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March 6, 1999 (84 years old)
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Gemini
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Celebrities born on May 24
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Branka Jurca was a Slovene writer, principally for children and young adults. Jurca was born in Kopriva in the Karst region of what is now Slovenia in 1914. After the First World War the family moved to Maribor where she grew up. She worked as a teacher until the outbreak of the Second World War when she moved to Ljubljana. She participated in the Slovene Liberation Front but was arrested and sent to Gonars concentration camp and then Ravensbrück concentration camp. After the end of the war she worked as teacher for a while and then as an editor of the children's journal Ciciban. She wrote 35 stories for children, novels and collections of short stories. She died in Ljubljana in 1999. She won the Levstik Award twice, in 1960 for Okoli in okoli and in 1966 for Vohljači in prepovedane skrivnosti. She was married to the writer and playwright Ivan Potrč and their daughter Marjetica Potrč is an architect.
BornMay 24, 1914, Kopriva, Austria-Hungary (now in Slovenia)
DiedMarch 06, 1999, Ljubljana, Slovenia
OccupationWriter, teacher and editor
Notable worksKo zorijo jagode, Okoli in okoli, Vohljači in prepovedane skrivnosti
Notable awardsLevstik Award, 1960 for Okoli in okoli, Levstik Award, 1966 for Vohljači in prepovedane skrivnosti

About Branka Jurca

Children's Author Branka Jurca was born on May 24, 1914 in Slovenia (She dies at the age of 84, on March 6, 1999).

Award-winning Slovene author of Okoli in Okoli and other children's and young adult literature. The Glass Castle and Then Life Won are two of her adult fiction works.

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Branka Jurca before becoming famous

Branka Jurca was born in the Zodiac sign Gemini (The Twins), and 1914 is also the year of Tiger (兎) in the Chinese Zodiac.

Prior to being arrested and deported to two concentration camps, she was a member of the Slovene Liberation Front.

Achievement of Branka Jurca

She wrote thirty-five children's stories and novels.

Branka Jurca's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

Ivan Potrc, a fellow dramatist and author, was her husband. Marjetica Potrc, an architect, was born to the couple.

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Branka Jurca Collabed with

Both she and Children's Author Rachel Russell became well-known for creating children's books.

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Branka Jurca Income & Net worth

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Latest information about Branka Jurca updated on March 14 2023.