Alenka Goljevšček

Alenka Goljevšček
Born	(1933-09-07)7 September 1933 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Died	17 January 2017(2017-01-17) (aged 83)
Occupation	Writer, essayist and playwright
Notable awards	Levstik Award 1988 for Med bogovi in demoni

Alenka Goljevšček (7 September 1933 – 17 January 2017) was a Slovene writer, essayist and playwright.

She won the Levstik Award in 1988 for her book on Slovene mythology Med bogovi in demoni (Amongst Gods and Daemons). She is also a playwright.

Her husband was the literary historian, philosopher and essayist Taras Kermauner. She died on 17 January 2017.

Bibliography

Youth fiction

• Čudozgode (Wonderstories), 1974
• Po štirih, po dveh (On Four Legs, On Two Legs), 1996

Youth plays

• Čudežni kamen (The Magic Stone), 1979
• Če zmaj požre mamo (When the Dragon Eats Mother), 1981
• Hiša (The House), 1981
• Kralj Matjaž, kako se imaš? (King Matjaž How Are You?), 1981
• Volk in rdeča kapica (The Wolf and Little red Riding Hood), 1982
• Zakaj avto zjutraj noče vžgati (Why the Car Won't Start in the Morning), 1982
• Gornastenisedimuha (Theflyonthewall) 1983

Adult plays

• Srečanje na Osojah (Meeting in Osoje), 1981
• Pod Prešernovo glavo (Under Prešeren's Bust), 1984
• Zelena je moja dolina (Green is My Valley), 1985
• Lepa Vida 87 (The Beautiful Vida 87), 1987
• Srečna draga vas domača (Happy Beloved Home Village), 1999

Monographs

• Mit in slovenska ljudska pesem (Myth and Slovene Traditional Songs), 1982
• Med bogovi in demoni: liki iz slovenske mitologije (Amongst Gods and Daemons: Figures from Slovene Mythology), 1988
• Pravljice, kaj ste? (Fairytales What Are You?), 1991
• New age in krščanstvo (New Age and Christianity), 1992