Ferdo Godina
Ferdo Godina | |
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Born | Dolnja Bistrica, Austria-Hungary (now in Slovenia) | 17 October 1912
Died | 14 July 1994 Ljubljana, Slovenia | (aged 81)
Occupation | writer, partisan and political commissar |
Notable works | Krivda Jarčekove Kristine, Sezidala si bova hišico |
Notable awards | Levstik Award 1974 for Sezidala si bova hišico |
Ferdo Godina (17 October 1912 – 14 July 1994) was a
Second World War. He wrote novels and short stories and was also a prolific writer for children and young adults.[1]
Godina was born in 1912 in Dolnja Bistrica in what was then the Slovene March of the Kingdom of Hungary and part of Austria-Hungary and is part of Prekmurje in Slovenia. He joined the partisans in 1941. He wrote mostly short stories, socially sensitive and often written in the first-person narrative. He also published numerous works for young readers. He died in Ljubljana in 1994.[2] The Bistrica Cultural Society is named after Godina.[3]
He won the Levstik Award in 1974 for his series of stories for children Sezidala si bova hišico (We Shall Build a House).[4]
Published works
For Adult Readers
- Bele tulpike (White Tulips), 1945
- Iz partizanskih let: izbor proze (From the Partisan Years: Selected Prose), 1947
- Krivda Jarčekove Kristine (Kristina Jarček's Guilt), 1955
- Mi otroci vojne (We, Children of War), 1962
- Viragova Verona (Verona Virag), 1966
- Spomini na partizanska leta (Memoirs of the Partisan Years), 1961, 1963
- Prekmurje 1941 – 1945 prispevek k zgodovini NOB (Prekmurje 1941 – 1945 and Its Contribution to the National Liberation Struggle), 1967, 1980
- Jezdec brez konja (The Rider Without a Horse), 1973
- Človek živi in umira (Man Lives and Dies), 1974
- Molčeči orkester (the Silent Orchestra), 1981
- Košček spominov na izjemne čase: Ferdo Godina (1912–1994) (A Piece of Memory of Extraordinary Times: Ferdo Godina (1912–1994)), 1994
For Young Readers
- Pravljica o logarnici (The Story of the Forest Hut), 1962
- Škoda za zdravje, če se ljudje prepirajo (It's bad for Your Health When People Argue), 1962
- V logarnico je prispel ponoči čuden gost (The Strange Nigh Visitor at the Forest Hut), 1962
- Postal sem lovec na žabe (I Became a Frog Hunter), 1962
- Pri kačjih rožah v smrtni nevarnosti (Mortal Dangers at the Snake Flowers), 1962
- Lisice ne premotiš (You Can't Trick the Fox), 1962
- Razbila se je skleda z zlatim robom (The Gold-Edged Bowl Has Broken), 1962
- Strel, ki je prinesel nesrečo (The Shot That Caused the Accident), 1962
- Mož s srečo na mehurčkih (The Man With Bubbles of Luck), 1962
- Lisico smo našli (We Found the Fox), 1962
- Uharica spet v logarnici (The Owl Back At the Forest Hut), 1962
- Iskal sem moža s srečo na mehurčkih (I Looked for the Man With Bubbles of Luck), 1962
- Sezidala si bova hišico (We Shall Build a House), collection of stories 1974
- Siničke v škornju (Blue Tits in the Boot), collection of stories 1987
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ferdo Godina.
- ^ The Maribor Dr Franc Kovačič Historical Society site
- ISBN 961-6186-21-3
- ^ "Kulturno društvo Ferdo Godina Bistrica in the Črenšovci Municipality Development Plan 2012–2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
- ^ "The Levstik Award on the Mladinska Knjiga Publishing House site". Archived from the original on 17 March 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2012.