Margarita Stāraste
Margarita Stāraste , née Margarita Barvika , (born February 2, 1914 in Vladimir , Russian Empire ; † February 18, 2014 ) was a Soviet and Latvian children's book author and illustrator .
Life
Stāraste was the only daughter of the agronomist Jānis Barviks, who promoted her artistically at an early age. She studied in the master workshop for landscape painting of Vilhelms Purvītis and in 1952 graduated from the graphic department of the Art Academy of the Latvian SSR .
Since 1937 she participated in art exhibitions and published her first book in 1942.
Stāraste illustrated children's poems by Rainis , works by Dzidra Rinkule-Zemzare , Eriks Ādamsons , Cecīlija Dinere and Žanis Grīva, as well as his own books.
She had a daughter with the wood sculptor Kārlis Stārasts. Stāraste was married to him from 1941 to 1969, but only lived with him until 1950. From 1992 to 2000 she moved to the Netherlands , where she married her childhood friend Gerrit Bordevik, whom she had known since 1937. After his death she returned to Latvia.
As a co-author, she published the folk song collection “Urū! Ruru! "In livischer and Latvian language.
In 2010 her life's work was shown in the Small Hall of the Latvian National Art Museum . Based on motifs from her children's book “Eichelmännchen”, director Dace Rīdūze produced an animated film that was presented at the 2011 Berlin International Film Festival .
Stāraste had been a member of the Latvian Artists 'Association since 1964 and of the Latvian Writers' Association since 1991.
In total, she wrote 20 of her own books and illustrated 40.
Awards
- Laureate of the Pastariņš Prize for the best book illustration of the year (1982)
- Three-star medal 3rd class (1999)
Works (selection)
- 1942: "Balti tīri sniega vīri"
- 1943: "Ziemassvētku pasakas"
- 1961: "Zīļuks" (German: " Eichelmännchen ", Schönbrunn, Vienna 1986, ISBN 978-3-896-03408-3 )
- 1969: "Pasaku ābece"
- 1976: "Eva in Africa" (illustrations)
- 1977: "Lācīša Rūcīša raibā diena"
- 1979: "Ato and the miracle pearl"
- 1994: “Urū! Rurū! "
literature
- Margarita Stāraste . In: Latvijas Enciklopēdija . Valērija Belokoņa, Rīga 2007.
Web links
- Literature by and about Margarita Stāraste in the catalog of the German National Library
- Latvian Artists Union Council: Margarita Stāraste-Bordevīka. Retrieved February 19, 2014 (Latvian).
- Exhibition at the Latvian National Art Museum in Riga from May 1st to June 6th 2010: “Journey in the fairy tale forest of Margarita Stāraste”. Retrieved February 21, 2014 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mūžībā aizgājusi Margarita Stāraste-Bordevīka. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; Retrieved February 19, 2014 (Latvian). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Albert Caspari: The picture book grandma. February 2, 2014, accessed March 7, 2014 .
- ↑ Film data sheet of the Berlinale 2011: Ziluks / Eichelmännchen. Retrieved February 19, 2014 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stāraste, Margarita |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stārast, Margarita J .; Stārast, Margarita Janovna; Stāraste-Bordevīka, Margarita; Barvika, Margarita; Staraste-Barvika, Margarita; тарасте-Бордевика, Маргарита (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Soviet-Latvian writer and illustrator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 2, 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vladimir , Russian Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 18, 2014 |