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Kamila Volčanšek

カミラ・ヴォルチャンシェク

Kamila Volčanšek

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1950-03-19 （Brežice）
Nationality
スロベニア人, スロヴェニア人
Languages
Slovene
Residence History
Brežice, Slovenia

Career

Occupations
painter, children's book illustrator
Active Years
1978-2024

Education

Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Ljubljana
Fine Arts
Period: 1974-1978
Year of Graduation: 1978
Country: Slovenia

Awards

Levstik Award
1981
Work: Kralj Drozgobrad
Organization: Mladinska Knjiga Publishing House
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Pogašeni zmaj (The Extinguished Dragon)

2003 children's book

Illustrations for children's book by Bina Štampe Žmavc

dragon

Bohinjske pravljice (Fairy Tales from Bohinj)

1999 children's book

Illustrations for fairy tales from Bohinj

fairy tales

Denar naredi vse (Money Can Do Everything)

1995 children's book

Illustrations for Italo Calvino's work

money

Janko in Metka (Hansel and Gretel)

1994 fairy tale

Illustrations for Brothers Grimm's Hansel and Gretel

siblingswitch

Deklica lastovica (The Swallow Girl)

1989 folk tale

Illustrations for Slovene folk tale

girlswallow

Turjaška Rozamunda

1985 poetry

Illustrations for France Prešeren's work

Stara Ljubljana (Old Ljubljana)

1983 children's book

Illustrations for Niko Grafenauer's work

history

Cesarjev slavec (The Nightingale)

1981 fairy tale

Illustrations for Hans Christian Andersen's The Nightingale

birdemperor

Kralj Drozgobrad (King Thrushbeard)

1980 fairy tale

Illustrations for Brothers Grimm's King Thrushbeard, Levstik Award winner

kingpunishment

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Visual and illustrative style
Recurring Motifs
fairy tale motifsnaturefantasy

Legacy

Renowned Slovene illustrator of children's books, particularly fairy tales, awarded the Levstik Award for her illustrations.

Trivia

  • Won the Levstik Award in 1981 for children's book illustrations.