Smiljan Rozman (28 January 1927 – 15 March 2007) was a Slovene writer, author of numerous novels and

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who also wrote for young readers and scripts for children's programmes and drama series on television. Rozman was born in

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in 1927. Soon after his birth the family moved to

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where he grew up. During the

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sent on

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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

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in 2007. In 1965 he won the Prešeren Foundation Award for his novel ''Druščina'' (The Company). In 1968 he won the

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for his book ''Reporter Tejč poroča'' (Tejč the Reporter Reports).The Levstik Award on the Mladinska Knjiga Publishing House site
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Published works

; Adult Prose *''Nekdo'' (Someone), novel, 1958 *''Obala'' (The Coast), novel, 1959 *''Mesto'' (The Town), short stories, 1961 *''Na tekočem traku'' (On the Conveyor Belt), comic stories, 1962 *''Rozalija'' (Rozalia), novel, 1963 *''Vrtačnik'', novel, 1963 *''Druščina'' (The Company), novel, 1965 *''Ruševine'' (The Ruin), novel, 1965 *''Brusač'' (The Grinder), novel, 1965 *''Poletje'' (The Summer), novel, 1966 *''Pokopališče'' (The Graveyard), novel, 1968 *''Leta in dnevi'' (Years and Days), short stories, 1972 *''Leteči krožnik'' (The Flying Saucer), novel, 1976 ; For Children and Young Adults *''Teden ima sedem dni'' (The Week Has Seven Days), 1962 *''Čudežni pisalni strojček'' (The Magic Typewriter), 1966 *''Reporter Tejč poroča'' (Tejč the Reporter Reports), 1968 *''Janko in njegov svet'' (Janko and His World), 1969 *''Lov za ukradenimi milijoni'' (Hunting the Stolen Millions), 1969 *''Tri zgodbe'' (Three Stories), 1970 *''Zlata trobenta'' (The Golden Trumpet), 1971 *''Sin Martin'' (The Son Martin), 1974 *''Martin fantalin'' (The Boy Martin), 1976 *''Majhne besede, velike reči'' (Small Words, Large Things), 1976 *''Oblaček Pohajaček'' (Wanderer the Cloud), 1978 *''Poklici'' (Occupations), 1978 *''Fantje muzikantje'' (The Musical Lads), 1979 *''Ta glavna Urša'' (Ursulla the Leader), 1981 *''Mezinček in Mezinčica'' (Tom Thumb and Thumbelina), 1983 *''Klip, klap in deček Mak'' (Clip, Clap and the Boy Mak), 1999 *''Koza Filomena'' (Philomena the Goat), 1999 *''Pes Pip'' (Pip the Dog), 1999

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rozman, Smiljan Writers from Celje Slovenian children's writers 1927 births 2007 deaths Levstik Award laureates Forced labourers under German rule during World War II