Ferdo Godina

Born(1912-10-17)17 October 1912
Dolnja Bistrica, Austria-Hungary (now in Slovenia)

Died14 July 1994(1994-07-14) (aged 81)
Ljubljana, Slovenia

Occupationwriter, partisan and political commissar

Notable worksKrivda Jarčekove Kristine, Sezidala si bova hišico

Ferdo Godina
Born	(1912-10-17)17 October 1912 Dolnja Bistrica, Austria-Hungary (now in Slovenia)
Died	14 July 1994(1994-07-14) (aged 81) Ljubljana, Slovenia
Occupation	writer, partisan and political commissar
Notable works	Krivda Jarčekove Kristine, Sezidala si bova hišico
Notable awards	Levstik Award 1974 for Sezidala si bova hišico

Ferdo Godina (17 October 1912 – 14 July 1994) was a Slovene writer and partisan. He was one of the early activists in the battle against the Hungarian occupation of Prekmurje during the Second World War. He wrote novels and short stories and was also a prolific writer for children and young adults.^[1]

Godina was born in 1912 in Dolnja Bistrica in what was then the Slovene March of the Kingdom of Hungary and part of Austria-Hungary and is part of Prekmurje in Slovenia. He joined the partisans in 1941. He wrote mostly short stories, socially sensitive and often written in the first-person narrative. He also published numerous works for young readers. He died in Ljubljana in 1994.^[2] The Bistrica Cultural Society is named after Godina.^[3]

He won the Levstik Award in 1974 for his series of stories for children Sezidala si bova hišico (We Shall Build a House).^[4]