Frane Milčinski

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Frane Milčinski

Frane Milčinski as Franz Joseph in 1958
Born (1914-12-14)14 December 1914
Ljubljana, Austria-Hungary (now in Slovenia)
Died 27 February 1988(1988-02-27)
Ljubljana, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (now in Slovenia)
Occupation poet, satirist, humorist, actor, children's writer and director
Notable award(s) Levstik Award
1959 for Zvezdica Zaspanka
Prešeren Award
1975 for lifetime achievement in radio, television, film and literature

Frane Milčinski (pen name Ježek) (14 December 1914 – 27 February 1988) was a Slovene poet, satirist, humorist and comedian, actor, children's writer and director. He is considered one of Slovenia's foremost 20th-century satirists and entertainers.

Life

Milčinski was born in Ljubljana in 1914 as the third child of the writer and judge Fran Milčinski. During WW II he was interned in Gonars concentration camp.[1] He was married to the writer and journalist Jana Milčinski.[2]

Work

He worked in the theatre and radio from an early age.[3]

Awards

Throughout his career, Ježek won numerous awards. The 1951 film Kekec, for which he co-wrote the screenplay and theme song "Dobra volja je najbolja", won the first international award for a Slovene feature film when it won a Golden Lion in the Children's Film category at the Venice Film Festival in 1952.

Ježek also won the Levstik Award in 1959 for his story Zvezdica Zaspanka ("The Sleepy Little Star").[4] In 1975 he won the Grand Prešeren Award for a lifetime of achievement in radio, television, film and literature.[5]

Legacy

After him is named the Ježek Award for creative achievements in radio and television, which is bestowed annually since 1989 by the Slovenian Broadcasting House.[6]

Selected publications

  • 1951 13 and One: Humorous Stories by Frane Milčinski, a.k.a. Ježek (originally in Slovene: "13 in ena: humoreske Franeta Milčinskega - Ježka")
  • 1959 The Sleepy Little Star (originally in Slovene: "Zvezdica Zaspanka)
  • 1961 A Legend About A Bureaucrat (originally in Slovene: "Legenda o birokratu")
  • 1964 The Tenth Daughter and Other Tales (originally in Slovene: "Desetnica in druge pravljice")
  • 1976 The Talking Banknote: An Anthology of Slovene Humorous Prose (originally in Slovene: "Govoreči bankovec: antologija slovenske humoristične proze")
  • 1987 Simple Love (originally in Slovene: "Preprosta ljubezen")
  • 1988 This World Is Worthy of a Song (originally in Slovene: "Ta svet je pesmi vreden")
  • 1998 Humorous Stories (originally in Slovene: "Humoreske")
  • 2003 13 + 8 Humorous Stories (originally in Slovene: "13 + 8 humoresk")

Screenplays for films

References

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  1. ↑ 14. december: Rodil se je humorist Frane Milčinski - Ježek, MMC RTV Slovenija, 2011
  2. ↑ Sanje Publishing House site
  3. ↑ Resnica pod nagobčnikom (The Truth Under the Muzzle) at the 90th anniversary of Ježek's birth, Mladina, 16 December 2004
  4. ↑ The Levstik Award on the Mladinska Knjiga Publishing House site
  5. ↑ Slovenian Ministry of Culture, complete list of the Grand Prešeren Awards recipients
  6. ↑ Radiotelevizija Slovenija site
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