Global InformationSmiljan Rozman information
Smiljan Rozman | |
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| Born | 28 January 1927 Celje, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (now in Slovenia) |
| Died | 15 March 2007 (aged 80) Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| Occupation | Writer and screenwriter |
| Notable works | Nekdo, Mesto, Druščina, Reporter Tejč poroča |
| Notable awards | Prešeren Foundation Award 1965 for Druščina Levstik Award 1968 for Reporter Tejč poroča |
Smiljan Rozman (28 January 1927 – 15 March 2007) was a Slovene writer, author of numerous novels and collections of short stories who also wrote for young readers and scripts for children's programmes and drama series on television.[1]
Rozman was born in Celje in 1927. Soon after his birth the family moved to Maribor where he grew up. During the Second World War sent on forced labour to Germany and France. After the war he worked as a factory worker, musician, painter, actor and teacher and eventually a full-time writer. He died in Ljubljana in 2007.[2]
In 1965 he won the Prešeren Foundation Award for his novel Druščina (The Company).[3] In 1968 he won the Levstik Award for his book Reporter Tejč poroča (Tejč the Reporter Reports).[4]
- ^ Obituary in Dnevnik, 15 March 2007
- ^ In Memoriam in Dnevnik, 20 March 2007
- ^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture, complete list of Prešeren Foundation Awards recipients[permanent dead link]
- ^ The Levstik Award on the Mladinska Knjiga Publishing House site