Vladimir Naglič
Vladimir Naglič | |
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Born | 1896 |
Died | 1966 |
Nationality | Slovene |
Known for | Dictionary of Slovene Nautical Terms, translation work |
Awards |
Levstik Award 1951 for Kratke zanimivosti iz pomorstva |
Vladimir Naglič (1896 – 1966) was a Slovene mariner and translator, known for his contribution to a Slovene Nautical Dictionary (Pomorska Slovenščina) published in 1961 in cooperation with Janez Gradišnik and contributor of nautical terms to the Dictionary of Slovene Literary Language.[1]
In 1951 he won the Levstik Award for his book Kratke zanimivosti iz pomorstva (Interesting Facts about Seafaring).[2] He also translated into Slovene a number of books related to seafaring and other subjects, both fiction and non-fiction, such as Ivan Yefremov's Stellar Ships (Slovene title: Zvezdne ladje), 1956, Frans G. Bengtsson's The Long Ships (Slovene title: Rdeči viking), 1960, Frank Thiess' The Voyage of Forgotten Men (Slovene title: Cušima - roman pomorske vojne), 1961, and Bertrand Russell's Common Sense and Nuclear Warfare (Slovene title: Pamet in atomska vojna), 1961.