Ivo Zorman
Ivo Zorman was a Slovene writer and editor. He wrote short stories and novels as well as radio plays.
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 which was made into a film in 1979. He died in Kamnik in 2009.
In 1969 he won the Levstik Award for his book V tem mesecu se osipa mak.
Published works
; Adult ProseTrije Borjanovi, 1955Čez dvajset let bo vse drugače, 1968Pedagoška komedija, 1971Draga moja Iza, 1973Sončnica navadna, 1974Stric Benjamin, 1977Medved z budilko, 1982Vonj po jeseni, 1978Dom človekov, 1981Kdo bo meni prižgal sveče, 1982Portret revolucionarja Malusa, 1985Leta herojev, 1988Lectovo srce, 1989V znamenju tehtnice, 1989Stiska bogov, 1991Donata, 1991Kajnov rod, 1991Vila Bagari, 1997Ko odletijo lastovke, 1999Okus po marcipanu, 2002; Prose for Young ReadersIz obroča, 1953Svobodni gozdovi, 1954Eno samo je življenje, 1963Na senčni strani mesta, 1967Gnezdo sršenov, 1968V tem mesecu se osipa mak, 1969V sedemnajstem, 1972Storžkovo popoldne, 1973Rosni zaliv, 1975Tinčevi divji doživljaji, 1978Naši kurirji, 1978Uporne Dražgoše, 1978Bolničarka Vida, 1978Rada bi bila velika, 1979Obveščevalec Lesnika, 1979Deklica iz Mihovega mlina, 1982Hrčki smrčki, 1983Oh, ta naša babica, 1986Sla po letenju, 1987Račka Puhačka, 1988Ded Nil in teta Filipa, 1989Bolečina odraščanja, 1993