Helena Zmatlíková

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Helena Zmatlíková delighted children with illustrations and book covers such as this one for "The mouse cooked up porridge"

Helena Zmatlíková (November 19, 1923, Prague - April 4, 2005) was a Czech illustrator, especially of children's books.

Zmatlikova's paintings, which appeared in books published all over the world in more than 20 languages, have been popular with children for decades. The best known of these include:

• František Hrubín's Paleček and
• those written by Eduard Petiška.

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• Biography (in Czech)
• Short bio (in English)

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