Marijan Prosen

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Marijan Prosen
Born (1937-03-13) 13 March 1937 (age 83)
Awards Levstik Award
1980 for Utrinki iz astronomije
Scientific career
Fields astronomy

Marijan Prosen - Majo (born 13 March 1937) is a Slovene astronomer, author of numerous scientific and popular science books and articles on astronomy. [1]

In 1980 he won the Levstik Award for his book Utrinki iz astronomije (Flashes from Astronomy). [2]

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References

  1. Web Biographical Lexicon of Famous People from Upper Carniola
  2. "The Levstik Award on the Mladinska Knjiga Publishing House site". Archived from the original on 2018-08-26. Retrieved 2012-05-21.