Štefan Planinc Explained

Štefan Planinc
Birth Date:	September 8, 1925
Birth Place:	Ljubljana, Slovenia
Death Date:	2.9.2017
Death Place:	Ljubljana, Slovenia
Nationality:	Slovenian
Field:	painting, illustrating
Training:	Academy of Fine Arts, Ljubljana
Works:	Painting and illustration

Štefan Planinc (8 September 1925–2017) was a Slovene surrealist painter also known for his illustrations for newspapers, magazines and books.^[1] ^[2]

Planinc was born in Ljubljana in 1925. He studied at the Ljubljana Academy of Fine Arts and has received numerous awards for his works. He won the Levstik Award in 1959 and 1965.^[3]

Selected Illustrated Works

Mame ni doma (Mum is not at Home), written by Erich Kästner, 1992
Lessie se vrača (Lassie Come-Home), written by Eric Knight, 1985
Pesmi za lačne sanjavce (Poems for Hungry Dreamers), written by Milan Dekleva, 1981
Vrtiljak (The Merry-Go-Round), written by Tone Pavček, 1980
Cigančica (The Little Gipsy Girl), written by Tone Seliškar, 1979
Hišica brez napisa (The Little House Without a Sign), written by Jože Snoj, 1978
Kvadrat pa pika (A Square and a Dot), written by Gregor Strniša, 1977
Andrejčkova glava je prazna (Little Andrej's Head is Empty), written by Žarko Petan, 1967
Drejček in trije marsovčki (Drejček and the Three Martians), written by Vid Pečjak, 1965
Tajno društvo PGC (The PGC Secret Society), written by Anton Ingolič, 1959
Živali v ukrivljenem zrcalu (Animals in a Curved Mirror), written by Vid Pečjak, 1957
Črni bratje (Black Brothers), written by France Bevk, 1957
Otroška leta (Childhood Years), written by France Bevk, 1956