Levstik Award

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http://www.mladinska.com/skupina_mk/mk_zalozba
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Phone	386 (0) 1 241 3000
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Founded by	Mladinska knjiga Publishing House
Brigita Oven, Secretary
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Phone	386 (0) 1 241 3100
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The Levstik Award, named after author Fran Levstik (1831–1887), has been bestowed by Mladinska knjiga Publishing House since 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.

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

• Updated list of past winners (in Slovenian)
• Levstik Award on Wikipedia
• Fran Levstik on Wikipedia
• Slovenia's Best for Young Readers 2016 - PDF - compiled by Slovenian Book Agency

Gallery

Zelišča male čarovnice, by Polonca Kovač, winner of the Levstik Lifetime Achievement Award, 2009

Slovenske pravljice v Stripu, by Matjaž Schmidt, winner of the Levstik Lifetime Achievement Award, 2009

Uganke 100 in 1, by Andrej Rozman Roza, illustrated by Svjetlan Junaković, both winners of Levstik Awards for children's literature, 2009

Polonca Kovač and Matjaž Schmidt, each awarded the Levstik Award for lifetime achievement in children's literature by Mladinska knjiga Publishing House, 2009

Left to right, front row: Svjetlan Junaković, Polonca Kovač, Matjaž Schmidt, Andrej Rozman Roza, the Levstik Award winners in 2009

The four Levstik Award winners receiving their prizes at the award ceremony, 2009