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Damijan Stepančič

だみやん・すてぱんちっち

Damijan Stepančič

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1969-05-22 （Ljubljana）
Nationality
Slovene
Languages
Slovenian
Residence History
Ljubljana, Slovenia

Career

Occupations
painter, illustrator
Active Years
1996-

Education

Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Ljubljana
Fine Arts
Year of Graduation: 1996
Country: Slovenia

Awards

Levstik Award
2003
Work: A Flying Saucer in Our Garden
Organization: Mladinska knjiga Publishing House
Result: winner
Levstik Award
2011
Work: The Story of the Anchor
Organization: Mladinska knjiga Publishing House
Result: winner
IBBY Honour List
2010
Organization: International Board on Books for Young People
Result: honoured

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

A Flying Saucer in Our Garden

2002 Children's book illustration

Illustrations for the story of a flying saucer in the garden.

imaginationadventure

The Story of the Anchor

2010 Children's book illustration

Illustrations for the story of the anchor.

fantasyfriendship

When I Grow Up I Will Be a ...

2010 Children's book illustration

Picture book about future dreams, authored and illustrated by himself.

dreamsgrowth

Bibliography

  • About The Dragon Who Wanted to Be King
  • How They Saw The World
  • Can I Hug You Hard?
  • The Magic Ring
  • The Tale of the Black Sheikh with the Red Flower
  • When I Grow Up I Will Be a ...
  • The Story of the Anchor
  • The Dame With an Iron Bite and Other Stories
  • Little Martin and the Dinosaurs
  • The Squeaking Night Table
  • Budding Songs, Maying Songs
  • Ana and Bučko: Rhyming Alphabet
  • An Armful of Pebbles
  • Anton's Circus
  • Poems from the Washing Machine
  • Mikey Goes Around the World for the First Time
  • The Enchanted Kamurkam
  • The Captured Fisherman
  • A Flying Saucer in Our Garden

Legacy

A prominent Slovene illustrator of children's books, recipient of the Levstik Award twice and included in the IBBY Honour List.