Beno Zupančič, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Beno Zupančič

writer, journalist and screenwriter

Date of Birth: 22-Mar-1925

Place of Birth: Sisak, Sisak-Moslavina County, Croatia

Date of Death: 28-Aug-1980

Profession: screenwriter, writer, politician, publicist

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Beno Zupancic (22 March 1925 – 28 August 1980) was a Slovene writer and journalist.
He is best known for his novels and youth literature. Zupancic was born in Sisak, then part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, now in Croatia.
He went to school in Ljubljana and during the Second World War participated in the Slovene Liberation Front and was sent to a detainment camp as a result.
He completed his studies after the war and then worked in publishing and as a politician.In 1958 he won the Prešeren Award for his novel Sedmina.
He was also president of the Slovene Writers' Association in the late 1950s.The public library in Postojna is named after Zupancic.