Katka Zupančič, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Katka Zupančič

Slovene-American poet, writer and teacher

Date of Birth: 17-Sep-1889

Place of Birth: Grič pri Dobličah, Slovenia

Date of Death: 08-Sep-1967

Profession: writer, poet, translator, opinion journalist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Belokranjka Katka Zupancic (née Vrtacic; September 17, 1889 – September 8, 1967) was a Slovene-American poet, author and teacher.
Primarily a Slovene children's writer, much of her poetry conveys a child's impression of major events, and her stories explore the difficulties of immigrant life and women's status.
Her works of prose examine characters' psychology and social issues of the time, placing women, often with emotional distress, in the roles of protagonists. Zupancic was an educator in Slovenian schools.
She married in 1920 and followed her husband to the United States three years later.
In Chicago, she worked with Yugoslav and Slovene cultural organizations.
She died at age 77 in Los Gatos, California, where she had moved four years before.