Vesna Lemaić is a Slovene writer

Writer

A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....

. Her debut publication was a collection of short stories Popularne zgodbe (Popular Stories). Since she has also published a novel called Odlagališce (The Dumping Ground) and written a radio play

Radio drama

Radio drama is a dramatized, purely acoustic performance, broadcast on radio or published on audio media, such as tape or CD. With no visual component, radio drama depends on dialogue, music and sound effects to help the listener imagine the characters and story...

 for Radio Slovenija

Radiotelevizija Slovenija

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. She founded a project called Anonymous Readers and runs creative writing workshops for children and young people.

In 2009 she won Best Debut Novel Award awarded by the Union of Slovenian Publishers and Booksellers for Popularne zgodbe (Popular Stories). In 2010 she won the Fabula Award

Fabula Award

Fabula is a literary award in Slovenia awarded each year for the best collection of short prose in Slovene published in the previous two years. It has been bestowed since 2006 by the national newspaper house Dnevnik at the Fabula World Literatures festival that takes place every spring in...

for best collection of short prose in Slovene published within the previous two years for the same book.

Published works

• Popularne zgodbe (Popular Stories), short stories, (2008)
• Odlagališce (The Dumping Ground) , short stories, (2010)