Marjan Manček (born 3 January 1948) is a Slovene

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and

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. He has illustrated over 190 books and is himself also the author of 30 children's picture books and comics. He also produced a number of short animated films.Slovenia's Best for Young Readers
by the

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Manček was born in

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in 1948. He studied English and

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at the

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, but mostly worked as a free-lance

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, illustrator and film animator. In 2007 he won the

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for lifetime achievement in illustration.

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20th-century Slovenian illustrators 21st-century Slovenian illustrators Slovenian caricaturists Slovenian comics artists Slovenian children's book illustrators Living people 1948 births People from Novo Mesto Levstik Award laureates University of Ljubljana alumni {{slovenia-artist-stub