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Marij Pregelj

He won the Levstik Award for his illustrations three times: in 1949 for his illustrations of France Bevk's collection of stories Otroška leta (My Childhood Years), in 1957 for Jack London's White Fang (Slovene title: Beli očnjak) and in 1959 for Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea (Slovene title: Starec in morje).

He was known for his oil paintings, mostly landscapes, still life and portraits, but also for his illustrations, most notably the 1950 and 1951 edition of Anton Sovre's translation of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey.


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