Roža Piščanec
Painter and illustrator
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| Intro | Painter and illustrator | |||
| Places | Slovenia Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Serbia Croatia | |||
| was | Writer Painter Illustrator | |||
| Work field | Arts Creativity Literature | |||
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| Birth | 7 July 1923, Lovrenc na Dravskem Polju, Slovenia | |||
| Death | 29 September 2006Ljubljana, Slovenia (aged 83 years) | |||
| Star sign | Cancer | |||
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Biography
Roža Piščanec (7 July 1923 – 29 September 2006) was a Slovene painter also known for her illustrations of children's books and magazines.
She won the Levstik Award for her illustrations twice, in 1954 for her illustrations for Heidi and in 1961 for František Hrubín's Medenjakova hišica (Medenjak's House). Probably her best known illustrated work is the story Kdo je napravil Vidku srajčico (Who Made Little Vid a Shirt) by Fran Levstik, first published in 1955.