{{Infobox writer | name = Ela Peroci | image = Ela Peroci (1).jpg | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1922|02|11|df=y}} | birth_place = Sveti Križ pri Rogaški Slatini, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (now in Slovenia) | death_date = {{death date and age|2001|11|18|1922|02|11|df=y}} | death_place = Ljubljana, Slovenia | occupation = {{flatlist| *Writer *teacher *journalist}} | nationality = | spouse = | children = | genre = | movement = | notableworks = Muca Copatarica, Moj dežnik je lahko balon, Tisočkratlepa, Na oni strani srebrne črte | awards = {{Awd|Levstik Award|1955|for Moj dežnik je lahko balon}}{{Awd|Levstik Award|1956|for Tisočkratlepa}}{{Awd|Prešeren Foundation Award|1971|for Na oni strani srebrne črte}} | influences = | influenced = | website = | footnotes = | image_size = 150 }}
'''Ela Peroci''' (11 February 1922 – 18 November 2001) was a Slovene children's writer, author of numerous children's stories that are considered classics in Slovene children's literature. Her best known story is ''Muca Copatarica'' (Slipper Keeper Kitty), illustrated by Ančka Gošnik Godec, which has seen numerous reprints and has sold over 140,000 copies.<ref>[http://www.delo.si/kultura/knjizevni-listi/ela-peroci-otroci-so-ji-vcasih-rekli-kar-muca-copatarica.html ''Ela Peroci: Otroci so ji včasih rekli kar Muca Copatarica'' (Ela Peroci: Children Would Sometimes Call Her the Slipper Keeper Kitty)], article in Delo, 6 February 2012</ref>
Peroci was born in Sveti Križ pri Rogaški Slatini in 1922. She trained as a teacher and started teaching in 1945. In 1948, she started working as a journalist for children's publications such as ''Pionir'', ''Ciciban'' and ''Mladi Svet''. She graduated from the University of Ljubljana in 1954 and then worked at the national radio broadcaster until her retirement in 1978. She wrote short stories for children but also published two poetry collections for adults.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mladinska.com/knjige/ustvarjalci/ustvarjalec?auid=65# |title=Mladinska Knjiga Publishing House site |access-date=2012-04-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101218204251/http://mladinska.com/knjige/ustvarjalci/ustvarjalec?auid=65# |archive-date=2010-12-18 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She died in Ljubljana in 2001.
She won the Levstik Award twice, in 1955 for ''Moj dežnik je lahko balon'' (My Umbrella Can Turn into a Balloon) and in 1956 for ''Tisočkratlepa'' (Thousandbeauty).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mladinska.com/knjige/knjizne_nagrade/levstikove__nagrade |title=The Levstik Award on the Mladinska Knjiga Publishing House site |access-date=2012-04-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317130359/http://www.mladinska.com/knjige/knjizne_nagrade/levstikove__nagrade |archive-date=2012-03-17 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1971 she won the Prešeren Foundation Award for her collection of stories ''Na oni strani srebrne črte'' (Beyond the Silver Line).<ref>[http://www.mk.gov.si/fileadmin/mk.gov.si/pageuploads/Ministrstvo/Podrocja/Preseren/dosedanji_nagrajenci/3_Nagrade_Presernovega_sklada_1962-2012.pdf Slovenian Ministry of Culture, complete list of Prešeren Foundation Awards recipients] {{dead link|date=January 2017|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
==Bibliography==
===Picture books=== * ''Moj dežnik je lahko balon'' (My Umbrella Can Turn into a Balloon), 1955 * ''Tisočkratlepa'' (Thousandbeauty), 1956 * ''Majhno kot mezinec'' (Small As the Thumb), 1957 * ''Muca Copatarica'' (Slipper Keeper Kitty), 1957 * ''Kje so stezice?'' (Where Are the Paths?), 1960 * ''Zato, ker je na nebu oblak'' (Because There is A Cloud in the Sky), 1963 * ''Hišica iz kock'' (House of Blocks), 1964 * ''Kozliček Goliček'' (Goliček the Goat), 1964 * ''Bomo šli s sanmi po snegu in spustili se po bregu'' (We Shall Take Our Sleigh and Sledge Down the Hill), 1965 * ''Vozimo, vozimo vlak'' (We Drive, We Drive A Train), 1965 * ''Čebelice'' (Bees), 1966 * ''Klobuček, petelin in roža'' (The Little Hat, the Cockrel and the Flower), 1968 * ''Pravljice žive v velikem starem mestu'' (Live Stories in the Big Old Town), 1969 * ''Stara hiša št. 3'' (The Old House At No.3.), 1973 * ''Lalala'' (Lalala), 1975 * ''Modri zajec'' (The Blue Rabbit), 1975 * ''Nina v čudežni deželi'' (Nina In The Strange Land), 1985 * ''Telefon'' (The Telephone), 1987 * ''Amalija in Amalija'' (Amalia and Amalia), 1998
===Stories=== * ''Tacek'' (Tacek), 1959 * ''Za lahko noč'' (Good Night Stories), 1964 * ''Očala tete Bajavaje'' (Aunt Bajvaja's Glasses), 1969 * ''Stolp iz voščilnic'' (The Greeting Card Tower), 1977 * ''Siva miš, ti loviš'' (Grey Mouse, You Catch), 1983 * ''Mož z dežnikom'' (The Man With the Umbrella), 1989 * ''Prisedite k moji mizici'' (Come And Sit At My Table), 1990 * ''Povestice Tik-Tak'' (Tick-tack Tales), 1998
===Poetry=== * ''Rišem dan'' (I Draw the Day), 1966 * ''Ko živim'' (When I Live), 1975
===Prose=== * ''Breskve'' (Peaches), 1959 * ''Po šoli me počakaj'' (Wait For Me After School), 1966 * ''Reci sonce, reci luna'' (Say Sun, Say Moon), 1979 * ''Fantek in punčka'' (Boy and Girl), 1996
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Peroci, Ela}} Category:Slovenian children's writers Category:Slovenian women children's writers Category:1922 births Category:2001 deaths Category:Levstik Award laureates Category:University of Ljubljana alumni Category:Yugoslav writers