![]() ![]() Throughout these books, Zeman draws on the art as well as the stories of the Middle East. The second trilogy retells the legends of Sinbad's adventures, which were originally recounted in The Thousand and One Nights. The first, a retelling of the ancient Mesopotamian legend of Gilgamesh, won her the prestigious Governor General's Award for Illustration. Zeman drew on the folklore of the Middle East for two trilogies of picture books. Since arriving in Canada, Zeman and her husband have continued to make films, and Zeman has become the author of several self-illustrated books in English. Zeman also illustrated a popular Czech children's book, Linda, the Gardener's Cat, before an offer to teach at the Emily Carr School of Art in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, led her to leave her native country. The resulting creation was sold to Czech television. ![]() When she was nineteen, Zeman tried her hand at building the puppets for and animating her own short film. During school vacations, Zeman spent most of her time at her father's studio, where she helped to create puppets and paint backgrounds. Her father, Karel Zeman, was a well-known creator of films for children in Czechoslovakia. ![]() Czech-born Canadian author Ludmila Zeman has lived in the world of professional storytellers since she was a child. ![]()
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