Mojca Osojnik (born 29 June 1970) is a Slovene

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and

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, best known for her

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illustrations. Osojnik was born in

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in 1970. She graduated from the

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in Ljubljana in 1997 and obtained her

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in 2001. From 2001 to 2003 she lived and worked in Los Alamos. She has participated at numerous art exhibitions in Slovenia and abroad. She also works as a children's book illustrator, some of which she has also written herself. In 2003 she won the

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for her book ''Hiša, ki bi rada imela sonce'' (The House That Wanted to Be in the Sun).Mladinska Knjiga Publishing House site

Published works

Author and illustrator

* ''To je Ernest'' (This Is Ernest), 1997 * ''Hiša, ki bi rada imela sonce'' (The House That Wanted to Be in the Sun), 2001 * ''Polž Vladimir gre na štop'' (Vladimir the Snail Goes Hitchhiking), 2003 * ''Kako je gnezdila sraka Sofija'' (How Sofia the Magpie Made Her Nest), 2005

Illustrator

* ''Koroške ljudske pravljice in pripovedke'' (Carinthian Folk Tales and Fables) by

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, 1992 * ''Moji pridni otroci'' (My Good Children) by Sonja Wakounig, 1992 * ''O mrožku, ki si ni hotel striči nohtov'' (About Little Walrus Who Didn't Want to Cut His Nails) by Peter Svetina, 1999 * ''Čas je velika smetanova torta'' (Time Is a Big Chocolate Cake) by

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, 1999 * ''Mrožek dobi očala'' (Little Walrus' New Glasses) by Peter Svetina, 2003

References

1970 births Living people 20th-century Slovenian illustrators 21st-century Slovenian illustrators Slovenian children's writers Slovenian women children's writers Slovenian children's book illustrators Slovenian women children's book illustrators Artists from Kranj Levstik Award laureates University of Ljubljana alumni 20th-century Slovenian painters {{Slovenia-artist-stub