Beno Zupančič was a Slovene writer

Writer

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 and journalist

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. He is best known for his novels and youth literature

Young adult literature

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.

Zupančič was born in Sisak

Sisak

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, then part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, now in Croatia

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. He went to school in Ljubljana

Ljubljana

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 and during the Second World War participated in the Slovene Liberation Front and was sent to a detainment camp as a result. He completed his studies after the war and then worked in publishing and as a politician.

In 1958 he won the and the Prešeren Award

Prešeren Award

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 for his novel Sedmina. He was also president of the Slovene Writers' Association

Slovene Writers' Association

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 in the late 1950's.

The public library

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 in Postojna

Postojna

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 is named after Zupančič.

Selected works

• Sanje (1945)
• Štirje molčeči in druge zgodbe (1951)
• Veter in cesta (1954)
• Sedmina (1957)
• Mrtvo morje
  Mrtvo morje (novel)
  Mrtvo morje is a novel by Slovenian author Beno Zupančič. It was first published in 1956....
  
  (1956)
• Meglica (1966)
• Plat zvona (1970)
• Potres (1971)
• Golobnjak (1972)
• Grmada (1974)

Youth prose

• Janez morski volk (1954)
• Deček Jarbol (1959)
• Koromindija doma (1971)
• 105 lubenic (1972)
• Luka (1981)