Virpi Talvitie (born 1961, in Ilmajoki)[1] is a Finnish illustrator and graphic artist.

Talvitie graduated from high school in 1980 and received a bachelor of art degree in Art and Design in 1989.[2]

Talvitie has illustrated magazines and children's books. In 2006, she collaborated with Timo Parvela on the book Keinulauta (Seesaw), which won the Junior Finlandia Prize, a prestigious literary prize in Finland.[3] She won the WSOY Literature Foundation award in 2010,[4] and the Mikkeli Illustration Triennial Prize in 2011.[5] Talvitie has also been nominated for the Hans Christian Andersen Award for illustration in 2006, 2008 and 2012.[3]

Illustration

Published English translations

Selected Finnish titles

References

  1. ^ "Virpi Talvitie". Hyvinkään Taiteilijaseura. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  2. ^ Ari Rousu ja Antti Välimäki (toim.) (1999). Ilmajoen yhteiskoulu ja lukio 75 vuotta. pp. 110–114. ISBN 952-91-1100-2.
  3. ^ a b "Virpi Talvitie". Teos. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  4. ^ "2010– WSOY Kirjallisuusäätiö" (in Finnish). Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  5. ^ "Virpi Talvitie Finland". www.ibby.org. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  6. ^ Parvela, Timo (1 August 2016). Bicycling to the Moon. Gecko Press. ISBN 9781776570317.
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