Jelka Godec Schmidt


Jelka Godec Schmidt is a Slovene illustrator and writer of children's books.
Godec was born in Ljubljana in 1958. She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana and has since worked as a free-lance artist. She has illustrated over 40 books and her illustrations also appear in magazines for children. Her mother Ančka Gošnik Godec is also an illustrator, as was her husband Matjaž Schmidt.
She won the Levstik Award in 1997 for her illustrations of Bisernica: slovenske kratke pripovedi za otroke.

Selected illustrated works

Zgodba o volku in lisici, written by Mojiceja Podgoršek, 2009Najlepše pravljice 2, 2009Zobek Mlečko pri zobozdravniku, written by Helena Koncut Kraljič, 2009O štirih prijatejih, written by Mojiceja Podgoršek, 2009Janko in Metka in druge pravljice, written by Brothers Grimm, 2009Mizica, pogrni se in druge pravljice, written by Brothers Grimm, 2009Mavrične kraljične, written by Helena Koncut Kraljič, 2007Škrat Zguba in kameleon 3, author and illustrator, 2006Najdihojca, written by Fran Levstik, 2005