Neža Maurer

Neža Maurer Škofič (born 22 December 1930) is a Slovene poet and writer. She writes for children, young adults, and adults and has worked as a translator, journalist, editor and teacher. Neža Maurer was born in the village of Podvin near Polzela in 1930. She trained as a teacher in Ljubljana and taught in schools in Črni vrh nad Idrijo and Ilirska Bistrica and, at the same time, got a degree in Slavistics from the University of Ljubljana. She worked as a journalist and program coordinator for youth programs at TV Ljubljana and as a contributor and editor at numerous magazines and journals. She lives in Preddvor and, as a retired artist, continues to be a prolific writer and poet.

In 2010 she received the Poetry Gold Medal for her life's work.

Poetry

 * Sončne statve, 1970
 * Kam pa teče voda, 1972
 * Kako spi veverica, 1975
 * Kostanjev škratek, 1980
 * Beli muc, 1981
 * Kadar Vanči riše, 1985
 * Televizijski otroci, 1986
 * Uh, kakšne laži, 1987
 * Iskal sem kukavico, 1989
 * Bratec Kratekčas, 1989
 * Oče Javor, 1990
 * Muca frizerka, 1995
 * Kdo, 1997
 * Od srede do petka, 1997
 * Sloni v spačku, 1997
 * Kostanjev škratek, 1997
 * Velik sončen dan, 2000
 * Kdo se oglaša, 2003
 * Zajčkova telovadba, 2004
 * Pišem, berem A,B,C, 2005

Prose

 * Čukec, 1978
 * Koruzni punčki, 1993
 * Zvesti jazbec, 1999
 * Dica Prstančica, 2001
 * Ti si moje srce, 2008

Poetry

 * Skorja dlani in skorja kruha, 1969
 * Ogenj do zadnjega diha, 1973
 * Čas, ko je vse prav, 1978
 * U službi života, 1978
 * Tej poti se reče želja, 1984
 * Drevo spoznanja, 1987
 * Kadar ljubimo, 1990
 * Litanije za mir, 1991
 * Od mene k tebi, 1993
 * Leva stran neba, 1994
 * Wenn wir lieben, 1995
 * The veiled landscape, 1995
 * Metulj na snegu, 1997
 * Igra za življenje, 1999
 * Zbrana dela I.del, 2000
 * Zbrana dela II. del, 2003
 * Zmenek, 2004
 * Raj, 2007
 * Od mene k tebi, 2007
 * Na tvojo kožo pišem svoje verze, 2008
 * Piramide upanja, 2010
 * Sama sva na svetu – ti in jaz, 2010

Prose

 * Zveza mora ostati, 1967
 * Dom za telohov cvet, 1999
 * Velika knjiga pravljic, 1999