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.
Bibliography
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
External links Društvo slovenskih pisateljev