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{{Infobox
| name         = Hinko Smrekar Award
| localname    = Nagrada Hinka Smrekarja
| street       = Komenskega 8
| town         = SI-1000 Ljubljana
| telephone    = 386 (0) 1 433 0464
| fax          = 386 (0) 1 434 9462
| email        = info@zveza-dslu.si
| website      = https://zdslu.si/nagrada-in-priznanja-hinka-smrekarja/
| managed by   = Slovenian Association of Fine Arts Societies (ZDSLU)
| managed by2  = Cankarjev dom Culture and Congress Centre
| contacts = {{Contact
| name                = Zoran Poznič
| role                = President
| email               = poznic.zoran@gmail.com
}}
{{Contact
| name         = Irena Majcen
| role         = Coordinator of Biennials of Slovene Book Illustration (ZDSLU)
| telephone    = 
| fax          =
| email        = 
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{{Contact
| name         = Nina Pirnat Spahić
| role         = Curator (Cankarjev dom Culture and Congress Centre)
| telephone    = 386 (0) 1 241 7152 
| fax          = 
| email        = nina.pirnat@cd-cc.si
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Named after the Slovene graphic artist, illustrator, and caricaturist [[Hinko Smrekar]] (1883–1942), the [[Hinko Smrekar Award]] is a national award for best Slovene book illustrators. It has been bestowed since [[established::1993]] at the [[Biennial of Slovene Book Illustration]], organised by [[Cankarjev dom Culture and Congress Centre]] in cooperation with the Illustration Section of the [[Slovenian Association of Fine Arts Societies (ZDSLU)]].
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The awards include the Hinko Smrekar Lifetime Achievement Award and the Hinko Smrekar Award, Distinction, Accolade, and Special Award in Recognition of a Young Artist. 

==Awarded artists==
The most recent Hinko Smrekar Lifetime Achievement Award winners are: [[Marjan Manček]] in 2016, [[Jože Ciuha]] in 2014, [[Kamila Volščanšek]] in 2012, [[Melita Štih Vovk]] in 2010, and [[Štefan Planinc]] in 2008. 

Recent recipients of the Hinko Smrekar Award for best illustration are: [[Damijan Stepančič]] in 2016, [[Hana Stupica]] in 2014, [[Peter Škerl]] in 2012, [[Danijel Demšar]] in 2010, and [[Kostja Gatnik]] in 2008.

==See also==
* [[Biennial of Slovene Book Illustration]]
* [[Cankarjev dom Culture and Congress Centre]] 
* [[Slovenian Association of Fine Arts Societies (ZDSLU)]]

==External links==
* [https://zdslu.si/nagrada-in-priznanja-hinka-smrekarja/ Hinko Smrekar Award information on Zdslu.si]
* [http://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bienale_slovenske_knji%C5%BEne_ilustracije Hinko Smrekar Award on Wikipedija] (in Slovenian)
*[http://www.dlib.si/v2/Results.aspx?query=%27contributor%3dHinko+Smrekar%27&pageSize=20&language=eng Hinko Smrekar's illustrations] on [[DLib.si - Digital Library of Slovenia]] (partly in English)
* [http://www.jakrs.si/fileadmin/datoteke/Nova_spletna_stran/Predstavitvena_gradiva/Katalogi/SloveniasBestForYoungReaders2016_-koncna-web.pdf ''Slovenia's Best for Young Readers 2016'' -  PDF] - compiled by [[Slovenian Book Agency]]
* [https://www.cd-cc.si/sl/kultura/razstave/9-slovenski-bienale-ilustracije List of winners 1993&ndash;2008] 

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