Background
Brenk was born in Horjul in what was then Austria-Hungary in 1911.
Brenk was born in Horjul in what was then Austria-Hungary in 1911.
She studied psychology and pedagogy at the University of Ljubljana and obtained her doctorate in 1939.
During the Second World War she joined the Slovene Liberation Front. From 1949 until her retirement in 1973 she worked as an editor at the Mladinska Knjiga publishing house. She died in Ljubljana and is buried at Žale.
An award for Best Original Slovene Picture Book bestowed since 2003 by the Slovenian Publishers Association was named after Kristina Brenk from 2011 onwards.