Tita Kovač Artemis

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Tita Kovač Artemis
Tita Kovač Artemis
Tita Kovač Artemis
Born(1930-09-18)18 September 1930
Novo Mesto, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Died11 March 2016 (aged 85)
OccupationChemist and writer
Notable awardsLevstik Award
1985 for Kemiki skozi stoletja

Tita Kovač Artemis (19 September 1930 – 11 March 2016) was a Slovene chemist and writer.[1]

She won the Levstik Award in 1985 for her book Kemiki skozi stoletja (Chemists Through the Centuries).[2]

She was best known for her documented biographical novels on Johann Weikhard von Valvasor Spomini baraona Valvasorja (Memoirs of Baron Valvasor), 1973; Stephen Dečanski Štefan Dečanski, 1974; Sigmund Zois Najbogatejši Kranjec (The Richest Carniolan), 1979; Janez Bleiweis Slovenski orator (The Slovene Orator), 1990; and Ioannis Kapodistrias Grški feniks (The Greek Phoenix), 2003.[citation needed]

In 1970 she moved to Greece where she lived and worked for many years until she moved to a retirement home near Topolšica in her native Slovenia.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Umrla pisateljica in častna občanka Novega mesta Tita Kovač Artemis". Dolenjski list. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Levstikove nagrade". Mladinska knjiga. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  3. ^ PV Zimzelen site Archived 8 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine, cs-zimzelen.si; accessed 20 March 2016.