Ieva Babilaitė is an artist, book illustrator, and creator. She has loved drawing since she was a child. Even at the age of five, she used to communicate with her sisters through drawn letters. This led her to a children's art school, then to the Graphic Arts Department of the Vilnius Academy of Arts, where she completed her Master's degree and where she now teaches students. She is a person who is constantly observing the world with patience and curiosity and puts what she sees into her books, which are mostly aimed at children but are also enjoyable for adults. Her drawings are extremely sensitive and delicate, revealing the characters' inner world, feelings, sadness, loneliness, joy, or longing. Sometimes, she writes about her life by producing her own books; sometimes, she collaborates with writers; and sometimes, her books do not even need words as images are enough. Her illustrated books have won the Lithuanian Ministry of Culture Prize and the IBBY Prize for Best Illustration many times.
Ieva Babilaitė