Dušan Petrič (1916–1964) was a Slovene

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and

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who won the

Levstik Award The Levstik Award ( sl, Levstikova nagrada) is a literary award in Slovenia awarded for achievements in children's literature. It has been bestowed since 1949 by the Mladinska Knjiga Publishing House, making it the first literary award established ...

in 1951 for his illustrations for ''Kaj je videl Mižek Figa'' (What Mižek Figa Saw). He also designed a number of political and other

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s in the period immediately after the

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.Examples of Dušan Petrič's posters at the Digital Library of Slovenia site
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Selected Illustrated Works

* ''Pazi na glavo – glava ni žoga'' (Look After Your Head - Your Head Isn't a Ball), written by

France Bevk France Bevk () (17 September 1890 – 17 September 1970) was a Slovene writer, poet and translator. He also wrote under the pseudonym Pavle Sedmak. Biography Bevk was born in the mountain village of Zakojca (Coizza during Italian rule, now p ...

, 1955 * ''Ujka'' (

Tootle ''Tootle'' () is a children's book written by Gertrude Crampton and illustrated by Tibor Gergely in 1945. It is part of Simon & Schuster's Little Golden Books series. As of 2001, it was the all-time third best-selling hardcover children's book ...

), written by

Gertrude Crampton Gertrude Crampton (June 26, 1909 – June 25, 1996) was an author of children's books, including '' Tootle'' (1945) and '' Scuffy the Tugboat'' (1946). Biography Gertrude Crampton was born on June 26, 1909, in Brooklyn, New York, to Faust ...

, 1954 * ''Mižek Figa gre po svetu'' (Mižek Figa Goes Into the World), written by Janez Menart, 1953 * ''Kaj je videl Mižek Figa'' (What Mižek Figa Saw), written by Ljudmila Prunk, 1951

References

Slovenian illustrators Slovenian male painters Levstik Award laureates 1916 births 1964 deaths 20th-century Slovenian painters 20th-century Slovenian male artists {{slovenia-artist-stub