Ivo Zorman

Ivo Zorman
Born (1926-05-03)3 May 1926
Gora pri Komendi, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (now in Slovenia)
Died 14 January 2009(2009-01-14)
Kamnik, Slovenia
Occupation writer and editor
Notable works Draga moja Iza, V sedemnajstem, V tem mesecu se osipa mak
Notable awards Levstik Award
1969 for V tem mesecu se osipa mak

Ivo Zorman (3 May 1926 – 14 January 2009) was a Slovene writer and editor. He wrote short stories and novels as well as radio plays.[1]

Zorman was born in the village of Gora near Komenda in central Slovenia in 1926. He went to school in Ljubljana and as a young man participated in the Slovene resistance and joined the Partisans. After the war he worked as a teacher for a while and then an editor until his retirement in 1977. He often used themes from his experiences in the war in his work. One of his best-known novels is Draga moja Iza (Μy Dear Iza) which was made into a film in 1979.[2] He died in Kamnik in 2009.

In 1969 he won the Levstik Award for his book V tem mesecu se osipa mak (This is the Month the Poppies Scatter).[3]

Published works

Adult Prose
Prose for Young Readers

References

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