Roža Piščanec, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Roža Piščanec

painter and illustrator

Date of Birth: 07-Jul-1923

Place of Birth: Lovrenc na Dravskem Polju, Podravska statistical region, Slovenia

Date of Death: 29-Sep-2006

Profession: writer, illustrator, painter

Nationality: Slovenia

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Roža Pišcanec (7 July 1923 – 29 September 2006) was a Slovene painter also known for her illustrations of children's books and magazines.She won the Levstik Award for her illustrations twice, in 1954 for her illustrations for Heidi and in 1961 for František Hrubín's Medenjakova hišica (Medenjak's House).
Probably her best known illustrated work is the story Kdo je napravil Vidku srajcico (Who Made Little Vid a Shirt) by Fran Levstik, first published in 1955.