Štefan Planinc (8 September 1925 – 2017) was a Slovene surrealist painter also known for his illustrations for newspapers, magazines and books.Štefan Planinc on Towards Zero Gravity Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana siteSlovenia's Best for Young Readers by the Slovenian Book Agency
Planinc was born in Ljubljana in 1925. He studied at the Ljubljana Academy of Fine Arts and has received numerous awards for his works. He won the Levstik Award in 1959 and 1965.The Levstik Award on the Mladinska Knjiga Publishing House site
Selected Illustrated Works
Mame ni doma (Mum is not at Home), written by Erich Kästner, 1992 Lessie se vrača (Lassie Come-Home), written by Eric Knight, 1985 Pesmi za lačne sanjavce (Poems for Hungry Dreamers), written by Milan Dekleva, 1981 Vrtiljak (The Merry-Go-Round), written by Tone Pavček, 1980 Cigančica (The Little Gipsy Girl ), written by Tone Seliškar, 1979 Hišica brez napisa (The Little House Without a Sign), written by Jože Snoj, 1978 Kvadrat pa pika (A Square and a Dot), written by Gregor Strniša, 1977 Andrejčkova glava je prazna (Little Andrej's Head is Empty), written by Žarko Petan, 1967 Drejček in trije marsovčki (Drejček and the Three Martians), written by Vid Pečjak, 1965 Tajno društvo PGC (The PGC Secret Society ), written by Anton Ingolič, 1959 Živali v ukrivljenem zrcalu (Animals in a Curved Mirror), written by Vid Pečjak, 1957 Črni bratje (Black Brothers), written by France Bevk, 1957 Otroška leta (Childhood Years), written by France Bevk, 1956
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