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Tomislav Torjanac (pronounced Tor-yahnutz) is a Croatian llustrator and painter, who works mostly in oil paints combined with digital medium. His creative process is very physical in the paint handling and is characterized by rich impastos. In 2006 Torjanac won the international competition to illustrate a new edition of Yann Martel's 2002 Man Booker Prize-winning novel Life of Pi. The competition was run by Scottish publisher Canongate Books, UK newspaper The Times, Australian newspaper The Age and Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail. The illustrated edition was published by Canongate in September 2007. It won first prize at the British Book Design and Production Awards 2008 in the Limited Edition / Fine Binding category. undefined