Anna Desnitskaya
Anna Desnitskaya graduated from the Moscow State University of Printing Arts and has been working as a children’s book illustrator, with a predilection for non-fiction, ever since. She is the author-illustrator of On the Edge of the World (Samokat, 2023), and illustrator of Around the World in 24 Farmers’ Markets by Maria Bakhareva (Samokat, 2021), Transsib by Alexandra Litvina (Samokat, 2020), Gina from Siberia by Jane Bernstein and Charlotte Glynn (Animal media group, 2018), The Apartment by Alexandra Litvina, (Samokat, 2016), The History of Transport by Alexandra Litvina (Peshkombooks, 2015). Anna is inspired by daily life itself, with all its complexity and diversity, which she conveys in the books she illustrates. She combines manual and digital techniques which help her to create large detailed compositions. Her works have received awards and recognition including The Original Art 2023, The Society of Illustrators; the 2022 and 2019 AOI World Illustration Award; the 2019 Bologna Children’s Book Fair Illustrators Exhibition; the 2017 Bratislava Biennale. In 2018, she was Russia’s nominee for the 2018 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, the world's largest award for children's literature. Amid the turmoil in Russia in 2022, Anna and her family made the decision to leave their longtime home of Moscow. After several months in Israel, they now live in Montenegro.
Click here to read Anna's Mini Proust Q&I (Question and Illustration) inspired by the Proust Questionnaire.
All Books by Anna Desnitskaya
