Zvonko Čoh (born 7 August 1956) is a Slovene

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illustrator An illustrator is an artist who specializes in enhancing writing or elucidating concepts by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text or idea. The illustration may be intended to clarify complicat ...

, and

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, best known as the co-author (together with Milan Erič) of the first Slovene animated

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film (i.e. the 1998

Socialization of a Bull In sociology, socialization or socialisation (see spelling differences) is the process of internalizing the norms and ideologies of society. Socialization encompasses both learning and teaching and is thus "the means by which social and cultura ...

). He has illustrated over thirty books for children and teenagers and made over twenty short animated films. Čoh was born in

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in 1956. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana in 1980 and has since worked as a free-lance artist. As an illustrator he collaborates with many publishers in Slovenia and his illustrations also appear in magazines for children and young readers. He has made a number of short animated films and in 1998 he also created the first Slovene

animated film titled ''Socializacija bika?'' (Socialisation of a Bull) with the artist Milan Erič. He 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 ...

twice, in 1988 for his illustrations in ''Račka Puhačka'' and ''Rastoče težave Jadrana Krta'' (The Fluffy Duckling ''and'' The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole) and in 1999 for his illustrations for the book children's folk limericks ''Enci benci na kamenci''.

Selected Illustrated Works

* ''Kekec in Pehta'' (Kekec and Pehta), written by

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, 2011 * ''Deseti brat, Hamlet, Drakula in drugi'' (The Tenth Brother, Hamlet, Dracula and others), written by Marjan Kovačevič Beltram, 2011 * ''Žiga špaget gre v širni svet'' (Žiga the Spaghetti Goes Out Into The Wide World), written by Aksinja Kermauner, 2010 * ''Odisejada in druge zgodbe'' (The Osyssey and Other Stories), written by Marjan Kovačevič Beltram, 2006 * ''Najlepše pravljice 2'' (Most Beautiful Fairy Tales 2), 2009 * ''Dogodek v mestnem logu'' (An Events in an Urban Forest), written by

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, 2009 * ''Listko in njegova življenja'' (Little Leaf and His Lives ), written by

, 2009 * ''Kako sta se gospod in gospa pomirila'' (How Mr and Mrs Calmed Down), written by

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, 2009 * ''Stonoga Tina'' (Tina the Centipede), written by

, 2008 * ''Samovo potovanje v deželo svetlobe'' (Sam's Journey into the Land of Light), written by

, 2008 * ''Štiri črne mravljice'' (Four Black Ants), written by

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, 2007 * ''Obuti maček'' (Puss in Boots), written by

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, 2003

References

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