Nationality Slovenian Role Illustrator | Name Lila Prap Website her homepage Awards Preseren Fund Award | |
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Full Name Lilijana Praprotnik Zupancic Notable work Writing and illustrating children's books Books 1001 Historias, Doggy Whys?, Dinosaurs!?, Animals' International Dictionary, Cat Whys, Why?/ Dinosaurs?! Known for Architecture, Illustration, Children's literature Series Lilijana Praprotnik Zupancic: Lila Prap, Prostor za likovne, literarne, glasbene in igrane zgodbe Lile Prap Nominations Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award | ||
Lila prap zakaj zato nosorog
Lila Prap is the pen name of Slovene illustrator and writer Lilijana Praprotnik Zupančič (born 28 September 1955). She is best known for her humorous children's picture books, published both in her native Slovenia and abroad.
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- Lila prap zakaj zato nosorog
- Lilijana praprotnik zupancic lila prap
- Life and work
- Adaptations
- Awards
- Selected works
- References
Lilijana praprotnik zupancic lila prap
Life and work
Lila Prap was born in Celje in 1955. She studied architecture at the University of Ljubljana and worked as an architect before deciding to devote herself to graphic design and illustration.
Many of her books have been translated and published in France, Germany, Japan, the United States, China, and elsewhere.
Adaptations
Animated cartoons, based on her illustrations, have been televised on Japan's TV.
Awards
In 2001, her illustrations in Tiny Animals ("Male živali") and Animal Lullabies ("Živalske uspavanke") won her the Levstik Award in native Slovenia. In 2011, she won the Prešeren Foundation Award for exhibitions of her illustrations she held in Celje and Ljubljana.
Selected works
