Kamila Volčanšek Explained

Kamila Volčanšek
Birth Place:	Brežice, Slovenia
Nationality:	Slovenian
Field:	painting, illustrating
Training:	Academy of Fine Arts, Ljubljana
Works:	Children's books illustration and painting

Kamila Volčanšek (born 19 March 1950) is a Slovene painter and illustrator of children's books.^[1]

Volčanšek was born in Brežice in 1950. She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana in 1978. She has illustrated numerous children's books and won the Levstik Award in 1981 for her illustrations for the book Kralj Drozgobrad (King Thrushbeard) by the Brothers Grimm.^[2]

Selected illustrated works

• Pogašeni zmaj (The Extinguished Dragon), written by Bina Štampe Žmavc, 2003
• Bohinjske pravljice (Fairy Tales from Bohinj), 1999
• Denar naredi vse (Money Can Do Everything), written by Italo Calvino, 1995
• Janko in Metka (Hansel and Gretel), written by Brothers Grimm, 1994
• Deklica lastovica (The Swallow Girl), Slovene folk tale, 1989
• Turjaška Rozamunda(Rosamund of Turjak Castle), written by France Prešeren, 1985
• Stara Ljubljana (Old Ljubljana), written by Niko Grafenauer, 1983
• Cesarjev slavec (The Nightingale), written by Hans Christian Andersen, 1981
• Kralj Drozgobrad (King Thrushbeard), written by Brothers Grimm, 1980

Notes and References

1. Web site: Slovenia's Best for Young Readers . 2016 . . 85.
2. http://www.mladinska.com/knjige/knjizne_nagrade/levstikove__nagrade The Levstik Award