Renáta Fučíková (born 3 January 1964) is a Czech book illustrator, artist and writer. She is best known for her works for children and youth about Czech and European history.
Renáta Fučíková | |
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.jpg) Renáta Fučíková, 2018 | |
| Born | 3 January 1964 |
| Nationality | Czech |
| Known for | book illustration |
Early life and education edit
Renáta Fučíková was born on 3 January 1964, in Prague.[1][2] In 1988, she graduated from the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, where she focused on illustration and applied graphics.[3][4]
Career edit
Fučíková started her career in the 1990s with illustrations for classic children's books, such as works by brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen[3] or Oscar Wilde,[2] then changed her focus to stories about Czech history, citing her son's ongoing education as a source of motivation.[3] In 1998, one of her books was included in the IBBY Honour List.[2] She also won the first prize at the illustration biennale in Tehran.[2][3]
In the 2000s, Fučíková collaborated with the writer Alena Ježková on various publications concerning Czech history, such as books on Bohemian and Moravian legends or on Charles IV.[3] Her biggest undertaking in the field of history was illustrating five-hundred pages long Historie Evropy ("History of Europe") written by Daniela Krolupperová and published in 2011.[3] With the same author, Fučíková also prepared two history exercise books.[3] The illustrator also designed a variety of stamps for the Česká pošta.[2][3]
Fučíková won a number of prizes, including the Zlatá stuha (Golden Ribbon) awards for illustrations in a work on Tomáš Masaryk (2006) and in Příběhy českých knížat a králů (2007), and went on to win three more of these awards in the 2010s.[3] In 2011, Fučíková was nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award.[3] Three years later, her Hus a Chelčický, a book for older children about Jan Hus and Petr Chelčický which she both wrote and illustrated, won the Association of Czech Graphic Artists HOLLAR award for illustrations.[5] Fučíková was also nominated three times for the Magnesia Litera awards.[6]
In 2016, Fučíková became the head of the Studio of Didactic Illustration at the Ladislav Sutnar Faculty of Design and Art of the University of West Bohemia.[4]
Fučíková is a member of the Czech section of IBBY and of Klub ilustrátorů.[2] She was part of the international jury of the 2021 Biennial of Illustration Bratislava.[4]
Works in English edit
References edit
- ^ "Fučíková, Renáta, 1964-". Bibliography of the History of the Czech Lands. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
- ^ a b c d e f Stehlíková, Blanka (2021). "Fučíková, Renáta". In Beyer, Andreas; Savoy, Bénédicte; Tegethoff, Wolf (eds.). Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon - Internationale Künstlerdatenbank - Online. Berlin, New York: K. G. Saur.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Renáta Fučíková". CzechLit. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
- ^ a b c "INTERNATIONAL JURY OF BIB 2021". bibiana.sk. 2021-10-15. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
- ^ "2014 - Památník národního písemnictví". www.en.pamatniknarodnihopisemnictvi.cz. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
- ^ "Fučíková Renáta". Klub Ilustrátorů dětské knihy. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
- ^ "Dvořák – His Music and Life in Pictures". CzechLit. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
- ^ "Prague in the Heart". CzechLit. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
- ^ "Franz Kafka – A Man of His Time and Our Own". CzechLit. Retrieved 2023-02-22.