Slavko Pregl, full name Vekoslav Pregl, (born 9 September 1945) is a Slovene writer, editor and publisher best known for his youth literature. He is the current director of the Slovenian Book Agency.
Pregl was born in Ljubljana in 1945. He studied at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Ljubljana and obtained his degree in 1972. From 1969 to 1991 he worked at the Mladinska Knjiga publishing house and then for a while headed his own publishing company EWO. He served as president of the Slovene Writers' Association from 2007 to 2009 and was made the director of the newly created, government funded, Slovenian Book Agency in 2009 and headed the agency until his retirement in August 2012.
Published works
- Nova zgodovina (A New History, 1972)
- Odprava zelenega zmaja (The Expedition of the Green Dragon, 1976)
- PriroÃÂnik za klatenje (A Handbook for Vagrancy, 1977)
- Basni (Fables, 1978)
- Geniji v kratkih hlaÃÂah (Geniuses in Short Pants, 1978)
- Papiga v Ã
¡oli (Parrot Goes to School, 1978)
- Denar (Money, 1979)
- Umazana zgodba (A Dirty Story, 1981)
- Juha Cviluha (Whiner's Soup, 1981)
- StraÃ
¡na bratranca (The Terrible Cousins, 1981)
- Zgode na dvoru kralja Janeza (Some Events at the Court of King John, 1981)
- Zdravilo za poredneÃ
¾e (The Cure for Naughtyheads, 1982)
- Bojni zapiski mestnega mulca (A City Kid's War Notebook, 1982)
- Smejalnik in cvililna zavora (Smiler and the Squeaky Brake, 1984)
- Geniji v dolgih hlaÃÂah (Geniuses in Long Pants, 1985)
- Zgodba o knjigi (Tale of the Book, 1986)
- Zgodovina o knjigi za (History of the Book for, 1986)
- Smrka in njegovi (Snot and His Crew, 1987)
- Umazana zgodba (A Dirty Story, 1988)
- Olimpiada v Ã
¾ivalskem vrtu (The Zoo Olympics, 1990)
- ÃÂe bi ali ÃÂe ne bi (If It Was Or If It Wasn't, 1993)
- PoÃÂesane muhe (Combed Flies, 1993)
- Papiga Ã
¾e spet v Ã
¡oli (Parrot Goes To School Again Already, 2001)
- S knjigo po svetu (With a Book Around the World, 2003)
- Srebro iz modre Ã
¡pilje (Silver from the Blue Cavern, 2003)
- Zvezda s ÃÂepico (Star With a Hat, 2003)
- Male oblaÃÂne zgodbe (Little Cloudy Stories, 2004)
- Zadnja Ã
¾elja (The Last Wish, 2004)
- Usodni telefon (The Fatal Telephone, 2004)
- SpriÃÂevalo (The Report Card, 2005)
- Ujeti ribiÃÂ (The Hooked Fisherman, 2005)
- Dva majhna velika ribiÃÂa (Two Little Big Fishermen, 2006)
- Med delom in denarjem (Between Work and Money, 2008)
- Petelin na gnoju:basni (The Rooster on the Dungheap: Fables, 2008)
- Car brez zaklada (The Treasureless Emperor, 2009)
- Geniji brez hlaÃÂ (Geniuses Without Pants, 2009)
- Lutke iz sedmega nadstropja (Puppets from the Seventh Floor, 2009)
- Sladke denarnice in druge basni (Sweet Wallets and Other Fables, 2009)
- ÃÂudni ÃÂasi : basni (Strange Times: Fables, 2011)
References