Review article
DESA MUCK
Dragica Haramija
; Pedagoški fakultet, Slavistika, Maribor, Republika Slovenija
Abstract
For several years now Desa Muck has been the most popular Slovenian
author. Her popularity among young readers has been confirmed by the competition
entitled My Favourite Book12. The author has been awarded five times in a row for
her series of books about Anica. She has written 23 texts for children and youth, but
achieved her most notable success with the book entitled Lažljiva Suzi (Lying Suzy),
which brought her the most prestigious award for young adult literature in Slovenia,
the Večernica award in 1997. At the beginning of her career as an author for young
readers, her books were intended for teenagers. With a series of books about Anica
Pivnik, however, she has also managed to reach the generation of beginner readers.
The popularity of this literary series saw its revival in the autumn of 2008, as the
television show based on the literary series Anica was first broadcast on the Slovenian
Television. She has also published two novels for adult readers, Panika (Panic) and
Pješčanik boga djeteta (The Sandbox of the Child God). Desa Muck's work has
been extensively translated into many languages, including Croatian, which makes
her virtually the only youth literature author translated into Croatian in the last couple
of years. Several books from the series about Anica have been included into
obligatory reading literature. The article does not present the entire literary production
of the author, but only her realistic prose fiction, since it has been translated into
Croatian for the most part, and as such it is more relevant for present analysis.
Keywords
Slovenian literature; Desa Muck
Hrčak ID:
47435
URI
Publication date:
23.11.2009.
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