Jana Milčinski | |
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Born |
Ljubljana, Slovenia |
5 December 1920
Died | 13 April 2007 Ljubljana, Slovenia |
(aged 86)
Occupation | Writer, journalist and translator |
Notable awards |
Levstik Award 1986 for Lukec dobi sestrico |
Jana Milčinski (born Jana Podkrajšek) (5 December 1920 – 13 April 2007) was a Slovene writer, journalist and translator.
She won the Levstik Award in 1986 for her popular science book Lukec dobi sestrico (Lukec Gets a Sister). She wrote a number of other stories and children's books, many with themes from the Second World War in Yugoslavia.
She was married to the poet and satirist Frane Milčinski Ježek.