Magdalena Rutová graduated from the illustration and graphic design studio at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague. She is the illustrator and author of a number of children's books and other projects. For her book Já, chobotnice (I, the Octopus, Baobab, 2022), she received an honourable mention at the Bologna Children's Book Fair and subsequently the Czech Grand Design Award for best illustrations. She runs the linocut photo bank LINOSTOCK.
She illustrated Tera Fabiánová's book Tulák / Čavargoš (Tramp) for the Kher publishing house.
More information can be found on her personal website https://www.magdalenarutova.cz/
Photo: the author's private archive
