Berta Golob

Berta Golob
Golob in 2007
Golob in 2007
Born (1932-08-09) 9 August 1932 (age 92)
Struževo, Slovenia
OccupationWriter, poet, librarian and teacher
Notable awardsLevstik Award
1982 for Žive besede

Berta Golob (born 9 August 1932) is a Slovene writer and poet, a retired teacher and librarian.[1]

Golob was born in Struževo which is now part of Kranj in 1932. She studied Slavistics at the University of Ljubljana and worked as a teacher and librarian. She is a prolific writer of children's books, in recent years mostly on religious subjects and has also published four poetry collections that also have a religious theme.

In 1982 she won the Levstik Award for her book Žive besede (Living Words).[2]