ilustracije in risarije: Pustna

I'm an illustrator and author (born in Novo Mesto, Slovenia, in 1979), recipient of the Ezra Jack Keats Honor Award, and represented by the Stimola Literary Studio Agency. The wordless book I made for my master's thesis in 2016 won a student Award at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Ljubljana. It was published as ‘Kje si?’ by Miš Publishing in 2018, and received a special Prize as an outstanding wordless picture book at the 2018 Kristina Brenkova Awards. The rights were sold to several countries around the world.

Some Achievements

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2022 The BRAW Amazing Bookshelf, Bologna Book Fair, Every Little Kindness (Chronicle Books).

2022 Ezra Jack Keats Honor Award, Every Little Kindness (Chronicle Books).

2021 Every Little Kindness (Chronicle Books) featured in People Magazine in a round-up of "The Year's Best Books for Kids".

2021 Amazon Editor's Pick of the Month and Amazon Best Children's Books of 2021, ages 3-5, Every Little Kindness (Chronicle Books).

2021 Nomination for the Kristina Brenkova Award, Ozimnica (Nina Mav Hrovat, Zala Publishing).

2021 Finalist for the 55th Illustrators Exhibition Bologna.

2020 Finalist for the BIBF Ananas Illustration Awards/BIBF Ananas International Illustration Exhibition.

2019 Kje si? in the IBBY Silent Books Collection 2019, and on the Honour list of the collection.

2019 The Golden Pear Label, "Kje si?".

2019 The White Ravens, "Kje si?".

2018 Nomination and Special prize for the book "Kje si?" ("Where are you?") as an outstanding wordless picture book at the 2018 Kristina Brenkova Awards.

2016 UL ALUO Student's Award for my Master's Thesis.