Lila Prap

Lila Prap is the pen name of Slovene illustrator and writer Lilijana Praprotnik Zupančič (born 28 September 1955). She is best known for her humorous children's picture books, published both in her native Slovenia and abroad.

Life and work

Lila Prap was born in Celje in 1955. She studied architecture at the University of Ljubljana and worked as an architect before deciding to devote herself to graphic design and illustration.

Many of her books have been translated and published in France, Germany, Japan, the United States, China, and elsewhere.

Adaptations

Animated cartoons, based on her illustrations, have been televised on Japan's TV.

Awards

In 2001, her illustrations in Tiny Animals ("Male živali") and Animal Lullabies ("Živalske uspavanke") won her the Levstik Award in native Slovenia. In 2011, she won the Prešeren Foundation Award for exhibitions of her illustrations she held in Celje and Ljubljana.

Selected Works

• 2012 Why Do Cats ("Mačji zakaji")
• 2011 Why Do Bugs? ("Žuželčji zakaji")
• 2010 Why Do Dogs? ("Pasji zakaji")
• 2009 Dinasaurs?!'' ("Dinozavri?!")
• 2008 Where Do Dreams Go ("Kam gredo sanje")
• 2007 My Daddy ("Moj očka")
• 2005 1001 Fairy Tales ("1001 Pravljica")
• 2004 International Animal Dictionary ("Mednarodni živalski slovar")
• 2002 Animal Alphabet ("Živalska abeceda")
• 2002 Why? ("Zakaj?")
• 2002 Animal Lullabies("Živalske uspavanke")
• 2002 Tiny Creatures ("Male živali")
• 1999 True Fairy Tales ("Resnične pravljice in pripovedke")
• 1996 That is... ("To je...")

External links

• lilaprap.blogspot.com, her blog
• Chinese translations' book covers
• Japanese animation on YouTube of Lila Prap characters