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Anto Gardaš

Anto Gardaš was born in Agići near Derventa on 21st May, 1938. He graduated from the Law School in Zagreb. He has written about forty books, mostly for younger readers: novels, fairy-tales, stories, poems, role plays. He published five haiku collections. He received several awards for his novels and poetry in Croatia. His haiku was awarded and commended on many haiku contests both in Croatia and abroad. He died in Osijek, 10.06.2004.

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Siniša Glavašević

Novinar, publicist i prozaik.

U rodnom Vukovaru je završio osnovnu i srednju školu, a u Sarajevu studij komparativne književnosti i bibliotekarstva. Bio je urednik Radija Vukovar i ratni izvjestitelj. Odveden je 19.XI.1991. iz vukovarske bolnice i od tada mu se izgubio trag. Ekshumiran je iz masovne grobnice Ovčara i identificiran. Sahranjen je 14. ožujka 1997. u Zagrebu, na Mirogoju.

Matica hrvatska u Zagrebu posmrtno mu je 1992. izdala zbirku "Priče iz Vukovara".

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Nada Mihelčić

Hrvatska književnica za djecu i mlade. U Zagrebu je završila gimnaziju, apsolvirala na FPN, paralelno upisala studij filozofije i indologije na FF i pohađala predavanja na pravnom fakultetu, trudeći se dobiti što šire obrazovanje, a onda je sve napustila i odlučila putovati. Dugo godina se bavila astronomijom, alpinizmom, te prodavala američke građevinsku i brodograđevnu opremu diljem Europe. Počinje pisati tek u zreloj dobi.

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Dinko Šimunović

Dinko Šimunović was born in Knin. He spent most of his life as a teacher in villages of the Zagora, the hinterland of southern Croatia.
He wrote many stories and novels, all dealing with people from his native region. He considered rural life superior to urban, but he showed compassion for people forced to emigrate due to poverty.
He died in Zagreb.

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Branka Primorac

Branka Primorac rođena je 1964. godine u Zagrebu gdje je ostala i cijeli svoj život . Sve škole (od osnovne do Fakulteta političkih znanosti) pohađala je i završila u Zagrebu. U zagrebačkoj redakciji Večernjeg lista radi kao novinarka i urednica kulture. Pisanjem se bavi cijeli život, a u književnost ulazi s dvije knjige u jednoj godini: Maturalcem (Knjiga je uvrštena u popis lektire za 7. razred osnovne škole), koji dobiva Nagradu "Mato Lovrak" za najbolji roman za mladež objavljen u 1993. godini, i Mama, pazi pas! Slijedi Sve zbog Ane (1996.), svojevrsni nastavak Maturalca pa Ljubavni slučaj mačka Joje (1998.).

Napisala je i biografski roman (dokumentarnu prozu), knjigu Perešin, život i smrt (2001.) za koju je dobila Nagradu "Bili su prvi

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Maja Brajko-Livaković

Maja Brajko-Livaković rođena je u travnju 1959. godine.Djetinjstvo je, kako sama voli reći, prohodala, proplivala i izmaštala u prekrasnom Bolu na otoku Braču, gdje je završila osnovnu školu i gimnaziju. U Zagrebu je diplomirala na Filozofskom fakultetu. Tek 1995. počinje objavljivati. Fascinirana je čudom prirode, svemirom i svrhom čovjeka na putu ka vječnosti. Stoga u svojim romanima i pričama piše o prirodi i njezinom očuvanju i o problemima odrastanja mladeži u mreži suvremenih zavodljivosti svijeta. Ona otvara mnoge tabu teme. Prva je u našoj književnosti za djecu i mlade progovorila o problemu droge (Kad pobijedi ljubav) i o „bijelom roblju“ (Nemoj reći nikome).

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Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl was a beloved British author, poet, screenwriter, and wartime fighter pilot, best known for his enchanting and often darkly humorous children's books that have captivated generations of readers around the world. Born in Llandaff, Wales, to Norwegian parents, Dahl led a life marked by adventure, tragedy, creativity, and enduring literary success. His vivid imagination and distinctive storytelling style have made him one of the most celebrated children's authors in modern literature.
Before becoming a writer, Dahl lived a life filled with excitement and hardship. He served as a Royal Air Force pilot during World War II, surviving a near-fatal crash in the Libyan desert. His wartime experiences and travels deeply influenced his story

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Erich Kästner

Erich Kästner (1899–1974) was a German author, poet, screenwriter and satirist, known for his humorous, socially astute poetry and children's literature.
A stout pacifist and democrat, he was expelled from the national writers' guild during the Nazi era, with many of his books being burned in public. Today, he is widely regarded as one of Germany's most prolific and beloved children's book authors.

