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Marlenka Stupica
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Stupica in 2013
Born
Marlenka Muck

17 December 1927 (1927-12-17)
Died 17 June 2022(2022-06-17) (aged 94)
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Nationality Slovene
Education Academy of Fine Arts, Ljubljana, 1946/47
Known for Drawing, illustrating
Notable work
Children's books illustrations
Awards Prešeren Foundation Award
1972 for achievements in illustration
Levstik Award
1999 for lifetime achievement
Prešeren Award
2013 for lifetime achievement

Marlenka Stupica (née Muck, 17 December 1927 – 17 June 2022) was a Slovene children's book illustrator. She illustrated over one hundred books for children and is considered one of the top Slovene illustrators.

Life and work

Stupica was born as Marlenka Muck in Maribor, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes on 17 December 1927. She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana, People's Republic of Slovenia, Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia, where she graduated in 1950. At that time, she also travelled to numerous European countries. She already illustrated as a student. Overall, she illustrated over one hundred children's books in her life, and also worked as a commercial designer and a puppet scenographer. She exhibited in Tokyo, Bratislava, Bologna, and Rome. Her favourite motifs were landscape, water, trees and sky. She illustrated fairy tales by Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, Astrid Lindgren, and Ela Peroci, among others. Her daughter Marija Lucija Stupica was also an acclaimed illustrator.

She died in Ljubljana on 17 June 2022 at the age of 94

Awards

In 1972, Stupica won the Prešeren Foundation Award for her achievements in children's book illustration. She also won the Levstik Award for her illustrations a record six times, in 1950, 1952, 1954, 1959, 1960 and 1970, as well as the same award for lifetime achievement in illustration in 1999. In 2013, she was also bestowed the Prešeren Award for lifetime achievement.

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