Miško KRANjEC Writer; (b. Velika Polana, Prekmurje, 15 September 1908 – d. Ljubljana, 8 June 1983)

Director of Cankar Publishing House; newspaper Ljubljanski dnevnik [Ljubljana Daily]; Slovenski književni zavod [Slovenian Publishing House]

Membership of SASA: Department of Literature and Language = Department of Language and Literature: corresponding member from 16 December 1965; external member from 7 May 1976 pursuant to the Law on SASA

Awards and recognitions: AVNOJ Award (1969); Prešern Award (1959, 1964,1976); Order of the Merit to the People of the first degree (1958); Order of Brotherhood and Unity with golden wreath (1968); Order of the Republic with golden wreath (1965)