About France Planina
Lived 1901 – 1992 (aged 90). France Planina was a Slovenian and Yugoslav cartographer, writer, geographer, teacher and biologist.
France Planina (29 September 1901 – 14 January 1992) was a Slovene geographer and cartographer.
Planina was born in Škofja Loka in 1901. He graduated from the University of Ljubljana in 1925 and taught in secondary schools in Otočac, Kranj and Ljubljana. During the Second World War he was interned in the Gonars concentration camp. After the war he continued to teach and also worked at the Natural History Museum of Slovenia. He retired in 1962. He died in Ljubljana in 1992. In 2001 a bronze bust to Planina was unveiled in Škofja Loka.
In 1967 he won the Levstik Award for his book Jugoslavija (Yugoslavia).
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Who was France Planina?
Slovene geographer
When was France Planina born?
France Planina was born on 29 September 1901 in Škofja Loka.
When did France Planina die?
France Planina died on 14 January 1992 in Ljubljana.
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France Planina was a cartographer, writer, geographer, teacher and biologist.
What nationality was France Planina?
France Planina was Slovenian and Yugoslav.
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