Anton Ingolič was a Slovene writer

Writer

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, playwright

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 and editor

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He is best known for his novels and youth literature

Young adult literature

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Ingolič was born in Spodnja Polskava

Spodnja Polskava

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 near Slovenska Bistrica

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 in what was Austria-Hungary

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 at the time and is now in eastern Slovenia

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. We went to the local school and completed his secondary education in Maribor

Maribor

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 before studying in Ljubljana

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 and Paris

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. He worked as a secondary school Slovene and French language

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 teacher in Ptuj

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, Maribor and Ljubljana.
He was editor of the journal Nova Obzorja and was a member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts

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 from 1976.

He won the and the Prešeren Award

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 twice, in 1949 for his novel Pot po nasipu and in 1978 for his literary opus for youth and adults Between 1961 and 1963 he was president of the Slovene Writers' Association

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The primary school in Spodnja Polskava is named after Ingolič.

Young adult literature

• 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

• 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)