AKA:
Έριχ Καίστνερ (Greek)

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Richard Bach

Since Jonathan Livingston Seagull - which dominated the #1 spot on the New York Times Bestseller List for two consecutive years - Richard Bach has touched millions of people through his humor, wisdom and insight.

With over 60 million copies of his books sold, Richard Bach remains one of the world's most beloved authors. A former USAF fighter pilot, Air Force captain and latter-day barnstorming pilot, Bach continues to be an avid aviator-author, exploring and chronicling the joys and freedom of flying, reporting his findings to readers.

His most recent works include Travels with Puff, which recounts Bach's journey from Florida to Washington state in his small seaplane, Puff, and Illusions II: The Adventures of a Reluctant S

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Pedro Calderón de la Barca

Pedro Calderón de la Barca y Henao was a dramatist of the Spanish Golden Age.

Calderón initiated what has been called the second cycle of Spanish Golden Age theatre. Whereas his predecessor, Lope de Vega, pioneered the dramatic forms and genres of Spanish Golden Age theatre, Calderón polished and perfected them. Whereas Lope's strength lay in the sponteneity and naturalness of his work, Calderón's strength lay in his capacity for poetic beauty, dramatic structure and philosophical depth. Calderón was a perfectionist who often revisited and reworked his plays, even long after they debuted. This perfectionism was not just limited to his own work: many of his plays rework existing plays or scenes by other dramatists, improving their depth, comp

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Karel Čapek

Karel Čapek is one of the the most influential Czech writers of the 20th century. He wrote with intelligence and humour on a wide variety of subjects. His works are known for their interesting and precise descriptions of reality, and Čapek is renowned for his excellent work with the Czech language. His play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) first popularized the word "robot".

(Arabic: كارل تشابك) (Hebrew: קארל צ'אפק) (Japanese: 카렐 차페크) (Russian: Карел Чапек)

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Branko Ćopić

Branko Ćopić (Cyrillic: Бранко Ћопић; January 1, 1915 – March 26, 1984) was a Yugoslav writer. He was born in the village of Hašani near Bosanska Krupa. He attended schools in Bihać, Banja Luka, Sarajevo and Karlovac before moving to Belgrade to study philosophy at the University of Belgrade until his graduation in 1940.

Upon the uprising in the Bosanska Krajina in 1941, he joined the Partizans and remained in their ranks until the end of World War II. That period of his life influenced much of his literary work as can be seen by the themes he later writes about. Athe the end of the war he returned to Belgrade where he was, until 1949, the director of a children's magazine called "Pioniri". From 1951 until his death he was a professional wri

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Mato Lovrak

Mato Lovrak was a Croatian children's literature writer.
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Mato Lovrak je bio hrvatski dječji pisac.

Mato Lovrak rođen je u Velikom Grđevcu, selu kod Bjelovara, u šesteročlanoj obitelji krojačkog obrtnika Mate i majke Ane. Četverogodišnju pučku školu završio je u rodnom selu, a nakon četiri razreda niže realne gimnazije u Bjelovaru upisao se u Učiteljsku školu u Zagrebu koju je završio 1919. godine. Nakon završetka škole je službovao kao učitelj u Kutini, Klokočevcu, Velikom Grđevcu i Velikim Zdencima, a od 1934. godine do mirovine 1954. godine u Zagrebu.

Pisao je i pripovijetke, ali je osobitu popularnost stekao romanima tematski vezanim uz djetinjstvo. Gradi zanimljivu fabulu s elementima pustolovnog, ali i s didaktičkim naglascima. Izuz

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Marin Držić

Marin Držić (also Marino Darza or Marino Darsa; 1508-1567) is considered the finest Croatian Renaissance playwright and prose writer. His works cover many fields: lyric poetry, pastorals, political letters and pamphlets, and comedies.

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August Šenoa

August Šenoa was a Croatian novelist, critic, editor, poet, and dramatist.

He was a transitional figure, who helped bring Croatian literature from Romanticism to Realism and introduced the historical novel to Croatia. He wrote more than ten novels, among which the most notable are:

Zlatarovo zlato (Goldsmith's gold; 1871)
Čuvaj se senjske ruke (Pirates of Senj; 1876)
Seljačka buna (Peasants' revolt; 1877)
Diogenes (1878)
Šenoa was also the author of the popular patriotic song "Živila Hrvatska".

