Bina Štampe Žmavc

Bina Štampe Žmavc (born October 4, 1951, in Celje) is a Slovene writer, poet, director and translator.

Biography
She was born on October 4, 1951, in Celje. She visited both primary and grammar schools in Celje. After the grammar school she studied comparative literature and literary theory at the Faculty of Arts in Ljubljana. As a graduate she employed herself in the field of education and taught for five years. She occupied herself with music and theatre as well. She was the leader of the infant improvisational theatre at Experimental Theatre Celje for 13 years, where she was director, stage manager and the author of texts. She is a member of the editorial board of the magazine Poetikon. Nowadays she is considered a classic of Slovene juvenile literature. She lives and works in Celje.

Work
She writes poems, prose and theatre plays, mostly for young readers. She started publishing poetry for adults in the grammar school's gazette named Brstiči, later on in Dialogi, Mentor and Obrazi as well. She has written three poetical collections of sonnets, namely Pesek v pesmi, Poševno sonce and Opoldnevi. Among the poetical collections, Čaroznanke (1990) is the largest one; their motivation has the origin in everyday life as well as reality and experiences of imagination. In the collection Nebeške kočije (1994) the author is focusing on the themes of universe, in which everything is connected, the themes of human being and nature; with her collection Klepetosnedke (1996) she returns to a child and his/her playful relation to the surroundings. Among the prose work we can find animal stories (Slike in zgodbe iz tisoč in enega pasjega dne, 1985) and various short fairy tales and nonsense texts (Popravljalnica sanj, 1992, Muc Mehkošapek, 1998). A characteristic of her juvenile poetry is a rich poetical language. The poet invents new words, her poems are rhythmic. Moreover, imaginary words are typical of her juvenile prose. She also writes plays and puppet show works for children and chansons for adults.

Poetry for young people

 * Čaroznanke, 1990
 * Nebeške kočije, 1994
 * Zrnca sonca, 1994
 * Klepetosnedke, 1996
 * Duhec Motimir, 2002
 * Škrat s prevelikimi ušesi, 2002
 * Snežroža, 2006
 * Vaze, 2008
 * Roža v srcu, 2010
 * Pol sonca, 2011

Prose for young people

 * Slike in zgodbe iz tisoč in enega pasjega dne, 1985
 * Popravljalnica sanj, 1992
 * Kam je izginil sneg, 1993
 * Popravljalnica igrač, 1994
 * Mavricij in lučka Svečana, 1994
 * Ure kralja Mina, 1996
 * Vejak, 1997
 * Bajka o svetlobi, 1997
 * Muc Mehkošapek, 1998
 * Pismonoša Hubert, 1998
 * Tri zvezde za celjske kneze, 2000
 * Drevo srca, 2001
 * Ukradene sanje, 2001
 * Škrat s prevelikimi ušesi, 2002
 * Pogašeni zmaj, 2003
 * Živa hiša, 2004
 * Vprašanja srca, 2008
 * Cesar in roža, 2009
 * Košastka Katka, 2009
 * Kako raste leto, 2010
 * Snežnosek, 2010

Plays for young people

 * O velikem strahu Buholinu, 1985
 * Cirkus Cigumigus, 1994
 * Ure kralja Mina, 2000
 * Princesa kamnitih besed, 2000
 * Ernica gosenica, 2000
 * O petelinu in pavu, 2001
 * Mojca Pokrajculja, 2002

Poetry for adults

 * Pesek v pesem, 1999
 * Poševno sonce, 2001
 * Opoldnevi, 2005
 * Sinjebradec, 2007

Radio plays

 * Kam je izginil sneg, 1993
 * Princesa kamnitih besed, 1996
 * Ure kralja Mina, 1996
 * O petelinu in pavu, 1997

Adaptations and translations

 * Pujs v mlaki (priredba), 1994
 * Pojdiva domov, Mali medo (priredba), 1994
 * Mesto cvetja (priredba), 1994
 * Doktor Belko (prevod), 1999
 * Ali ima tudi kenguru mamo (prevod), 2000
 * Daj mi poljubček (prevod), 2001
 * Poljubček za lahko noč (prevod), 2001
 * Zajčkova knjiga pravljic (prevod), 2001
 * Zelo osamljena kresnička (prevod), 2002
 * Zelo tih čriček (prevod), 2002
 * Ali se ne počutiš dobro, Poldek? (prevod), 2002

Awards

 * Zlata Linhartova značka ZKOS za režijo in besedilo igre O velikem strahu Buholinu, 1986.
 * Nagrada zlata paličica za najboljše slovensko odrsko besedilo za otroke in mladino za dramski tekst Ure kralja Mina, 1994.
 * Nagrada Radia Slovenija za izvirno radijsko igro za otroke za igro Princesa kamnitih besed, 1996.
 * Nagrada Radia Slovenija za izvirno radijsko igro za otroke za igro Ernica gosenica, 1997.
 * Klemenčičeva nagrada za izvirno lutkovno besedilo Društva slovenskih pisateljev in festivala "Klemenčičevi dnevi" za delo Ernica gosenica, 1999.
 * Mednarodna bienalna nagrada Janusz Korczak, 2. nagrada za delo Muc Mehkošapek, 2000.
 * Nagrada Radia Slovenija za izvirno radijsko igro za otroke za igro O kuri, ki je izmaknila pesem, 2003.
 * Nagrada desetnica za otroško in mladinsko književnost za pesniško zbirko Živa hiša, 2007.
 * Nagrada večernica za delo Cesar in roža, 2009.
 * Nagrada desetnica za najboljše otroško in mladinsko delo za zbirko pravljic Cesar in roža, 2011.

Sources and literature

 * Cankarjeva založba, Leksikon slovenska književnost, Ljubljana, 1996
 * A. Lutar Ivanc, Album slovenskih književnikov, MK, Ljubljana 2006
 * Alenka Kepic Mohar, Šolski album slovenskih književnikov, MK, Ljubljana, 2007
 * Bina Štampe Žmavc, Snežroža, Celje, 2007
 * Bina Štampe Žmavc
 * Wikipedija- Bina Štampe Žmavc