Aleksander Konjajev

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Aleksander Konjajev
Born(1909-07-03)3 July 1909
Died10 April 1995(1995-04-10) (aged 85)
Ljubljana, Slovenia
AwardsLevstik Award
1984 for Nevidni živi svet
Levstik Award
1991 for Nejc in drobnoživke
Scientific career
FieldsAgronomy, microbiology

Aleksander Konjajev (3 June 1909 – 10 April 1995)[1] was a Russian Empire-born Yugoslav agronomist and dean of the Biotechnology Faculty at the University of Ljubljana. He was an expert on microbiology of dairy farming.[2]

He wrote numerous scientific books and articles as well as popular science books. He won the Levstik Award twice, in 1984 for his book Nevidni živi svet (The Invisible Living World) and in 1991 for Nejc in drobnoživke (Nejc and Tiny Bugs).[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Slovenski almanah. Delo. 1995.
  2. ^ Slovenian Microbiological Association site
  3. ^ "The Levstik Award on the Mladinska Knjiga Publishing House site". Archived from the original on 2012-03-17. Retrieved 2012-05-22.