Lisbeth Zwerger
Illustrator
1954 –
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Who is Lisbeth Zwerger?
Lisbeth Zwerger is an Austrian illustrator of children's books. For her "lasting contribution to children's literature" she received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1990.
Zwerger was born in Vienna in 1954. She studied 1971 to 1974 at the Applied Arts Academy of Vienna. Since the publication of her first illustrated book in 1977 she has worked as a freelance picture book illustrator in Vienna, specializing in fairy tales.
She has worked for Michael Neugebauer.
Her style is similar to that of English illustrators of the 19th century.
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- Born
- May 26, 1954
Vienna - Nationality
- Austria
- Profession
- Education
- University of Applied Arts Vienna
- Lived in
- Vienna
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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