Ivan Slamnig
Ivan Slamnig was a Croatian poet, novelist, literary theorist and translator.
Slamnig was born in Metković. He graduated from the University of Zagreb Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in 1955 and later taught at its Department of Comparative Literature.
Slamnig is considered one of the most important Croatian poets of the 20th century. His laconic, humor-infused modernist poetry is difficult to categorize, and proved popular with the critics and the public alike. His poem "Barbara", set to music by Zvonko Špišić, was a hit in 1975.
Slamnig was a full member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts since 1992.
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Eugen Kumičić rođen je 11. siječnja 1850. godine u malom istarskom mjestu Brseč. Osnovnu pučku školu, normalku, završio je u Brseču, privatno, učeći kod tamošnjeg župnika koji je okupljao hrvatsku djecu i pripremao ih u početnim znanjima.[1] Gimnaziju je završio u Rijeci. Počeo je studirati medicinu u Pragu, ali prelazi u Beč gdje studira povijest, zemljopis i filozofiju. Potom se u Zagrebu zaposlio kao srednjoškolski profesor. Oduševljavao se pravaštvom, te s Matkom Laginjom i Erazmom Barčićem pokreće u Kraljevici list Primorac te uređuje Hrvatsku vilu (1882-1883) i Hrvatsku (1887-1888). Od 1884. godine je kao pra -
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Objavio je zbirke poezije Na rubu svijeta, Matica hrvatska, Zagreb 1956.; Izvan fokusa, Lykos, Zagreb 1957.; -
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Ivan Gundulić
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Rođen je kao najstariji sin Frana Gundulića i Džive Gradić. Obitelj Gundulić bila je poznata još u 13. stoljeću, a njezini su članovi, kao pripadnici aristokracije, obavljali različite državno-administrativne poslove u Dubrovniku i okolici.
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Ivo Kozarčanin
Ivo Kozarčanin, hrvatski pjesnik, prozaik, književni kritičar.
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Ubrzo nakon rođenja seli u mađarsko mjesto Oreglak, gdje je njegov otac službovao kao željezničar. Nakon sloma Austro-Ugarske obitelj se vraća u Hrvatsku Dubicu u kojoj polazi pučku, a potom i trgovačku školu. Godine 1923. dolazi u Zagreb i nastavlja školovanje na građanskoj i učiteljskoj školi. 1932. upisuje Filozofski fakultet. Od 1938. urednik je kulturne rubrike “Hrvatskog dnevnika”. Poginuo je nesretnim slučajem tako što ga je, dok je kasno navečer prolazio pored Topničke vojarne u Ilici, ustrijelio stražar.
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Marina Vujčić
Marina Vujčić rođena je 1966. u Trogiru. Na Filozofskom fakultetu u Zagrebu diplomirala je kroatistiku.
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U nakladi izdavačke kuće Profil 2010. godine objavljuje roman "Tuđi život", a 2014. u izdanju Hena coma knjigu drama "Umri ženski" i roman "A onda je Božo krenuo ispočetka" koji je 2015. godine ušao u uži izbor od četiri hrvatska naslova nominirana za Europsku nagradu za književnost.
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2015. godine u izdanju Hena coma objavljuje roman "Mogla sam to biti ja".
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Janko Polić Kamov
Rebellious by nature, he was expelled from Rijeka high school and dropped out of the school in Zagreb. Because of his participation in the demonstration against the Hungarian governor in Croatia, Khuen-Héderváry, he was sentenced to three months in prison in 1903. Headstrong and temperamental, he called himself Kamov, after Ham (or Kam) from the Old Testament, who saw his father Noah naked but unlike his siblings Shem and Japhet did not cover his nakedness, thus issuing a curse. Kamov probably saw himself as a revealer of bourgeoise hypocrisy and wrote to his brother Vladimir in 1910 - "Kamov to me is a literary program..."
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Ksaver Šandor Gjalski
Ksaver Šandor Gjalski, or Ljubomil Tito Babić (26 October 1854 – 6 February 1935) was a Croatian writer and civil servant.
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His real name was Ljubomil Babić and he was born in the Gredice castle near Klanjec and Zabok in Hrvatsko Zagorje, into a minor aristocratic family. He finished high school in Varaždin and earned law degrees in Zagreb and Vienna. He was also involved in politics. In 1906 he got elected into the Croatian Parliament. 1917 through 1918 he held the post of mayor of the Zagreb county.
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Irena Vrkljan
Hrvatska pjesnikinja, prozaistica, radiodramatičarka, esejistica, prevoditeljica, poznata i kao "hrvatska Virginia Woolf". Djeluje na hrvatskoj književnoj sceni već više od pedeset godina.
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Studirala je na Filozofskom fakultetu u Zagrebu (arheologiju, etnologiju i germanistiku) i na Filmskoj akademiji u Berlinu. Od 1960. do 1971. radila je na televiziji kao urednica emisije Portreti i susreti. Okušala se u različitim književnim žanrovima objavivši više od dvadeset knjiga: pjesničkih zbirki, romana, autobiografske proze i eseja. Piše i scenarije za televizijske i radijske drame. Knjige su joj prevedene na više stranih jezika. Dobitnica je književnih nagrada “Ksaver Šandor Gjalski” za knjigu Svila, škare, “Ivan Goran Kovačić” za roman Marina il -
Ivo Kozarčanin
Ivo Kozarčanin, hrvatski pjesnik, prozaik, književni kritičar.
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Ubrzo nakon rođenja seli u mađarsko mjesto Oreglak, gdje je njegov otac službovao kao željezničar. Nakon sloma Austro-Ugarske obitelj se vraća u Hrvatsku Dubicu u kojoj polazi pučku, a potom i trgovačku školu. Godine 1923. dolazi u Zagreb i nastavlja školovanje na građanskoj i učiteljskoj školi. 1932. upisuje Filozofski fakultet. Od 1938. urednik je kulturne rubrike “Hrvatskog dnevnika”. Poginuo je nesretnim slučajem tako što ga je, dok je kasno navečer prolazio pored Topničke vojarne u Ilici, ustrijelio stražar.
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