Kekec

Kekec
Matija Barl as Kekec
First appearance	1918 Kekec na hudi poti (Kekec on the Hard Path)
Last appearance	1924 Kekec nad samotnim breznom (Kekec Above the Lonely Abyss)
Created by	Josip Vandot
Portrayed by	Matija Barl (1951) Velimir Gjurin (1963) Zlatko Krasnič (1968)
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Gender	Male
Occupation	very strong boy Mountain Shepherd Fighter for justice
Nationality	Slovenian

Kekec is a Slovenian book fictional child hero character created by Josip Vandot in 1918.

He is widely recognized as a Slovenian superhero and cultural icon. Kekec is a brave boy, a fearless shepherd from the highlands of his home region, the Karavanke and Julian Alps. He is fighting for justice. It was first published in Zvonček publication in 1918.

Josip Vandot's trilogy short novels with Kekec as the main character, originally published in Zvonček (Slovenian publication):

The Vandot's novels about Kekec were adapted into three films, all directed by Jože Gale. But only the first and second film were a direct adaptation of the second and third book:

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