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Melita Vovk
Melita Vovk (14 June 1928 – 27 July 2020) was a Slovenes, Slovene painting, painter and illustrator of children's books. Melita Vovk was born in Bled in 1928. She has illustrated numerous children's books and won the Levstik Award twice, in 1957 for her illustrations for ''Zgode in nezgode kraljevskega dvora'' (Tales and Mishaps of the Royal Court) by Milan Šega and in 1965 for her illustrations for three books, ''Basni'' (Fables) by Ivan Krylov, ''Puhek v Benetkah'' (Puhek in Venice) by Mira Mihelič and ''Pustov god'' (Pust's Birthday) by Vera Albreht. She received the lifetime achievement award for illustration at the 9th Biennial of Illustration, Slovenia, Slovenian Biennial of Illustration in 2010. Vovk's first husband was the literary critic and stage director Bojan Štih and she is sometimes referred to as Melita Vovk Štih. Their daughter Ejti Štih is also a painter who lives and works in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Santa Cruz in Bolivia. Selected Illustrated Works ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Bled
Bled (; ,''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 146. in older sources also ''Feldes'') is a town on Lake Bled in the Upper Carniolan region of northwestern Slovenia. It is one of Slovenia, Slovenia's most visited Resort town, tourist destinations. The town is the administrative seat of the Municipality of Bled. Name The town was first attested in written sources as ''Ueldes'' in 1004 (and as ''Veldes'' in 1011). The etymology of the name is unknown and it is believed to be of pre-Slavic origin. The German name of the town, ''Veldes'', was either borrowed from Old Slovene ''*Beldъ'' before AD 800 or is derived from the same pre-Slavic source as the Slovene name. Geography Bled is located on the southern foot of the Karawanks mountain range near the border with Austria, about northwest of the national capital of Ljubljana. South of Lake Bled are the densely forested Poklju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
