Anton Ingolič


Anton Ingolič was a Slovene writer, playwright, and editor.
He is best known for his novels and youth literature.
Ingolič was born in Spodnja Polskava near Slovenska Bistrica in the Austro-Hungarian Duchy of Styria. He went to the local school and completed his secondary education in Maribor before studying in Ljubljana and Paris. He worked as a secondary-school Slovene and French language teacher in Ptuj, Maribor, and Ljubljana.
He was editor of the journal Nova Obzorja and became a member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts in 1976.
He won the Prešeren Award twice, in 1949 for his novel Pot po nasipu and in 1978 for his literary opus for youth and adults. Between 1961 and 1963 he was president of the Slovene Writers' Association.
The primary school in Spodnja Polskava is named after Ingolič.

Published works

Young adult literature

Udarna brigada Deček z dvema imenoma Tvegana pot Tačko v velikem svetu Tajno društvo PGC Mladost na stopnicah Enajstorica živih Gimnazijka Deklica iz Chicaga Zgodbe vesele in žalostne Potopljena galeja Diamanti, ribe in samovar
  • Deklica na sončnem žarku Ptiček brez kljunčka Srečanje s podvodnim konjem Bila sem izgnanka Zgodbe mojega jutra Moje pisateljevanje Velika stavka Zaupno Nemir mladostnika Rokove zgodbice Čudovita pot Leta dozorevanja''

Prose for adults

Mlada leta Lukarji Soseska Na splavih Matevž Visočnik Pred sončnim vzhodom Vinski vrh Pot po nasipu Na prelomu Stavka Človek na meji Sončna reber Tam gori za hramom Ugasla dolina Kje ste, Lamutovi? Vidim te, Veronika! Črni labirinti Nebo nad domačijo Oči Pri naših v Ameriki Lastovka čez ocean Sibirska srečanja Šumijo gozdovi domači Pretrgana naveza Delovni dan sestre Marje Obračun Človek, ne jezi se! Podobe njenega življenja Zgodilo se je Družinski festival Poslavljanje Tako je bilo Črni kurent
; Historical novels:Mlatilnica-Lovorjev venec Likof-Mejnik Našli so se Pradedje
  • ''Gorele so grmade''