Dim Zupan (born 19 February 1946) is a Slovene

children's writer Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. In addition to conventional literary genres, modern children's literature is classified by the intended age of the reade ...

. He has also published three novels for adult readers. Zupan was born in

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in 1946. He studied

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at the

University of Ljubljana The University of Ljubljana (, , ), abbreviated UL, is the oldest and largest university in Slovenia. It has approximately 38,000 enrolled students. The university has 23 faculties and three art academies with approximately 4,000 teaching and re ...

. He published his first children's book in 1991, introducing the characters of Drekec Pekec and Pukec Smukec (Super Pooper and Farty Party) which became very popular with young readers and feature in a further four of his books. He has also published over twenty other books, including three

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s and a theatre play. In 1996 he received the

Levstik Award The Levstik Award () is a literary award in Slovenia awarded for achievements in children's literature. It has been bestowed since 1949 by the Mladinska Knjiga Publishing House, making it the first literary award established by a Slovene publishin ...

for his books ''Drekec Pekec in Pukec Smukec'' (Super Pooper and Farty Party) and '' Leteči mački'' (Flying Cats).

Published works

; For young children: * (Little Tooth on Holiday), 1995 * (The Year of the Robber), 1995 * (The Revenge of the Terrible Soup), 1997 ; Young adult literature: * (Three Days in the Lives of Super Pooper and Farty Party), 1991 * (The Trnovo Mafia), 1992 * (Three Nights in the Lives of Super Pooper and Farty Party), 1993 * (Three Secrets of Super Pooper and Farty Party), 1994 * (Three Stars of Super Pooper and Farty Party), 1995 * (Flying Cats), 1996 * (The Trnovo Mafia Again), 1997 * (Three Realizations of Super Pooper and Farty Party), 1998 * (Red Hellebore), 1998 * (Beyond the Silver Rainbow), 1998 * (The Blue Stone of Wisdom), 1999 * (the Land of Severed Heads), 2001 * (Maya the Wasp), 2004 * (When the Little Angels Come), 2004 * (Fourteen and a Half), 2005 * (Hector and Fish Fate), 2006 * (Hector and Prep School), 2007 * (The Little Girl Behind the Mirror), 2007 * (Hector and the Great Adventure), 2009 * (Hector and a Little Love), 2009 * (White Night in the Black Village), 2009 ; Adult fiction: * (The Dark Star of Death), 1993 * (Velvet Shining), 2000 * (The Terrible Abyss), 2005

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zupan, Dim Slovenian children's writers Living people Writers from Ljubljana 1946 births Levstik Award laureates University of Ljubljana alumni