Ferdo Godina
Ferdo Godina was a Slovene writer and partisan. He was one of the early activists in the battle against the Hungarian occupation of Prekmurje during the Second World War. He wrote novels and short stories and was also a prolific writer for children and young adults.
Godina was born in 1912 in Dolnja Bistrica in what was then the Slovene March of the Kingdom of Hungary and part of Austria-Hungary and is part of Prekmurje in Slovenia. He joined the partisans in 1941. He wrote mostly short stories, socially sensitive and often written in the first-person narrative. He also published numerous works for young readers. He died in Ljubljana in 1994. The Bistrica Cultural Society is named after Godina.
He won the Levstik Award in 1974 for his series of stories for children Sezidala si bova hišico.Published works
For Adult Readers
- Bele tulpike, 1945
- Iz partizanskih let: izbor proze, 1947
- Krivda Jarčekove Kristine, 1955
- Mi otroci vojne , 1962
- Viragova Verona, 1966
- Spomini na partizanska leta, 1961, 1963
- Prekmurje 1941 – 1945 prispevek k zgodovini NOB, 1967, 1980
- Jezdec brez konja, 1973
- Človek živi in umira, 1974
- Molčeči orkester, 1981
- Košček spominov na izjemne čase: Ferdo Godina , 1994
For Young Readers
- Pravljica o logarnici, 1962
- Škoda za zdravje, če se ljudje prepirajo, 1962
- V logarnico je prispel ponoči čuden gost, 1962
- Postal sem lovec na žabe, 1962
- Pri kačjih rožah v smrtni nevarnosti, 1962
- Lisice ne premotiš, 1962
- Razbila se je skleda z zlatim robom, 1962
- Strel, ki je prinesel nesrečo, 1962
- Mož s srečo na mehurčkih, 1962
- Lisico smo našli, 1962
- Uharica spet v logarnici, 1962
- Iskal sem moža s srečo na mehurčkih, 1962
- Sezidala si bova hišico, collection of stories 1974
- Siničke v škornju, collection of stories 1987
