Kamila Volčanšek (born 19 March 1950) is a Slovene painter and illustrator of children's books.
Life and work Volčanšek was born in Brežice in 1950. She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana in 1978.
She has illustrated numerous children's books and won the Levstik Award in 1981 for her illustrations for the book Kralj Drozgobrad (King Thrushbeard) by the Brothers Grimm.The Levstik Award . Mladinska Knjiga Publishing House.
Selected illustrated works
Pogašeni zmaj (The Extinguished Dragon), written by Bina Štampe Žmavc, 2003 Bohinjske pravljice (Fairy Tales from Bohinj), 1999 Denar naredi vse (Money Can Do Everything), written by Italo Calvino, 1995 Janko in Metka (Hansel and Gretel), written by Brothers Grimm, 1994 Deklica lastovica (The Swallow Girl), Slovene folk tale, 1989 Turjaška Rozamunda(Rosamund of Turjak Castle), written by France Prešeren, 1985 Stara Ljubljana (Old Ljubljana), written by Niko Grafenauer, 1983 Cesarjev slavec (The Nightingale), written by Hans Christian Andersen, 1981 Kralj Drozgobrad (King Thrushbeard), written by Brothers Grimm, 1980
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