Adriana Maraž
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Adriana Jadranka Maraž (26 December 1931 – 8 May 2015) was a Slovene
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. She was born in Ilirska Bistrica. From 1949 until 1957, she studied
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and
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. She had many solo exhibitions and has participated in the Graphic Art Biennales in Ljubljana. She won the Grand Prix at the second Norwegian International Print Biennale in
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. Maraž won the Jakopič award, the award for achievements in children's literature, in 1977 and the Prešeren Fund Award, the award for the artistic achievements, in 1983.


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1931 births 2015 deaths University of Ljubljana alumni Slovenian painters Jakopič Award laureates People from Ilirska Bistrica Slovenian women artists 20th-century women artists {{Slovenia-painter-stub