He was born in Zagreb, then part of the Habsburg Empire, into a family of Czech-German origin. His surname was originally spelled Schönoa. He studied law in Prague. He also lived in Vienna for a while, but returned to Zagreb in 1866. From 1874 to 1881, Šeno

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Vjenceslav Novak

Vjenceslav Novak (Senj, 11. rujna 1859. - Zagreb, 20. rujna 1905.), hrvatski romanopisac, novelist, publicist, glazbeni kritičar i pedagog

Rođen je u doseljeničkoj češkoj obitelji, gdje je majka Senjanka iz doseljene bavarske obitelji. Bio je najugledniji pisac hrvatskog realizma, te su ga zvali hrvatskim Balzacom. Osnovnu i srednju školu je završio u Senju i Gospiću. Poslije završene preparandije u Zagrebu radi neko vrijeme kao učitelj u Senju.

U književnost ulazi 1881. godine pripovijetkom Maca. Napisao je sedam romana. Objavio je tridesetak pripovjedaka, a osim pripovjedne proze piše pjesme, feljtone, dramske pokušaje, recenzije, kritike i rasprave iz muzikologije i muzičke pedagogije.
U svom proznom stvaralaštvu (ponajprije kao pripovjedač

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Josip Kozarac

Josip Kozarac (Vinkovci, 18. ožujka 1858. - Koprivnica, 21. kolovoza 1906.), hrvatski je prozaist - novelist, romanopisac, pjesnik, pisac pripovjetki i polemičar, diplomirani inženjer šumarstva, jedan od najpoznatijih hrvatskih šumara.
Bio je jedan od važnijih hrvatskih prozaista, novelista, polemičara, pjesnika, ujedno i diplomirani inženjer šumarstva te najpoznatiji hrvatski šumar. Osnovnu školu završio je u Vinkovcima, te je pohađao gimnaziju koju je završio s puno muke, ali se sve promijenilo kada je upisao fakultet šumarstva u Beču. Diplomirao je 1879. godine na Visokoj školi za kulturu tla kao najbolji student na svojoj godini. Prije fakulteta živio je dosta slobodan i neobuzdan život. Puno je vremena provodio u prirodi, jednostavno pr

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Dinko Šimunović

Dinko Šimunović was born in Knin. He spent most of his life as a teacher in villages of the Zagora, the hinterland of southern Croatia.
He wrote many stories and novels, all dealing with people from his native region. He considered rural life superior to urban, but he showed compassion for people forced to emigrate due to poverty.
He died in Zagreb.

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Sanja Polak

Sanja Polak rodila se 5. 11. 1968. godine u zagrebačkom rodilištu u Vinogradskoj ulici. Voli svoj Zagreb i gotovo sve njegove ulice. Pohađala je dječji vrtić u Prilazu Đure Deželića, dvije osnovne škole u Bolničkoj ulici i gimnazije u Križanićevoj i Habdelićevoj ulici. Diplomirala je u Savskoj ulici i postala učiteljica razredne nastave.

Od 1991. godine učiteljica je u Osnovnoj školi Davorina Trstenjaka u Krčkoj i Savskoj ulici. Stanovala je u Ulici Braće Cvijića i Peruanskoj ulici s mamom Ljerkom, tatom Brankom i sestrom Ivanom. Danas stanuje u Ulici Vincenta iz Kastva sa suprugom Zoranom, kćerima Petrom i Paulinom i psićem Flokijem. Od 1996. godine uređuje časopis za učenike od 1. do 4. razreda Prvi izbor i kao urednica ima radnu sobu u ne

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Vladimir Nazor

Vladimir Nazor was one of the greatest and most famous Croatian poets. He was a writer, translator, and a humanist. Although he had not been an active politician until 1941, he had a significant political influence through ethical aspects of his work.

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Anto Gardaš

Anto Gardaš was born in Agići near Derventa on 21st May, 1938. He graduated from the Law School in Zagreb. He has written about forty books, mostly for younger readers: novels, fairy-tales, stories, poems, role plays. He published five haiku collections. He received several awards for his novels and poetry in Croatia. His haiku was awarded and commended on many haiku contests both in Croatia and abroad. He died in Osijek, 10.06.2004.

