Leopold Suhodolčan
Leopold Suhodolčan was a Slovene writer, best known for his juvenile fiction. Together with Stanko Kotnik he was one of the conceptors of the Reading Badge of Slovenia competition that still runs today as a motivation for primary school children in reading and literacy.
Suhodolčan was born in Žiri in 1928. He worked as a teacher and headmaster in Prevalje in Slovenian Carinthia. Though he wrote adult fiction, he is better known for his writing for young readers. His children's books have also been translated and published outside Slovenia. He died in Golnik in 1980. The Central Carinthian Library in Ravne na Koroškem has a memorial room dedicated to Suhodolčan.
He won the Levstik Award twice, in 1965 for his book Velikan in Pajac and in 1979 for his book Piko Dinozaver and other books.Published works
Adult Fiction
- Človek na zidu, short stories, 1960
- Svetlice, novel, 1965
- Dobrijska balada, short stories, 1967
- Bog ljubezni, novel, 1968
- Sledovi molčečih, novel, 1970
- Noro življenje, novel, 1972
- Najdaljša noč, novel, 1975
- Med reko in zemljo, short stories, 1977
- Trenutki in leta, novel, 1979
- Snežno znamenje, novel, 1981
Juvenile Fiction
- Ognjeni možje, 1955
- Sejem na zelenem oblaku, 1958
- Deček na črnem konju, 1961
- Skriti dnevnik, 1961
- Hi, konjiček, 1964
- Potovanje slona Jumba, 1965
- Velikan in pajac, 1965
- Pikapolonček, 1968
- Rdeči lev, 1968
- Veliki in mali kapitan, 1968
- Rumena podmornica, 1969
- Krojaček Hlaček, 1970
- Punčka, 1970
- Mornar na kolesu, 1973
- Naočnik in očalnik, mojstra med detektivi, 1973
- Kam se je skril krojaček Hlaček?, 1974
- Dvanajst slonov, 1976
- Na kmetiji, 1976
- Na večerji s krokodilom: nove detektivske mojstrovine Naočnika in Očalnika, 1976
- Pipa, klobuk in dober nos, 1976
- 7 nagajivih, 1976
- Kurirčkov dnevnik: kurirček Andrej si je zapisal in narisal v dnevnik, kar je doživel Kurirčkov dnevnik, 1977
- Stopinje po zraku in kako sta jih odkrila Naočnik in Očalnik, mojstra med detektivi, 1977
- Piko Dinozaver, 1978
- Zgodilo se je 6. aprila, 1978
- Cepecepetavček, 1979
- Levi in desni klovn, 1979
- Markov maj, 1979
- O medvedku in dečku, 1979
- Peter Nos je vsemu kos, 1979
- PraMatija ali Bučman, 1980
- Pri nas in okoli nas, 1981
- Pisatelj, povej mi, 1982
- Kuža Luža, 1984
- O dedku in medvedku, 1987
- Koroške pripovedke, 1998
