Jelka Godec Schmidt (born 1 May 1958) is a Slovene illustrator and writer of children's books. Godec was born in

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in 1958. She graduated from the

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in Ljubljana and has since worked as a free-lance artist. She has illustrated over 40 books and her illustrations also appear in magazines for children. Her mother

Ančka Gošnik Godec Ančka Gošnik Godec (5 June 1927 – March 2025) was a Slovene illustrator. She illustrated over 120 children's books as well as school textbooks. Life Gošnik Godec was born in Celje in 1927. She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljublja ...

is also an illustrator, as was her husband

Matjaž Schmidt Matjaž Schmidt (7 February 1948 – 29 September 2010) was a Slovenes, Slovene artist and illustrator, best known for his Children's literature, children's books illustrations and comic strips. Schmidt was born in Ljubljana. After high school, ...

. She won the

Levstik Award The Levstik Award () is a literary award in Slovenia awarded for achievements in children's literature. It has been bestowed since 1949 by the Mladinska Knjiga Publishing House, making it the first literary award established by a Slovene publishin ...

in 1997 for her illustrations of ''Bisernica: slovenske kratke pripovedi za otroke'' (Bisernica: Traditional Short Stories for Children).

Selected illustrated works

* ''Zgodba o volku in lisici'' (The Tale of the Wolf and the Fox), written by Mojiceja Podgoršek, 2009 * ''Najlepše pravljice 2'' (Most Beautiful Fairy Tales 2), 2009 * ''Zobek Mlečko pri zobozdravniku'' (Milky the Tooth at the Dentist's), written by Helena Koncut Kraljič, 2009 * ''O štirih prijatejih'' (About Four Friends), written by Mojiceja Podgoršek, 2009 * ''Janko in Metka in druge pravljice'' (

Hansel and Gretel "Hansel and Gretel" (; ) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm and published in 1812 as part of ''Grimms' Fairy Tales'' (KHM 15). Hansel and Gretel are siblings who are abandoned in a forest and fall into the hands of a witch ...

and Other Fairy Tales), written by

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, 2009 * ''Mizica, pogrni se in druge pravljice'' (The Wishing-Table and Other Tales), written by

, 2009 * ''Mavrične kraljične'' (The Rainbow Princesses), written by Helena Koncut Kraljič, 2007 * ''Škrat Zguba in kameleon 3'' (Goblin Looser and Cameleon 3), author and illustrator, 2006 * ''Najdihojca'', written by

Fran Levstik Fran Levstik (28 September 1831 – 16 November 1887) was a Slovene writer, political activist, playwright and critic. He was one of the most prominent exponents of the Young Slovene political movement. Life and work Levstik was born in 18 ...

, 2005

References

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