Polonca Kovač
Polonca Kovač, true name Magdalena Kovač, is a Slovene children's writer and translator. She has published numerous children's books and is also known for her translations for young readers, most notably the entire collection of Grimms' Fairy Tales and The Diary of Anne Frank.
Kovač was born in Ljubljana in 1937. She studied Comparative literature at the University of Ljubljana and worked as a teacher and a free-lance writer. She started publishing children's books in 1975 and is a very prolific writer with a broad range of themes and styles. In 2009 she received the Levstik Award for her lifetime achievement in children's literature.Published works
- Zverinice z Večne poti, 1975
- Klepetava želva, 1975
- Jakec in stric hladilnik, 1976
- Andrejev ni nikoli preveč, 1977
- Stric hladilnik, boben sreče in kanarček, 1978
- Deževen dan je krasen dan, 1979
- Slovarček tujk, 1980
- Urške so brez napake, 1980
- Igrice za kartek čas, 1982
- Pet kužkov išče pravega, 1982
- Zgodbe od A do Ž, 1982
- Kresnica podnevnica, 1983
- Špelce, 1983
- Vesoljsko jajce ali 1+1=5, 1985
- Težave in sporočila psička Pafija, 1986
- Mufijeve sanje, 1987
- Mišek, 1989
- O dveh občutljivkah, 1989
- O krokodilih, putkah in miselnih igrah, 1989
- Kaj se komu sanja, 1990
- V mestu, 1991
- Zelišča male čarovnice, 1995
- Palčki na Smovskem Griču, 1996
- Od kod so se vzele pravljice, 1998
- Kaja in njena družina, 1999
- Mali medo, 2000
- S pravljico na izlet, 2001
- Ptičje leto, 2005
