Dim Zupan facts for kids

Dim Zupan
Quick facts for kids Dim Zupan
Born	19 February 1946; Ljubljana, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (now in Slovenia)
Occupation	Fiction writer
Notable works	Leteči mački, Drekec Pekec in Pukec Smukec
Notable awards	Levstik Award; 1996 for Leteči mački;

Dim Zupan (born 19 February 1946) is a Slovene children's writer. He has also published three novels for adult readers.

Zupan was born in Ljubljana in 1946. He studied Law at the University of Ljubljana. He published his first children's book in 1991, introducing the characters of Drekec Pekec and Pukec Smukec (Super Pooper and Farty Party) which became very popular with young readers and feature in a further four of his books. He has also published over twenty other books, including three novels and a theatre play.

In 1996 he received the Levstik Award for his books Drekec Pekec in Pukec Smukec (Super Pooper and Farty Party) and Leteči mački (Flying Cats).

Published works

Zobek na dopustu (Little Tooth on Holiday), 1995
Tolovajevo leto (The Year of the Robber), 1995
'Maščevanje strašne juhice (The Revenge of the Terrible Soup), 1997

Trije dnevi Drekca Pekca in Pukca Smukca (Three Days in the Lives of Super Pooper and Farty Party), 1991
Trnovska mafija (The Trnovo Mafia), 1992
Tri noči Drekca Pekca in Pukca Smukca (Three Nights in the Lives of Super Pooper and Farty Party), 1993
Tri skrivnosti Drekca Pekca in Pukca Smukca (Three Secrets of Super Pooper and Farty Party), 1994
Tri zvezdice Drekca Pekca in Pukca Smukca (Three Stars of Super Pooper and Farty Party), 1995
Leteči mački (Flying Cats), 1996
Trnovska mafija drugič (The Trnovo Mafia Again), 1997
Tri spoznanja Drekca Pekca in Pukca Smukca (Three Realizations of Super Pooper and Farty Party), 1998
Rdeči teloh (Red Hellebore), 1998
Onkraj srebrne mavrice (Beyond the Silver Rainbow), 1998
Modri kamen modrosti (The Blue Stone of Wisdom), 1999
Dežela odrezanih glav (the Land of Severed Heads), 2001
Osica Maja (Maya the Wasp), 2004
Ko pridejo angelčki (When the Little Angels Come), 2004
Štirinajst in pol (Fourteen and a Half), 2005
Hektor in ribja usoda (Hector and Fish Fate), 2006
Hektor in mala šola (Hector and Prep School), 2007
Deklica za ogledalom (The Little Girl Behind the Mirror), 2007
Hektor in velika avantura (Hector and the Great Adventure), 2009
Hektor in male ljubezni (Hector and a Little Love), 2009
Bela noč v črni vasi (White Night in the Black Village), 2009

Temna zvezda smrti (The Dark Star of Death), 1993
Žametni soj (Velvet Shining), 2000
Hudo brezno (The Terrible Abyss), 2005