Marlenka_Stupica

Marlenka Stupica

Marlenka Stupica

Slovene children's book illustrator (1927–2022)

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.[1]

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Life and work

Stupica was born as Marlenka Muck in Maribor, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes on 17 December 1927.[2] 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.[3] 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.[1] Her daughter Marija Lucija Stupica was also an acclaimed illustrator.

She died in Ljubljana on 17 June 2022 at the age of 94[4]

Awards

In 1972, Stupica won the Prešeren Foundation Award for her achievements in children's book illustration.[5] 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.[6] In 2013, she was also bestowed the Prešeren Award for lifetime achievement.[7]

References

  1. [1]
    "Marlenka Stupica: Pravljice lahko potešijo osnovne človeške stiske" [Marlenka Stupica: Fairytales can Quench Human Distresses]. MMC RTV Slovenija (in Slovenian). 8 February 2013.
  2. [2]
    "Poslovila se je edinstvena Marlenka Stupica, ena prvih dam slovenske ilustracije" [The unique Marlenka Stupica, one of the first ladies of Slovenian illustration, said goodbye]. Radiotelevizija Slovenija. 17 June 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  3. [3]
    Urblíková, Anna, ed. (1975). "Marlenka Stupica". Bienále ilustrácií Bratislava, Československo, '71 '73. Mladé letá. OCLC 2910600.
  4. [4]
    "Legendary illustrator Marlenka Stupica dies". Slovenian Press Agency (STA). 17 June 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  5. [5]
    "Prešernove nagrade" (in Slovenian). Government of the Republic of Slovenia. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  6. [6]
    Mladinska Knjiga Publishing House site Archived 18 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  7. [7]
    Jaklič, Tanja (7 February 2013). "Prešernovi nagradi Marlenki Stupici in Zorku Simčiču" [Prešeren Awards to Marlenka Stupica and Zorko Simčič]. Delo.si (in Slovenian).
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