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Nada Mihelčić

Hrvatska književnica za djecu i mlade. U Zagrebu je završila gimnaziju, apsolvirala na FPN, paralelno upisala studij filozofije i indologije na FF i pohađala predavanja na pravnom fakultetu, trudeći se dobiti što šire obrazovanje, a onda je sve napustila i odlučila putovati. Dugo godina se bavila astronomijom, alpinizmom, te prodavala američke građevinsku i brodograđevnu opremu diljem Europe. Počinje pisati tek u zreloj dobi.

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Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić

Within her native land, as well as internationally, she has been praised as the best Croatian writer for children.

She started writing poetry, diaries and essays rather early but her works were not published until the beginning of the 20th century.
Her book Croatian Tales of Long Ago (Priče iz davnine), published in 1916, is among the most popular today.In the book Mažuranić created a series of new fairy-tales, but using names and motifs from the Slavic mythology of Croats. It was this that earned her comparisons to Hans Christian Andersen and Tolkien who also wrote completely new stories but based in some elements of real mythology.

Brlić-Mažuranić was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature four times. However, she never won the prize du

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Dragutin Tadijanović

Dragutin Tadijanović (Rastušje, kod Sl. Broda, 4. studenog 1905. - Zagreb, 27. lipnja 2007.), hrvatski pjesnik.

Dragutin Tadijanović rođen je 4. studenoga 1905. godine u Rastušju, kod Slavonskog Broda, kao najstariji sin zemljoradnika Mirka Tadijanovića i Mande. Polazio je Nižu pučku školu u susjednom selu Podvinju (1912. - 1916.) i u Slavonskom Brodu dva razreda Više pučke škole (1916. - 1925.), a od 1918. Realnu gimnaziju. Od jeseni 1920. godine, stanujući u brodskom samostanu, kao učenik petog razreda gimnazije, piše pjesme.U Zagrebu je na Gospodarsko-šumarskom fakultetu upisao studij šumarstva (1925.), ali je kasnije prešao na Filozofski fakultet (povijest južnoslavenske književnosti i filozofija 1928.). Diploma Filozofskog fakulteta Sve

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Đuro Sudeta

Đuro Sudeta was a Yugoslav (Croatian) writer.

After finishing the gymnasium in Zagreb, in 1922 he started working as a teacher at the civil school in Virje. Ever since the summer 1925, he fought tuberculosis, treating it in Topolšica, Zagreb and Koprivnica. In his brief lifetime he published two books of poetry: Osamljenim stazama ("By lonesome paths") and Kućice u Dolu ("Little houses in Dol"). He also wrote several novels and feuilletons.

Sudeta is a poet of dusky sentiments, rain, anxiety, disease and perishing, but he is want of the Sun, vivacity, spring and harmony, confronted with brutal reality of patient's deathbed. Sudeta is a lyric abounding with straightforwardness, creator of a divine religious inspiration, seeking for comfort of

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Dubravko Horvatić

Dubravko Horvatić je bio hrvatski književnik. Na Filozofskome fakultetu u Zagrebu 1962. diplomirao komparativnu književnost i povijest umjetnosti. Bio urednik u Modroj lasti, Telegramu, Hrvatskome tjedniku i Hrvatskome slovu.

Njegovo je književno djelo nastalo na tragičnom doživljaju života i ljudske otuđenosti te iz zaokupljenosti mitskim, povijesnim i narodnom tradicijom, a svoj najbolji izraz našlo je u pjesmi u prozi. Prozno mu je stvaralaštvo motivirano nacionalnom povijesnom i suvremenom tragikom.

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Siniša Glavašević

Novinar, publicist i prozaik.

U rodnom Vukovaru je završio osnovnu i srednju školu, a u Sarajevu studij komparativne književnosti i bibliotekarstva. Bio je urednik Radija Vukovar i ratni izvjestitelj. Odveden je 19.XI.1991. iz vukovarske bolnice i od tada mu se izgubio trag. Ekshumiran je iz masovne grobnice Ovčara i identificiran. Sahranjen je 14. ožujka 1997. u Zagrebu, na Mirogoju.

Matica hrvatska u Zagrebu posmrtno mu je 1992. izdala zbirku "Priče iz Vukovara".

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Sōsuke Natsukawa

Kanji Name: 夏川草介.

