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Saša Vegri (true name Albina Vodopivec, née Doberšek[1]) (12 February 1934 – 29 August 2010) was a Slovene poet who is also known for her books for young readers.[2]

Saša Vegri
Born	(1934-02-12)12 February 1934 Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (now in Serbia)
Died	29 August 2010(2010-08-29) (aged 76) Ljubljana, Slovenia
Occupation	poet
Literary movement	Intimism
Notable works	Mama pravi, da v očkovi glavi
Notable awards	Levstik Award 1979 for Mama pravi, da v očkovi glavi

Vegri was born in Belgrade in 1934.[1] In 1941 her family returned to Sveti Štefan and she went to school in Celje and Ljubljana. She worked as a freelance writer and a librarian. She first published her poetry in various journals in the mid-1950s. At the same time she started writing for children and young adults.[3]

She won the Levstik Award in 1979 for her work Mama pravi, da v očkovi glavi (Mum Said that in Dad's Head).[4]

Published works

Poetry for adults

• Mesečni konj (The Moon Horse), 1958
• Naplavljeni plen (the Washed Up Loot), 1961
• Zajtrkujem v urejenem naročju (I Take My Breakfast in My Tidy Lap), 1967
• Ofelija in trojni aksel (Ophelia and the Triple Axel), 1977
• Konstelacije (Constellations), 1980

Poetry for children

• Jure Kvak-Kvak (George Quack-Quack), 1975
• Mama pravi, da v očkovi glavi (Mum Said that in Dad's Head), 1978
• To niso pesmi za otroke ali kako se dela otroke (These Are Not Poems For Children Or on How You make Children), 1983
• Kaj se zgodi, če kdo ne spi (What Can Happen If One Doesn't Sleep), 1991

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