Roža Piščanec (7 July 1923 – 29 September 2006) was a Slovene

painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

also known for her

illustration An illustration is a decoration, interpretation or visual explanation of a text, concept or process, designed for integration in print and digital published media, such as posters, flyers, magazines, books, teaching materials, animations, vid ...

s of

children's books A child (plural, : children) is a human being between the stages of childbirth, birth and puberty, or between the Development of the human body, developmental period of infancy and puberty. The legal definition of ''child'' generally refers ...

and magazines. She won the

Levstik Award The Levstik Award ( sl, Levstikova nagrada) 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 ...

for her illustrations twice, in 1954 for her illustrations for

Heidi ''Heidi'' (; ) is a work of children's fiction published in 1881 by Swiss author Johanna Spyri, originally published in two parts as ''Heidi: Her Years of Wandering and Learning'' (german: Heidis Lehr- und Wanderjahre) and ''Heidi: How She Used ...

and in 1961 for

František Hrubín František Hrubín (17 September 1910 – 1 March 1971) was a Czech poet and writer. Frantisek Hrubín was born into the family of a builder at Prague. His family lived in Lešany near Prague during World War I, and Hrubín visited his home ...

's ''Medenjakova hišica'' (Medenjak's House). Probably her best known illustrated work is the story ''Kdo je napravil Vidku srajčico'' (Who Made Little Vid a Shirt) 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 ...

, first published in 1955."V galeriji Sončnica ilustracije Rože Piščanec"
(Roža Piščanec's Illustrations in Gallery Sončnica),

Dnevnik Dnevnik means "The Daily" or "Daily News" in South Slavic languages. It can also be translated as "Diary". Closely related Slavic variants of the word are Deník (Czech) Dziennik (Polish) and Дневник (Russian). It may refer to: ;In broadc ...

, 2 March 2004

References

Slovenian illustrators Slovenian women illustrators 1923 births 2006 deaths Levstik Award laureates University of Ljubljana alumni Slovenian women artists 20th-century Slovenian painters 20th-century women artists People from the Municipality of Kidričevo {{slovenia-artist-stub