Anton Ingolič (5 January 1907 – 11 March 1992) was a Slovene writer, playwright, and editor. He is best known for his novels and youth literature.
Anton Ingolič | |
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 Anton Ingolič in the 1960s | |
| Born | 5 January 1907 Spodnja Polskava, Duchy of Styria, Austria-Hungary (now in Slovenia) |
| Died | 11 March 1992 (aged 85) Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| Occupation | Writer, playwright, editor |
| Notable works | Tajno društvo PGC, Gimnazijka, Tako je bilo |
| Notable awards | Prešeren Award 1949 for his novel Pot po nasipu Prešeren Award 1978 for his youth and adult literature |
Ingolič was born in Spodnja Polskava near Slovenska Bistrica in the Austro-Hungarian Duchy of Styria (present-day eastern Slovenia). He went to the local school and completed his secondary education in Maribor before studying in Ljubljana and Paris. He worked as a secondary-school Slovene and French language teacher in Ptuj, Maribor, and Ljubljana.[1] He was editor of the journal Nova Obzorja and became a member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts in 1976.[2]
He won the Prešeren Award twice, in 1949 for his novel Pot po nasipu and in 1978 for his literary opus for youth and adults.[3] Between 1961 and 1963 he was president of the Slovene Writers' Association.[4]
The primary school in Spodnja Polskava is named after Ingolič.[5]
Published works
editYoung adult literature
edit- Udarna brigada (1946)
- Deček z dvema imenoma (1955)
- Tvegana pot (1955)
- Tačko v velikem svetu (1957)
- Tajno društvo PGC (1958)
- Mladost na stopnicah (1962)
- Enajstorica živih (1964)
- Gimnazijka (1967)
- Deklica iz Chicaga (1969)
- Zgodbe vesele in žalostne (1971)
- Potopljena galeja (1973)
- Diamanti, ribe in samovar (1974)
- Deklica na sončnem žarku (1976)
- Ptiček brez kljunčka (1977)
- Srečanje s podvodnim konjem (1978)
- Bila sem izgnanka (1979)
- Zgodbe mojega jutra (1979)
- Moje pisateljevanje (1980)
- Velika stavka (1980)
- Zaupno (1981)
- Nemir mladostnika (1982)
- Rokove zgodbice (1983)
- Čudovita pot (1986)
- Leta dozorevanja (1987)
Prose for adults
edit- Mlada leta (1935)
- Lukarji (1936)
- Soseska (1939)
- Na splavih (1940)
- Matevž Visočnik (1941)
- Pred sončnim vzhodom (1945)
- Vinski vrh (1946)
- Pot po nasipu (1948)
- Na prelomu (1950)
- Stavka (1951)
- Človek na meji (1952)
- Sončna reber (1953)
- Tam gori za hramom (1956)
- Ugasla dolina (1956)
- Kje ste, Lamutovi? (1958)
- Vidim te, Veronika! (1959)
- Črni labirinti (1960)
- Nebo nad domačijo (1960)
- Oči (1962)
- Pri naših v Ameriki (1964)
- Lastovka čez ocean (1966)
- Sibirska srečanja (1966)
- Šumijo gozdovi domači (1969)
- Pretrgana naveza (1971)
- Delovni dan sestre Marje (1980)
- Obračun (1982)
- Človek, ne jezi se! (1984)
- Podobe njenega življenja (1985)
- Zgodilo se je (1986)
- Družinski festival (1988)
- Poslavljanje (1989)
- Tako je bilo (1992)
- Črni kurent (1993)
- Historical novels
- Mlatilnica-Lovorjev venec (1948)
- Likof-Mejnik (1950)
- Našli so se (1952)
- Pradedje (1975)
- Gorele so grmade (1977)
References
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- ^ Helga Glušič, Sto Slovenskih Pripovednikov (Ljubljana: Prešernova družba, 1996) ISBN 961-6186-21-3
- ^ List of deceased members on the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts site (in Slovene)
- ^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture, complete list of the Grand Prešeren Awards recipients[permanent dead link]
- ^ Slovene Writer's Association site, History of the SWA Archived 14 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Spodnja Polskava Anton Ingolič Primary School site". Archived from the original on 2 December 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2011.