Frane Milčinski

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 awards 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 World War II he was interned at the 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, Milčinski 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.

Milčinski 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 lifetime achievement in radio, television, film, and literature.[5]

Legacy

The Ježek Award for creative achievement in radio and television is named after him; it has been bestowed annually since 1989 by Slovenia's national public broadcasting organization, Radiotelevizija Slovenija.[6]

Selected prose

Screenplays

References

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