Dušan Petričić
| Dušan Petričić | |
|---|---|
 Petričić in 2010 | |
| Born |
10 May 1946 Belgrade, Serbia |
| Education | Academy of Applied Arts, Belgrade |
| Known for | Illustration, cartoons, animation |
| Notable work | Children's books illustrations |
| Awards |
Levstik Award 1987 for Guliver med pritlikavci Silbert Honour 2001 for The Longitude Prize |
Dušan Petričić (Serbian Cyrillic: Душан Петричић; born 10 May 1946) is a Serbian illustrator and caricaturist. He has illustrated numerous children's books and his caricatures have appeared in various newspapers and magazines from Politika to The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and the Toronto Star.[1][2]
Petričić has received numerous awards for his work including an IBBY Certificate of Honour, an Alberta Book Award for his illustrations in Tim Wynne-Jones' On Tumbledown Hill and many others. In 1989 he won the Levstik Award in Slovenia for his illustrations of Guliver med pritlikavci (Gulliver in Lilliput).[3] In 2001 the book The Longitude Prize for which he produced the illustrations won an honour at the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Awards.
From 1993 to 2013, he lived and worked in Toronto, Canada.
Selected Illustrated Works
- In the Tree House, written by Andrew Larsen, 2013
- Mr. Zinger's Hat, written by Cary Fagan, 2012
- My Toronto, author and illustrator, 2011
- When Apples Grew Noses And White Horses Flew, written by Jan Andrews, 2011
- Better Together, written by Simon Shapiro, 2011
- Jacob Two-Two on the High Seas, written by Cary Fagan, 2009
- Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang, written by Mordecai Richler, 2009
- Jacob Two-Two's First Spy Case, written by Mordecai Richler, 2009
- Jacob Two-Two and the Dinosaur, written by Mordecai Richler, 2009
- Mattland, written by Hazel Hutchins, Gail Herbert, 2008
- The Queen's Feet, written by Sarah Ellis, 2008
- On Tumbledown Hill, written by Tim Wynne-Jones, 2008
- The Longitude Prize, written by Joan Dash, 2008
- My New Shirt, written by Cary Fagan, 2007
- Lickety-Split, written by Robert Heidbreder, 2007
- Alphabad: Mischievous ABCs, written by Shannon Stewart, 2007
- Bashful Bob and Doleful Dorinda, written by Margaret Atwood, 2006
- Bagels from Benny, written by Aubrey Davis, 2005
- Rude Ramsay and the Roaring Radishes, written by Margaret Atwood, 2004
- Ned Mouse breaks away, written by Tim Wynne-Jones, 2003
- Wings and Rockets: The Story of Women in Air and Space, written by Jeannine Atkins, 2003
- Grandmother Doll, written by Alice Bartels, 2001
- Earthlings Inside and Out: A Space Alien Studies the Human Body, written by Valerie Wyatt, 1999
- The Enormous Potato, written by Aubrey Davis, 1997
- La Grosse Patate, written by Aubrey Davis, Michel Bourque, 1997
- Bone Button Borscht, written by Aubrey Davis, 1996
- Let's Play: Traditional Games of Childhood, written by Camilla Gryski, 1996
- Scary Science: The Truth Behind Vampires, Witches, UFO's Ghosts and More, written by Sylvia Funston, 1996
- The Color of Things, written by Vivienne Shalom, 1995
- Guliver med pritlikavci (Gulliver in Lilliput), written by Jonathan Swift, 1987
References
External links
- Dusan Petricic at Library of Congress Authorities, with 28 catalogue records
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