Janez Kajzer

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Janez Kajzer
Born(1938-01-21)21 January 1938
Vižmarje, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (now in Slovenia)
Occupationwriter, journalist, translator, editor
Notable worksMimo dnevnega načrta, Macesen: Roman o Ivanu Groharju,
Notable awards Levstik Award
1963 for Mimo dnevnega načrta

Janez Kajzer (born 21 January 1938) is a Slovene writer, journalist, translator and editor. [1]

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Biography

Kajzer was born in Vižmarje in Ljubljana in 1938. After finishing secondary school he found employment as a journalist at Mladina and Delo and later as an editor at the Borec and Prešernova Družba publishing houses. He has published a number of novels and collections of short stories. [2]

He won the Levstik Award in 1960 for his first published work, the collection of short stories Mimo dnevnega načrta (Beyond the Daily Plan). [3]

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References

  1. "Naša knjižnica, bulletin on the Šentjur Public Library site" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
  2. Sodobnost Yr.2005, pg.955
  3. "The Levstik Award on the Mladinska Knjiga Publishing House site". Archived from the original on 17 March 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2012.