Slavko Pregl, full name Vekoslav Pregl, (born 9 September 1945) is a Slovene writer

Writer

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, editor

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 and publisher best known for his youth literature. He is the current director of the Slovenian Book Agency

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.

Pregl was born in Ljubljana

Ljubljana

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 in 1945. He studied at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Ljubljana

Faculty of Economics of the University of Ljubljana

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 and obtained his degree in 1972. From 1969 to 1991 he worked at the Mladinska Knjiga publishing house and then for a while headed his own publishing company EWO. He served as president of the Slovene Writers' Association

Slovene Writers' Association

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 from 2007 to 2009 and was made the director of the newly created, government funded, Slovenian Book Agency

Slovenian Book Agency

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in 2009.

Published works

• Nova zgodovina, (1972)
• Odprava zelenega zmaja, (1976)
• Priročnik za klatenje, (1977)
• Basni]], (1978)
• Geniji v kratkih hlačah, (1978)
• Papiga v šoli, (1978)
• Denar, (1979)
• Umazana zgodba, (1981)
• Juha Cviluha, (1981)
• Strašna bratranca, (1981)
• Zgode na dvoru kralja Janeza, (1981)
• Zdravilo za poredneže, (1982)
• Bojni zapiski mestnega mulca, (1982)
• Smejalnik in cvililna zavora, (1984)
• Geniji v dolgih hlačah, (1985)
• Zgodba o knjigi, (1986)
• Zgodovina o knjigi za, (1986)
• Smrka in njegovi, (1987)
• Umazana zgodba, (1988)
• Olimpiada v živalskem vrtu, (1990)
• Če bi ali če ne bi, (1993)
• Počesane muhe, (1993)
• Papiga že spet v šoli, (2001)
• S knjigo po svetu, (2003)
• Srebro iz modre špilje, (2003)
• Zvezda s čepico, (2003)
• Male oblačne zgodbe, (2004)
• Zadnja želja, (2004)
• Usodni telefon, (2004)
• Spričevalo, (2005)
• Ujeti ribič, (2005)
• Dva majhna velika ribiča, (2006)
• Med delom in denarjem, (2008)
• Petelin na gnoju:basni, (2008)
• Car brez zaklada, (2009)
• Geniji brez hlač, (2009)
• Lutke iz sedmega nadstropja, (2009)
• Sladke denarnice in druge basni, (2009)
• Čudni časi : basni, (2011)