Belgrade University and made a break in drawing. Vladana gave a birth to her daughter Aleksandra in 1970, and found new inspiration in illustrating Aleksandra and her friends. She became an illustrator of a well known magazine for youth Politikin Zabavnik. She had been working for the magazine for the next twenty one years. In 1973, the editors of Politikin Zabavnik recommended Vladana to illustrate The Treasury of Children's Poems by Jova Jovanović Zmaj, which continues to be the best-seller of all times. After this she illustrated more than twenty books for children: Sparrow Rayko, Most Beautiful Fables, Counting Songs, For Your Birthday, Princess Milly, and others. At the same time, she was teaching and researching at the School of Electrical Engineering. She defended her PhD thesis in the area of optical communications. When Slobodan Milošević came to power and made unreasonable demands, which she refused to support, she was not allowed to enter her school building workplace for two years. She started the correspondence with the list of a thousand alumni around the world (most of whom were her former students), informing them about the events of those dark times. The correspondence was published in An E-mail has Arrived. Her political engagement was reported by Helsinki Committee for Human Rights, and other non-government organizations. When Milošević was ousted, she returned to the university. In 2001, she became a director of the computing center of the School of Electrical Engineering. Illustrated books for children “The Treasury of Children's Poems” by Jova Jovanović Zmaj “Most Beautiful Fables for Children” by Dositej Obradović “Counting Songs” by Vladana Likar Smiljanić “For Your Birthday” by Snežana Kićović Pejaković “Fairytales from a Little Wood” by Snežana Kićović Pejaković “Baby was Born” by Snežana Kićović Pejaković “The Dragon” Jovan Jovanović Zmaj “Guess Songs” Tankosava Petrović “Puss in Boots” by Charles Perrault “Cindarella” by Brothers Grimm “Pinocchio” by Carlo Collodi “What’s the time?” “The Wolf and Seven Young Kids” by Brothers Grimm “Three Little Pigs” by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps “Hansel and Gretel” by Brothers Grimm “Little Red Riding Hood” by Brothers Grimm “Sparrow Rayko” by Snežana Kićović Pejaković “Most Beautiful Fables” by Jean de La Fontaine “Princess Milly” by Vladana Likar Smiljanić References External links Books illustrated and/or written by Vladana Likar Smiljanic Serbian women children's writers Serbian children's book illustrators Serbian women illustrators 20th-century illustrators of fairy tales 21st-century illustrators of fairy tales Academic staff of