Jana Milčinski

Jana Milčinski (born Jana Podkrajšek; 5 December 1920 – 13 April 2007) was a Slovene writer, journalist and translator.

She won the Levstik Award in 1986 for her popular science book Lukec dobi sestrico (Lukec Gets a Sister). She wrote a number of other stories and children's books, many with themes from the Second World War in Yugoslavia.

She was married to the poet and satirist Frane Milčinski Ježek.

Selected works

 * Pravljice za danes in jutri (Stories for today and Tomorrow), 1992
 * To si ti, Nina (That Is You, Nina), 1988
 * Danes, ko postajam pionir, pionirka (Today As I Become a Pioneer), 1988
 * Matiček in Maja včeraj, danes, jutri in vsak dan (Matiček and Maja Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow and Every Day), 1986
 * Lukec dobi sestrico (Lukec Gets a Sister), 1986
 * Pisane zgodbe (Diverse Tales), 1976
 * Zakaj sta Matiček in Maja zamudila pouk (Why Matiček and Maja Missed Class), 1972