Asun Balzola
Personal Information
Description
Asunción Balzola Elorza (July 18, 1942 in Bilbao – June 22, 2006 in Madrid), better known as Asun Balzola, was a Spanish autodidact illustrator, writer and translator. After partially recovering from a severe car crash, she studied painting and graphic arts at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid. Balzola worked in advertising and graphic design, in addition to her work in the fine arts. Among other awards, she received the Lazarillo Prize for her illustrations and has twice earned the Spanish National Illustration Prize. Asun Balzola's illustration style is best known for the use of color blotches and thick lines (frequently painting using a watercolour technique). Her files and library were donated, posthumously, to the Centro de Documentación Infantil of the Central Library at San Sebastián.
Books
Munia and the moon
A nocturnal trip to the river for water leads Munia to try to catch the moon in a bottle.
Munia and the red shoes
Although she has followed her mother's advice and avoided jumping into puddles, Munia's shoes seem to be shrinking.
Munia and the orange crocodile
A girl waiting for her loose teeth to be replaced by her permanent teeth is disturbed by nightmares about crocodiles with huge uneven teeth, until a bright orange croc with no teeth keeps her company in her dreams.
Munia and the day things went wrong
When Munia wakes up in a bad mood and sees her well-behaved sister, she decides to spend the day being wicked.
La primavera
Text and illustrations present such signs of spring as flowers blooming, butterflies flying, and children playing.