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| name                = Levstik Award
| local name           = Levstikova nagrada
| street              = Slovenska cesta 29
| town                = SI-1000 Ljubljana
| telephone           = 386 (0) 1 241 3000
| fax                 = 386 (0) 1 425 2866
| email               = info@mladinska.com
| website             = http://www.mladinska.com/skupina_mk/mk_zalozba
| founded by          = Mladinska knjiga Publishing House
| contacts = {{Contact
| name                = Brigita Oven
| role                = Secretary
| telephone           = 386 (0) 1 241 3100
| fax                 = 386 (0) 1 425 2801 
| email               = brigita.oven@mkz.si
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The [[Levstik Award]], named after author [[Fran Levstik]] (1831–1887), has been bestowed by [[Mladinska knjiga Publishing House]] since [[established::1949]] for best literary works, non-fiction and illustrations of children's and youg adult literature, and, since 1999, for lifetime achievement in writing and illustration of children's literature. 

It was the first literary award established by a Slovene publishing house after World War II and has contributed significantly to the recognition of quality children’s and young adult literature. Only books published by [[Mladinska knjiga Publishing House]] are eligible for the award, although the award committee is composed of outside members. 
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Recent winners include the writers [[Miroslav Košuta]], [[Zvonko Čoh]], [[Svetlana Makarovič]], [[Neža Maurer]], [[Barbara Simoniti]], [[Majda Koren]], [[Polonca Kovač]], [[Niko Grafenauer]], [[Andrej Rozman-Roza]], [[Anja Štefan]], [[Desa Muck]] and [[Dane Zajc]], and the artists  [[Maja Kastelic]], [[Danijel Demšar]], [[Peter Škerl]], [[Kostja Gatnik]], [[Damijan Stepančič]], [[Matjaž Schmidt]], [[Svjetlan Junaković]], [[Alenka Sottler]], [[Jelka Reichman]] and [[Suzana Bricelj]]).


== See Also ==

* [[Mladinska knjiga Publishing House]]

== External Links ==

* [http://www.mladinska.com/knjige/knjizne_nagrade/levstikove__nagrade Updated list of past winners] (in Slovenian)
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levstik_Award Levstik Award on Wikipedia]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran_Levstik Fran Levstik on Wikipedia]
* [http://www.jakrs.si/fileadmin/datoteke/Nova_spletna_stran/Predstavitvena_gradiva/Katalogi/SloveniasBestForYoungReaders2016_-koncna-web.pdf ''Slovenia's Best for Young Readers 2016'' -  PDF] - compiled by [[Slovenian Book Agency]]


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