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 workChildren'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

References

  1. Slovenia's Best for Young Readers by the Slovenian Book Agency Archived 3 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Mladinska Knjiga Publishing House site
  3. "The Levstik Award on the Mladinska Knjiga Publishing House site". Archived from the original on 17 March 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2012.