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Neža Maurer Škofič (born 22 December 1930) is a Slovene poet and writer. She writes for children, young adults and adults and has also worked as a translator, journalist, editor and teacher.[1]

Neža Maurer
Born	(1930-12-22)22 December 1930 Podvin pri Polzeli, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (now in Slovenia)
Occupation	Poet, writer, journalist, editor and teacher
Notable awards	Poetry Gold Medal 2010 for her life work

Neža Maurer was born in the village of Podvin near Polzela in 1930. She trained as a teacher in Ljubljana and taught in schools in Črni vrh nad Idrijo and Ilirska Bistrica and at the same time got a degree in Slavistics from the University of Ljubljana. She worked as a journalist and programme coordinator for youth programmes at TV Ljubljana and as a contributor and editor at numerous magazines and journals. She lives in Preddvor and as a retired artist continues to be a prolific writer and poet.

In 2010 she received the Poetry Gold Medal for her life's work.[2]

Published works

For young adults and children

Poetry

• Sončne statve, 1970
• Kam pa teče voda, 1972
• Kako spi veverica, 1975
• Kostanjev škratek, 1980
• Beli muc, 1981
• Kadar Vanči riše, 1985
• Televizijski otroci, 1986
• Uh, kakšne laži, 1987
• Iskal sem kukavico, 1989
• Bratec Kratekčas, 1989
• Oče Javor, 1990
• Muca frizerka, 1995
• Kdo, 1997
• Od srede do petka, 1997
• Sloni v spačku, 1997
• Kostanjev škratek, 1997
• Velik sončen dan, 2000
• Kdo se oglaša, 2003
• Zajčkova telovadba, 2004
• Pišem, berem A,B,C, 2005

Prose

• Čukec, 1978
• Koruzni punčki, 1993
• Zvesti jazbec, 1999
• Dica Prstančica, 2001
• Ti si moje srce, 2008

For Adults

Poetry

• Skorja dlani in skorja kruha, 1969
• Ogenj do zadnjega diha, 1973
• Čas, ko je vse prav, 1978
• U službi života, 1978
• Tej poti se reče želja, 1984
• Drevo spoznanja, 1987
• Kadar ljubimo, 1990
• Litanije za mir, 1991
• Od mene k tebi, 1993
• Leva stran neba, 1994
• Wenn wir lieben, 1995
• The veiled landscape, 1995
• Metulj na snegu, 1997
• Igra za življenje, 1999
• Zbrana dela I.del, 2000
• Zbrana dela II. del, 2003
• Zmenek, 2004
• Raj, 2007
• Od mene k tebi, 2007
• Na tvojo kožo pišem svoje verze, 2008
• Piramide upanja, 2010
• Sama sva na svetu – ti in jaz, 2010

Prose

• Zveza mora ostati, 1967
• Dom za telohov cvet, 1999
• Velika knjiga pravljic, 1999

References

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