Katja Špur (20 November 1908 – 18 December 1991) was a Yugoslav journalist, writer, poet and translator. She wrote poetry, children's books and contributed articles to numerous journals, newspapers and children's magazines. She won the Levstik Award for her journalistic work in 1949. She graduated from the Facility of Social Sciences at the University of Ljubljana subsequently working as a journalist and educator as well as translator from Bulgarian into Slovene.

Bibliography

For children and young adults

Zdaj pa šalo na stran (Now, That's Enough Kidding), article in children's magazine Kurirček, 1991 Babice nimajo vedno prav (Grandma's Are Not Always Right), article in children's magazine Kurirček, 1989 Pri materi (At Mother's), 1984 Mojca reši račko (Mojca Saves the Duck), 1984 Mojčine dogodivščine (My Adventures), 1984 Muce na obisku (Cats for A Visit), 1984 Potepuški poni (The Travelling Pony), 1984 Zvesti čuvaj (The Dedicated Guard), 1984 Sošolca (Schoolfriends), 1977 Prva knjiga o rastlinah (First Book on Plants), 1951

Katja Špur

Other

Ljubezen je bolečina (Love is Pain), 1980

Vezi (Bonds), 1970

Slepa v pregnanstvu (Blind In Exile), 1963

Dva studenca (Two Streams), 1958

50.000 hektarov (50,000 hectares), 1948

References

1908 births

1991 deaths

Yugoslav poets

Women poets

Yugoslav journalists

Yugoslav women journalists

Yugoslav translators

Levstik Award laureates

People from the Municipality of Ljutomer

Katja Špur