Melita Vovk Explained

Melita Vovk
Birth Date:14 June 1928
Birth Place:Bled, Slovenia
Death Date:28 July 2020 (aged 92)
Death Place:Bled, Slovenia
Nationality:Slovenian
Field:painting, illustrating
Training:Academy of Fine Arts, Ljubljana
Works:Painting and children's books illustration

Melita Vovk (14 June 1928 – 27 July 2020) was a Slovene painter and illustrator of children's books.[1] [2]

Melita Vovk was born in Bled in 1928.[3] She has illustrated numerous children's books and won the Levstik Award twice, in 1957 for her illustrations for Zgode in nezgode kraljevskega dvora (Tales and Mishaps of the Royal Court) by Milan Šega and in 1965 for her illustrations for three books, Basni (Fables) by Ivan Krylov, Puhek v Benetkah (Puhek in Venice) by Mira Mihelič and Pustov god (Pust's Birthday) by Vera Albreht.[4] She received the lifetime achievement award for illustration at the 9th Slovenian Biennial of Illustration in 2010.[5] Vovk's first husband was the literary critic and stage director Bojan Štih and she is sometimes referred to as Melita Vovk Štih. Their daughter Ejti Štih is also a painter who lives and works in Santa Cruz in Bolivia.[6]

Selected Illustrated Works

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Morača . Hana Souček . December 2010 . Text in Image . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160324094110/http://www.slovenia.si/culture/arts/painting-and-architecture/text-in-image . 24 March 2016 . I Feel Slovenia.
  2. Web site: Hajnšek . Melita Forstnerič . 28 July 2020 . V spomin: Melita Vovk (1928-2020) . subscription . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201017065452/https://vecer.com/kultura/v-spomin-melita-vovk-1928-2020-10201236 . 17 October 2020 . 12 October 2020 . Večer . sl.
  3. Web site: Gspan . Eva . Vovk, Melita (1928–2020) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220522225627/https://www.slovenska-biografija.si/oseba/sbi815188/ . 22 May 2022 . 2022-11-23 . Slovenska Biografija . sl.
  4. Web site: Levstikove nagrade [Levstik Award] ]. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180826214407/http://www.mladinska.com/knjige/knjizne_nagrade/levstikove__nagrade . 26 August 2018 . 20 April 2012 . Mladinska Knjiga . sl.
  5. Web site: 17 November 2010 . http://www.ukom.gov.si/en/media_room/press_release/browse/6/article/246/2079/b84927f07b/?tx_ttnews[year=2010 Illustrator Melita Vovk Stih Gets Lifetime Achievement Award ]. dead . https://archive.today/20120805201357/http://www.ukom.gov.si/en/media_room/press_release/browse/6/article/246/2079/b84927f07b/?tx_ttnews%5Byear%5D=2010 . 5 August 2012 . Republic of Slovenia: Government Communication Office.
  6. Web site: Pavlovčič . Lidija . 8 October 2011 . Ejti Štih med Bolivijo in Slovenijo . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305013858/http://delo.si/zgodbe/sobotnapriloga/ejti-stih-med-bolivijo-in-slovenijo.html . 5 March 2016 . 23 November 2022 . Delo . sl-si.