Damijan Stepančič

Damijan Stepančič (born 22 May 1969) is a Slovene painter and illustrator, best known for his children's books illustrations.

Stepančič was born in Ljubljana in 1969. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana in 1996 and his creative work focuses on illustration for children's books and journals.

He was included on the IBBY Honour List for 2010. He won the Levstik Award twice, in 2003 for Leteči krožnik na našem vrtu (A Flying Saucer in Our Garden), and in 2011 for Zgodba o sidru (The Story of the Anchor).

Illustrated works

O zmaju, ki je želel biti kralj (About The Dragon Who Wanted to Be King), written by Slavko Pregl, 2012 Kako so videli svet (How They Saw The World), co-author with Lucija Stepančič, 2011 Ali te lahko objamem močno? (Can I Hug You Hard?), written by Neli Kodrič Filipić, 2011 Čudežni prstan (The Magic Ring), written by Peter Svetina, 2011 Pravljica o črnem šejku z rdečo rožo (The Tale of the Black Sheikh with the Red Flower), written by Vitomil Zupan, 2011 Ko bom velik/a, bom ... (When I Grow Up I Will Be a ...), author and illustrator, 2010 Zgodba o sidru (The Story of the Anchor), author and illustrator, 2010 Dama z železnim ugrizom in druge zgodbe (The Dame With an Iron Bite and Other Stories), written by Evald Flisar, 2010 Martinček in dinozavri (Little Martin and the Dinosaurs), written by Lucija Stepančič, 2010 Škripajoča nočna omarica (The Squeaking Night Table), written by Tatjana Kokalj, 2009 Majhnice in majnice (Budding Songs, Maying Songs), written by Tone Pavček, 2009 Ana in Bučko: abecerimarija (Ana and Bučko: Rhyming Alphabet), written by Tone Pavček, 2009 Naročje kamenčkov, (An Armful of Pebbles), written by Saša Vegri, 2009 Antonov cirkus, (Anton's Circus), written by Peter Svetina, 2008 Pesmi iz pralnega stroja, (Poems from the Washing Machine), written by Peter Svetina, 2006 Mihec gre prvič okrog sveta (Mikey Goes Around the World for the First Time), written by Andrej Rozman - Roza, 2006 Ukleti Kamurkam (The Enchanted Kamurkam), written by Ruža Lucija, 2005 Ujeti ribič (The Captured Fisherman), written by Slavko Pregl, 2005 Leteči krožnik na našem vrtu (A Flying Saucer in Our Garden), written by Janja Vidmar, 2002