Melita Vovk: Difference between revisions

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'''Melita Vovk''' (born 14 June 1928 – 27 July 2020) iswas a [[Slovenes|Slovene]] [[painting|painter]] and [[illustrator]] of children's books.<ref>[{{Cite web |last=Morača |first=Hana Souček |date=December 2010 |title=Text in Image |url=http://www.slovenia.si/enculture/arts/painting-and-architecture/text-in-image |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324094110/http://www.slovenia.si/culture/arts/painting-and-architecture/text-in-image |archive-date=24 March 2016 |website=I Feel Slovenia}}</ref><ref>{{cite ''Textweb in|last=Hajnšek image:|first=Melita TheForstnerič old|date=28 guardJuly of2020 fairytale|title=V illustration''spomin: onMelita SlovenisVovk (1928-2020) |url=https://www.sivecer.com/kultura/v-spomin-melita-vovk-1928-2020-10201236 site,|url-access=subscription Slovenian|url-status=live Government|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017065452/https://vecer.com/kultura/v-spomin-melita-vovk-1928-2020-10201236 Communication|archive-date=17 Office,October Official2020 gateway|accessdate=12 toOctober information2020 on|website=Večer Slovenia]|publisher= |language=sl}}</ref>

Melita Vovk was born in [[Bled]] in 1928.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gspan |first=Eva |title=Vovk, Melita (1928–2020) |url=https://www.slovenska-biografija.si/oseba/sbi815188/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220522225627/https://www.slovenska-biografija.si/oseba/sbi815188/ |archive-date=22 May 2022 |access-date=2022-11-23 |website=Slovenska Biografija |language=sl}}</ref> She has illustrated numerous children's books and won the [[Levstik Award]] twice, in 1957 for her illustrations for ''Zgode in nezgode kraljevskega dvora'' (Tales and Mishaps of the Royal Court) by [[Milan Šega]] and in 1965 for her illustrations for three books, ''Basni'' (Fables) by [[Ivan Krylov]], ''Puhek v Benetkah'' (Puhek in Venice) by [[Mira Mihelič]] and ''Pustov god'' (Pust's Birthday) by [[Vera Albreht]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Levstikove nagrade [Levstik Award] |url=http://www.mladinska.com/knjige/knjizne_nagrade/levstikove__nagrade The|url-status=dead Levstik|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826214407/http://www.mladinska.com/knjige/knjizne_nagrade/levstikove__nagrade Award|archive-date=26 onAugust the2018 Mladinska|access-date=20 KnjigaApril Publishing2012 House|website=Mladinska site]Knjiga |language=sl}}</ref> She received the lifetime achievement award for illustration at the 9th [[Biennial of Illustration, Slovenia|Slovenian Biennial of Illustration]] in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 November 2010 |title=Illustrator Melita Vovk Stih Gets Lifetime Achievement Award |url=http://www.ukom.gov.si/en/media_room/press_release/browse/6/article/246/2079/b84927f07b/?tx_ttnews[year]=2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120805201357/http://www.ukom.gov.si/en/media_room/press_release/browse/6/article/246/2079/b84927f07b/?tx_ttnews%5Byear%5D=2010 Press Release from the Slovenian Government Communication Office, 17 November 2010]{{dead link|archive-date=January5 2018August 2012 |botaccess-date=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attemptedwebsite=yesRepublic of Slovenia: Government Communication Office}}</ref>

Vovk's first husband was the [[literary critic]] and [[stage director]] [[Bojan Štih]] and she is sometimes referred to as Melita Vovk Štih. Their daughter [[Ejti Štih]] is also a painter who lives and works in [[Santa Cruz de la Sierra|Santa Cruz]] in [[Bolivia]].<ref>[http{{Cite web |last=Pavlovčič |first=Lidija |date=8 October 2011 |title=Ejti Štih med Bolivijo in Slovenijo |url=https://old.delo.si/zgodbe/sobotnapriloga/ejti-stih-med-bolivijo-in-slovenijo.html ''Ejti Štih|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305013858/http://delo.si/zgodbe/sobotnapriloga/ejti-stih-med Bolivijo -bolivijo-in-slovenijo.html Slovenijo''|archive-date=5 EjtiMarch Štih2016 Between|access-date=23 BoliviaNovember and Slovenia, article in2022 [[|website=Delo]], 8 October 2011]|language=sl-si}}</ref>

* ''Ko zorijo jagodeejagode'' (When Strawberries Ripen), written by [[Branka Jurca]], 1976

* ''Sračje sodišče ali jeJe, kar je'' (The Crows's Court Or What Is Just Is), written by [[Matej Bor]], 1961