Jelka Godec Schmidt

Jelka Godec Schmidt
Born(1958-05-01)1 May 1958
Ljubljana, Slovenia
NationalitySlovenian
EducationAcademy of Fine Arts, Ljubljana
Known forillustrating, writing children's books
Notable workChildren's books writing and illustration
AwardsLevstik Award
1997 Bisernica: slovenske kratke pripovedi za otroke

Jelka Godec Schmidt (born 1 May 1958) is a Slovene illustrator and writer of children's books.[1]

Godec was born in Ljubljana in 1958. She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana and has since worked as a free-lance artist. She has illustrated over 40 books and her illustrations also appear in magazines for children.[2] Her mother Ančka Gošnik Godec is also an illustrator, as was her husband Matjaž Schmidt.

She won the Levstik Award in 1997 for her illustrations of Bisernica: slovenske kratke pripovedi za otroke (Bisernica: Traditional Short Stories for Children).[3]

  1. ^ Slovenia's Best for Young Readers by the Slovenian Book Agency Archived 3 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Mladinska Knjiga Publishing House site
  3. ^ "The Levstik Award on the Mladinska Knjiga Publishing House site". Archived from the original on 17 March 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2012.