Ferdo Godina

Ferdo Godina was a Slovene writer and partisan. He was one of the early activists in the battle against the Hungarian occupation of Prekmurje during the Second World War. He wrote novels and short stories and was also a prolific writer for children and young adults.
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. The Bistrica Cultural Society is named after Godina.
He won the Levstik Award in 1974 for his series of stories for children Sezidala si bova hišico.

Published works

For Adult Readers

Bele tulpike, 1945Iz partizanskih let: izbor proze, 1947Krivda Jarčekove Kristine, 1955Mi otroci vojne, 1962Viragova Verona, 1966Spomini na partizanska leta, 1961, 1963Prekmurje 1941 – 1945 prispevek k zgodovini NOB, 1967, 1980Jezdec brez konja, 1973Človek živi in umira, 1974Molčeči orkester, 1981Košček spominov na izjemne čase: Ferdo Godina , 1994

For Young Readers

Pravljica o logarnici, 1962Škoda za zdravje, če se ljudje prepirajo, 1962V logarnico je prispel ponoči čuden gost, 1962Postal sem lovec na žabe, 1962Pri kačjih rožah v smrtni nevarnosti, 1962Lisice ne premotiš, 1962Razbila se je skleda z zlatim robom, 1962Strel, ki je prinesel nesrečo, 1962Mož s srečo na mehurčkih, 1962Lisico smo našli, 1962Uharica spet v logarnici, 1962Iskal sem moža s srečo na mehurčkih, 1962Sezidala si bova hišico, collection of stories 1974Siničke v škornju, collection of stories 1987