Desa Muck

Desa Muck
Desa Muck
Born	29 August 1955; Ljubljana, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (now in Slovenia)
Occupation	writer and actor
Notable works	Lažniva Suzi, Anica series,
Notable awards	Levstik Award ; 2005 for the Anica series ;

Desa Muck (born 29 August 1955) is a Slovenian writer, children's writer and actor. She works as a free-lance artist and writes newspaper columns, radio plays, but is best known for her juvenile fiction.[1]

Muck was born in Ljubljana in 1955. She writes for children and teenagers and won the Levstik Award for her series of stories Anica in 2005.[2]

Awards

My Favourite Book by young Slovenian readers winner 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007[3]
Večernica Award nominee 1996, 2001, 2003 and 2004[3]
Večernica Award winner 1998[3]
Levstik Award winner 2005[3]
International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) Honour List winner 2006[3]

Published works

Youth Literature

The Annie Series:

Anica in grozovitež (Annie and the Monster), 2001
Anica in materinski dan (Annie and Mother's Day), 2001
Anica in zajček (Annie and the Bunny), 2001
Anica in Jakob (Annie and Jacob), 2002
Anica in športni dan (Annie and Sports Day), 2002
Anica in velike skrbi (Annie and Great Worries), 2003
Anica in počitnice (Annie and Holidays), 2004
Anica in velika skrivnost (Annie and the Big Secret), 2004
Anica in prva ljubezen (Annie and First Love), 2005
Anica in skrivnostna maska (Annie and the Mysterious Mask), 2007

Other works for children and youth:

Tistega lepega dne (That Fine Day), 1992
Blazno resno o seksu (Deadly Seriously About Sex), 1993
Pod milim nebom (Under the Open Skies), 1993
Blazno resno popolni (Deadly Seriously Perfect), 1995
Hči Lune (Daughter of the Moon), 1995
Blazno resno zadeti (Deadly Seriously Stoned), 1996
Kremplin (Claws), 1996
Lažniva Suzi (Lying Suzy), 1997
Blazno resno slavni (Deadly Seriously Famous), 1998
Fonton, 1998
Blazno resno o šoli (Deadly Seriously About School), 2000
Čudež v operi (The Miracle at the Opera), 2001
Sama doma (Girls Home Alone), 2001
Kakšne barve je svet (What Colour Is the World), 2002
Kokoš velikanka (The Giant Chicken), 2007
Ko se želva izgubi ... (When the Tortoise Gets Lost...), 2009

Adult Fiction

Panika (Panic), 2003
Neskončno ljubljeni moški (The Eternally Loved Man), 2004
Pasti življenja (Life's Traps), 2005
Peskovnik Boga Otroka (The Child God's Sandpit), 2006
Pasti življenja II (Life's Traps II), 2007
Nebo v očesu lipicanca (The Sky in the Lipizzaner's Eyes), 2010

References

Mladinska Knjiga Publishing House site Archived 18 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
"Podelitev Levstikovih nagrad :: Prvi interaktivni multimedijski portal, MMC RTV Slovenija" (in Slovenian). RTVSLO site. 27 June 2005. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
Jana Babšek; Janja Vidmar; Irena Miš Svoljšak, eds. (2010). Slovenia's Best for Young Readers (PDF). Slovenian Book Agency. p. 76. ISBN 978-961-92821-0-6. Retrieved 13 July 2015.

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[1] Mladinska Knjiga Publishing House site Archived 18 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine

[2] "Podelitev Levstikovih nagrad :: Prvi interaktivni multimedijski portal, MMC RTV Slovenija" (in Slovenian). RTVSLO site. 27 June 2005. Retrieved 23 January 2015.

[byr-3] Jana Babšek; Janja Vidmar; Irena Miš Svoljšak, eds. (2010). Slovenia's Best for Young Readers (PDF). Slovenian Book Agency. p. 76. ISBN 978-961-92821-0-6. Retrieved 13 July 2015.