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Maja Brajko-Livaković

Maja Brajko-Livaković rođena je u travnju 1959. godine.Djetinjstvo je, kako sama voli reći, prohodala, proplivala i izmaštala u prekrasnom Bolu na otoku Braču, gdje je završila osnovnu školu i gimnaziju. U Zagrebu je diplomirala na Filozofskom fakultetu. Tek 1995. počinje objavljivati. Fascinirana je čudom prirode, svemirom i svrhom čovjeka na putu ka vječnosti. Stoga u svojim romanima i pričama piše o prirodi i njezinom očuvanju i o problemima odrastanja mladeži u mreži suvremenih zavodljivosti svijeta. Ona otvara mnoge tabu teme. Prva je u našoj književnosti za djecu i mlade progovorila o problemu droge (Kad pobijedi ljubav) i o „bijelom roblju“ (Nemoj reći nikome).

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Ana Đokić

Ana Đokić-Pongrašić rođena je u Beogradu 1965. godine. Diplomirala je na studiju filozofije na Filozofskom fakultetu. Nakon toga preselila se u Zagreb, gdje je postala profesionalni pisac. Piše romane i tekstove za djecu, ali i radijske, televizijske i kazališne tekstove. Sve skupa je objavila preko trideset različitih djela, najviše romana, zbirki priča, slikovnica i drama.

Svojim radom nastoji popularizirati ovu umjetnost među širom publikom. Zbog toga je 2004. godine organizirala festival književnosti Pazi, knjiga!, književno-likovnu nagradu Ovca u kutiji, koja se dodjeljuje najboljoj hrvatskoj slikovnici; 2008. godine osnovala je nagradu Lice knjige za najbolje grafički oblikovanu knjigu hrvatske, a 2012. godine pokrenula međunarodnu put

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Đuro Sudeta

Đuro Sudeta was a Yugoslav (Croatian) writer.

After finishing the gymnasium in Zagreb, in 1922 he started working as a teacher at the civil school in Virje. Ever since the summer 1925, he fought tuberculosis, treating it in Topolšica, Zagreb and Koprivnica. In his brief lifetime he published two books of poetry: Osamljenim stazama ("By lonesome paths") and Kućice u Dolu ("Little houses in Dol"). He also wrote several novels and feuilletons.

Sudeta is a poet of dusky sentiments, rain, anxiety, disease and perishing, but he is want of the Sun, vivacity, spring and harmony, confronted with brutal reality of patient's deathbed. Sudeta is a lyric abounding with straightforwardness, creator of a divine religious inspiration, seeking for comfort of

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Dragutin Tadijanović

Dragutin Tadijanović (Rastušje, kod Sl. Broda, 4. studenog 1905. - Zagreb, 27. lipnja 2007.), hrvatski pjesnik.

Dragutin Tadijanović rođen je 4. studenoga 1905. godine u Rastušju, kod Slavonskog Broda, kao najstariji sin zemljoradnika Mirka Tadijanovića i Mande. Polazio je Nižu pučku školu u susjednom selu Podvinju (1912. - 1916.) i u Slavonskom Brodu dva razreda Više pučke škole (1916. - 1925.), a od 1918. Realnu gimnaziju. Od jeseni 1920. godine, stanujući u brodskom samostanu, kao učenik petog razreda gimnazije, piše pjesme.U Zagrebu je na Gospodarsko-šumarskom fakultetu upisao studij šumarstva (1925.), ali je kasnije prešao na Filozofski fakultet (povijest južnoslavenske književnosti i filozofija 1928.). Diploma Filozofskog fakulteta Sve

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Damir Miloš

Damir Miloš rođen je 1954. godine u Opatiji. Objavljivao je drame, prozne, esejističke i teorijske tekstove, knjige i priručnike o jedrenju. Prozne knjige: Bijeli klaun, Zoe, Kapetanov dnevnik, Nabukodonozor, jedriličarski brevijar Pod jedriljem krstača.

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Ana Đokić

Ana Đokić-Pongrašić rođena je u Beogradu 1965. godine. Diplomirala je na studiju filozofije na Filozofskom fakultetu. Nakon toga preselila se u Zagreb, gdje je postala profesionalni pisac. Piše romane i tekstove za djecu, ali i radijske, televizijske i kazališne tekstove. Sve skupa je objavila preko trideset različitih djela, najviše romana, zbirki priča, slikovnica i drama.

Svojim radom nastoji popularizirati ovu umjetnost među širom publikom. Zbog toga je 2004. godine organizirala festival književnosti Pazi, knjiga!, književno-likovnu nagradu Ovca u kutiji, koja se dodjeljuje najboljoj hrvatskoj slikovnici; 2008. godine osnovala je nagradu Lice knjige za najbolje grafički oblikovanu knjigu hrvatske, a 2012. godine pokrenula međunarodnu put

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