birth_place awards nationality birth_date known_for spouse article_title education name style
vienna , austria hans christian andersen medal 1990 austrian 26 may 1954 illustrator john rowe lisbeth zwerger
 applied arts academy of vienna lisbeth zwerger children 's books
lisbeth zwerger

lisbeth zwerger -lrb- born 1954 -rrb- 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 , but left before completing the course of studies .
she married english artist john rowe .
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 .
michael neugebauer verlag published zwerger 's first book , das fremde kind in 1977 .
zwerger continued to work with neugebauer , who also occasionally contributed to the lettering and book design .
her style is similar to that of english illustrators of the 19th century and she acknowledges being influenced by the work of arthur rackham .
