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Kekec

Josip Vandot (creator of Kekec)

First appearanceZvonček (y.19#1/2)
1 January 1918
Kekec na hudi poti
(Kekec on the Hard Path)
Created byJosip Vandot
Portrayed byMatija Barl (1951)
Velimir Gjurin (1963)
Zlatko Krasnič (1968)
In-universe information
AliasMežnarčev Gregec
Gendermale
Occupationfearless boy and
a mountain shepherd
fighting Bedanec and Pehta
FamilyMežnar
NationalitySlovenian

Kekec is a fictional children's literature character created by Slovenian author Josip Vandot in 1918. He was first introduced in the serial "Kekec on the Hard Path" (Slovene: Kekec na hudi poti) in Zvonček magazine (volume 19, issue 1/2).[1] He is a young shepherd boy living in the Julian Alps, revered in Slovenia, and the subject of several films.[2]

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  • Kekec (Mežnarčev Gregec) is widely recognized as a Slovenian superhero and cultural icon. Kekec is a brave boy, a fearless shepherd from the highlands of his home region, Kranjska Gora and Julian Alps. He is good guy who is fighting an evil wild hunter from the mountains (Bedanec) and evil herbalist woman from mountains who is stealing children (Pehta).[3]
  • Bedanec (or. Bedanc) - evil poacher with long beard from the mountains.
  • Mojca - sister of Rožle, captured by Bedanec and Pehta.
  • Pehta - wild woman from the mountains.
  • Rožle - scared boy, a friend of Kekec.
  • Kosobrin - tiny old herbalist.
  • Tinkara
  • Brincelj
  • Vitranc
  • Tinka

Vandot's original novels

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Original trilogy short novels with Kekec as the main character were published as annex in Zvonček publication, not in one piece at once but in total 12 parts for each novel:

Novels weren't published in one piece, but every month one or two parts, as Zvonček publication was released at only every first in the month.

Kekec on the Hard Path

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Part Issue date Pages
I
II 		1 January 1918 7
8
III 1 March 1918 8
IV 1 April 1918 8
V 1 May 1918 6
VI
VII 		1 July 1918 7
7
VIII 1 August 1918 6
IX 1 September 1918 6
X 1 October 1918 9
XI 1 November 1918 7
XII 1 December 1918 7

Kekec on the Wolf Trail

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Part Issue date Pages
I 1 January 1922 10
II 1 February 1922 10
III 1 March 1922 10
IV 1 April 1922 10
V 1 May 1922 10
VI 1 June 1922 10
VII
VIII 		1 July 1922 10
11
IX 1 September 1922 10
X 1 October 1922 6
XI 1 November 1922 10
XII 1 December 1922 10

Kekec Above the Lonely Abyss

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Part Issue date Pages
I 1 January 1924 12
II 1 February 1924 11
III 1 March 1924 9
IV 1 April 1924 10
V 1 May 1924 10
VI 1 June 1924 10
VII 1 July 1924 9
VIII 1 August 1924 10
IX 1 September 1924 10
X 1 October 1924 9
XI 1 November 1924 10
XII 1 December 1924 13

Matija Barl (Kekec I) — Gjurin (Kekec II) — Zlatko Krasnič (Kekec III)

Presetnik (Bedanec I) — Ruša Bojc (Pehta) — Bibič (Bedanec II)

Gale's film trilogy

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Jože Gale (trilogy director)

Jože Gale directed Slovene/Yugoslav film trilogy about Kekec, based on novels by Josip Vandot, but only the first and second film were a direct adaptation of the second and third book:

  1. ^ "Kekec na hudi poti; published 1 January 1918 in Zvončkek N.19/1,2 publication". dlib.si. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  2. ^ Beattie, Andrew (2006). The Alps: a Cultural History. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 140–144. ISBN 978-0-19-530955-3.
  3. ^ Helga Glušič, Sto Slovenskih Pripovednikov (Ljubljana: Prešernova družba, 1996) ISBN 961-6186-21-3

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