Levstik Award
2 appearances
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Edition 0 (1987) Excellence Award
Dušan Petričić
ドゥシャン・ペトリチッチ
Dušan Petričić
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1946-05-10 （Belgrade, FPR Yugoslavia）
- Nationality
- Serbian
- Languages
- Serbian, English
- Residence History
- Belgrade, Serbia → Toronto, Canada (1993-2013)
Career
- Occupations
- illustrator, caricaturist, animator
- Active Years
- 1970-2024
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academy of Applied Arts, Belgrade | — | — | — | — | Serbia |
Academy of Applied Arts, Belgrade
Country:
Serbia
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Levstik Award | Guliver med pritlikavci | — | Mladinska Knjiga | winner |
| 2001 | Silbert Honour | The Longitude Prize | — | American Library Association | honour |
| — | IBBY Certificate of Honour | — | — | International Board on Books for Young People | winner |
| 2008 | Alberta Book Award | On Tumbledown Hill | — | — | winner |
Levstik Award
1989
Work:
Guliver med pritlikavci
Organization:
Mladinska Knjiga
Result:
winner
Silbert Honour
2001
Work:
The Longitude Prize
Organization:
American Library Association
Result:
honour
IBBY Certificate of Honour
Organization:
International Board on Books for Young People
Result:
winner
Alberta Book Award
2008
Work:
On Tumbledown Hill
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Longitude Prize
2008 Children's book illustrationIllustrations for the story of John Harrison's quest for the Longitude Prize.
scienceexploration
Guliver med pritlikavci
1987 Children's book illustrationIllustrations for Gulliver in Lilliput from Jonathan Swift's classic.
satireadventure
On Tumbledown Hill
2008 Children's book illustrationIllustrations for Tim Wynne-Jones' book, winner of Alberta Book Award.
friendshipimagination
Bibliography
- The Dance of the Violin
- Zoomberry
- Snap!
- The Man with the Violin
- In the Tree House
- Mr. Zinger's Hat
- My Toronto
- When Apples Grew Noses And White Horses Flew
- Better Together
- Jacob Two-Two on the High Seas
- Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang
- Jacob Two-Two's First Spy Case
- Jacob Two-Two and the Dinosaur
- Mattland
- The Queen's Feet
- On Tumbledown Hill
- The Longitude Prize
- My New Shirt
- Lickety-Split
- Alphabad: Mischievous ABCs
- Bashful Bob and Doleful Dorinda
- Bagels from Benny
- Rude Ramsay and the Roaring Radishes
- Ned Mouse breaks away
- Wings and Rockets: The Story of Women in Air and Space
- Grandmother Doll
- Earthlings Inside and Out: A Space Alien Studies the Human Body
- The Enormous Potato
- La Grosse Patate
- Bone Button Borscht
- Let's Play: Traditional Games of Childhood
- Scary Science: The Truth Behind Vampires, Witches, UFO's Ghosts and More
- The Color of Things
- Guliver med pritlikavci
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- humorous illustrationssatirical caricaturesdetailed children's book art
- Recurring Motifs
- imaginative worldseveryday satire
Legacy
Renowned Serbian illustrator known for children's book illustrations and caricatures in major newspapers worldwide, active in Canada.
Trivia
- Caricatures published in Politika, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Toronto Star.
- Lived and worked in Toronto, Canada from 1993 to 2013.