Marlenka Stupica (, 17 December 1927 – 17 June 2022) was a Slovene

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illustrator. She illustrated over one hundred books for children and is considered one of the top Slovene illustrators.

Life and work

Stupica was born as Marlenka Muck in Maribor,

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on 17 December 1927. She studied at the

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, where she graduated in 1950. At that time, she also travelled to numerous European countries. She already illustrated as a student. Overall, she illustrated over one hundred children's books in her life, and also worked as a commercial designer and a puppet scenographer. She exhibited in

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, Bratislava,

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, and

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. Her favourite motifs were landscape, water, trees and sky. She illustrated fairy tales by

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, Hans Christian Andersen, Astrid Lindgren, and Ela Peroci, among others. Her daughter

Marija Lucija Stupica Marija Lucija Stupica (13 December 1950 – 28 May 2002) was a Slovene children's book illustrator. Stupica was born in Ljubljana in 1950. She was the daughter of the acclaimed Slovene illustrator Marlenka Stupica and famous painter Gabrijel S ...

was also an acclaimed illustrator. She died in Ljubljana on 17 June 2022 at the age of 94

Awards

In 1972, Stupica won the Prešeren Foundation Award for her achievements in children's book illustration. She also won the

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for her illustrations a record six times, in 1950, 1952, 1954, 1959, 1960 and 1970, as well as the same award for lifetime achievement in illustration in 1999. In 2013, she was also bestowed the

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for lifetime achievement.

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