Jelka Godec Schmidt

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Jelka Godec Schmidt
Born(1958-05-01)1 May 1958
Ljubljana, Slovenia
NationalitySlovenian
Education Academy of Fine Arts, Ljubljana
Known forillustrating, writing children's books
Notable work
Children's books writing and illustration
Awards Levstik Award
1997 Bisernica: slovenske kratke pripovedi za otroke

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

Godec was born in Ljubljana in 1958. She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts 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. [2] Her mother Ančka Gošnik Godec is also an illustrator, as was her husband Matjaž Schmidt.

She won the Levstik Award in 1997 for her illustrations of Bisernica: slovenske kratke pripovedi za otroke (Bisernica: Traditional Short Stories for Children). [3]

Selected illustrated works

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