KRISZTINA RENYI

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Krisztina Renyi studied printmaking at the Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest and is the illustrator of more than fifty books, including fairy tales, folk tales, and pop-up books, as well as literature and poetry for adults. She has also created book jackets, stamps and postcards. Krisztina works in pastel, pencil, watercolour, and printmaking techniques such as etching, aquatint, silk-screen, and lithography. She was selected for the Bologna International Book and Illustration Exhibition in 1994 and was featured in the Annual. Her works, which were originally shown at the BIB exhibition in Bratislava, were also selected for the Japanese BIB exhibition . She was nominated for the 2000 IBBY Honor List for her illustration for the book of folk tales, Taltos Janko (Johnny the Wizard) by Elek Benedeck, published by Hollo es Tarsa. Born in Budapest, Krisztina now lives in Szentendre, Hungary.

More information can be found about Krisztina on her web site at: www.krisztinarenyi.hu

Books::

Dragon Tale
by Maria Feuer – Mora, 2003

A Frightened Creature
by Pal Bekes – Mora, 2001

Who Ironed the Wings of the Ladybirds?
by Maria Anga (Magyar Konyvklub, 2000)

Shine Sun, Shining Sun!
Cicero, 1999

The Last Crane
by Rozsa Ignac – Unikornis, 1998

God’s Baker
by Ferenc Mora – Unikornis, 1998

From the Kilimanjaro to Nagymaros
by Kalman Kittengerger 1996

The Elf of the Tarn
by Mor Jokai – Unikornis, 1995

Anne of the Island
by L.M. Montgomery – Europa, 1994

Anne Finds a Home
by L.M. Montgomery – Europa, 1994

Johnny the Wizard
by Elek Benedeck – Hollo es Tarsa, 1994

Engelbert Der Weihnachtshase
Favorit Verlag, 1993

On the Island of the Summer
by Mozes Gaal Jr. – Mora, 1992