
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    Lavo Čermelj (category Levstik Award laureates)
    Lavo Čermelj, Italianized name Lavo Cermeli (10 October 1889 – 26 January 1980), was a Slovene physicist, political activist, journalist, and author. In...
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    Roža Piščanec (category Levstik Award laureates)
    for her illustrations of children's books and magazines. She won the Levstik Award for her illustrations twice, in 1954 for her illustrations for Heidi...
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    Savo Sovre (category Levstik Award laureates)
    painter also known for his illustrations of children's books. He won the Levstik Award in 1964 for his illustrations for a Primary School German Exercise Book...
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    Kajetan Kovič (category Levstik Award laureates)
    translator, and journalist. In 1978, he received the Prešeren Award, the highest artistic award in Slovenia, for his poetry collection Labrador. Kovič was...
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    Vitomil Zupan (category Levstik Award laureates)
    For his novel Rojstvo v nevihti (Birth in a Storm) he was awarded his first Prešeren Award the same year. He married Nikolaja Dolenc and they had two...
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    Tone Kralj (category Levstik Award laureates)
    illustrations for Fran Levstik's Martin Krpan are also some of the most iconic images for the story. He won the Levstik Award in 1950 for his illustrations...
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    Miško Kranjec (category Levstik Award laureates)
    Miško Kranjec (pronunciation) (Hungarian: Krányecz Mihály) (September 15, 1908 – June 8, 1983), baptized Mihály Krányecz, was a Slovene writer. Kranjec...
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    Vid Pečjak (category Levstik Award laureates)
    Vid Pečjak (7 January 1929 – 27 February 2016) was a Slovene author and psychologist. Pečjak was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia. His father was Rudolf Pečjak...
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    Dušan Petričić (category Levstik Award laureates)
    Wynne-Jones' On Tumbledown Hill and many others. In 1989 he won the Levstik Award in Slovenia for his illustrations of Guliver med pritlikavci (Gulliver...
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  • Zoran Jerin (category Levstik Award laureates)
    February 2005) was a Slovene journalist, writer and editor. He won the Levstik Award in 1978 for his book Himalaja, rad te imam (Himalayas, I Love You) published...
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    Maksim Gaspari (category Levstik Award laureates)
    Levstik Award in 1949 for his illustrations of Korney Chukovsky's Čuri-Muri velikan (The Monster Cockroach). In 1953 he received the Prešeren Award for...
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    Kazimir Tarman (category Levstik Award laureates)
    scientific and popular science books on ecology. In 1975, he won the Levstik Award for his book Zakaj, zato v ekologiji (Questions and Answers in Ecology)...
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  • Janez Bitenc (category Levstik Award laureates)
    songs and published book of stories for children. In 1971, he won the Levstik Award for his book of songs for young children Ciciban poje (Ciciban Sings)...
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  • Anja Štefan (writer) (category Levstik Award laureates)
    magazines for children. She has received numerous awards for literary work. She won the Levstik Award twice, in 2001 Melje, melje, mlinček (Grind, Grind...
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  • Slavko Kremenšek (category Levstik Award laureates)
    April 1931) is a Slovene historian and ethnologist. In 1972 he won the Levstik Award for his book Slovensko študentovsko gibanje 1919–1941 (The Slovene Student...
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    Lidija Osterc (category Levstik Award laureates)
    best known for her illustrations of children's books. She won the Levstik Award for her illustrations in children's books three times, in 1964, 1966...
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    Pavel Golia (category Levstik Award laureates)
    Pavel Golia (10 April 1887 – 15 August 1959) was a Slovenian poet and playwright. Pavel Golia was born in a relatively wealthy family in Trebnje. Between...
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    Slavko Pengov (category Levstik Award laureates)
    Machine The Levstik Award on the Mladinska Knjiga Publishing House site Slovenian Ministry of Culture, complete list of the Grand Prešeren Awards recipients[permanent...
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