Sonja Manojlović

Sonja Manojlović (Zagreb, 1948) graduated in Philosophy and Comparative Literature from the University of Zagreb. She published numerous books of poetry and a book of prose fiction. Her award-winning poems have been included in several anthologies and translated into more than twenty languages, including books of selected poems in English, French, Polish and Romanian language.

Selected awards and honors: 2014 Award for excellence in poetry (23rd World Congress of Poets in Osaka, Japan); 2013 award for excellence in poetic creativity on the 5th International festival of Slavic poetry (Tver, Russia); 2013 Award of the City of Zagreb; 2011 Grand Mediterranean Poetry Prize (22. World congress of poets in Larissa, Greece).

Sanja Lovrenčić

Sanja Lovrenčić (Knin, 1961) graduated in history of art and works as a freelance writer and literary translator. Her published titles include collections of poems, novels and books of short stories. For the novel Searching for Ivana she received the renowned Ksaver Šandor Gjalski Award in 2007. Her novel Martin’s Strings, published in 2008 in Croatian and German, won the Steiermärkischesparkasse Literary Prize, her book River certainly loves the flood received Kiklop Award for best poetry in 2007. Her radio-plays were selected for several international festivals, translated and performed in Germany, Hungary, Slovakia and Estonia. She was a three-time jury member in Prix Europa festival.

Lovrenčić wrote several books of stories for children, for one of which (Four Terrible Fuf-eaters and a little Fuffy) she received the Croatian national award Grigor Vitez. For the translation of C. S. Lewis’ The Horse and His Boy she has been included in The Andersen Jury of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) 2004 Honour List.

Marinko Koščec

Marinko Koščec (Zagreb, 1967) received his B.A. in English and French Language and Literature at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb, and his M.A. in Literature at the University of Paris VII, France (le Diplôme des Etudes Approfondies). In 2005 he received a PhD in literature with the thesis on the French writer Michel Houellebecq at the University of Zagreb. He has worked as a part-time editor, having edited about 30 novels and collections of short stories. He teaches novel writing at the Creative Writing Centre (CeKaPe) in Zagreb and the Home of Creative Writing (KKP) in Split.

His most important novels are Someone Else (2001) for which he received Meša Selimović Award for the best novel published in Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro, and Wonderland (2003), for which he received V.B.Z. award for best novel manuscript.

Mirko Kovač

Mirko Kovač (1938-2013) was born in Petrovići on the border between Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina. He studied Dramaturgy at the Academy of Dramatic Art in Belgrade. He is an author of seven novels, numerous books of essays, screenplays and letters. Most prominent works include novels Mockery with Soul, (1976), The Doors of My Mother’s Womb (1978), Crystal Bars (1995), and screenplays Occupation in 26 images and other screenplays (1990) and Evening bells (1985).

Kovač is a recipient of Swedish PEN Tucholsky Award, Serbian Andric Prize, Slovenian Vilenica Award, Croatian Vladimir Nazor Award and August Šenoa Award, Bosnian Meša Selimović Award, Montenegrin Njegoš Award, Trinaestojulska Award, German Herder Prize and many other awards. The annual Mirko Kovač Award, established in his honor, is presented to the best works written in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and Serbia. His books have been translated into many European languages.

Mirko Kovač died on August 19, 2013 in Zagreb.
 

Maša Kolanović

Maša Kolanović (Zagreb, 1979) is the author of five books, including three books of fiction. Her novel Underground Barbie (2008) has been translated into German. She holds a PhD in Literary History and Cultural Studies. Her dissertation was published under the title Worker! Rebel? Consumer...: Popular Culture and Croatian Novel from Socialism to Transition (2011).

She was a research fellow at the University of Vienna in 2006 and University of Texas in Austin in 2012. She works as a lecturer of contemporary Croatian literature at the University of Zagreb.


 

Frankfurt Book Fair 2022 - Program at the Croatian national stand

Croatian national stand - Hall 4.0, stand F40

 
Wednesday, October 19th, 2022  
 

14 - 15 h

The book presentation of the English translation of August after Midnight (Viljevo), a novel by Luka Bekavac (within the Facing Insecurities in Contemporary Europe project).

Participants: Luka Bekavac and Seid Serdarević (in English).

15 - 16 h

The presentation of the Dječja knjiga’s titles and editions: The Christmas of Great Miracles (Božić velikih čuda), Cherry Guardian (Čuvar trešanja), The Return from the Greenland (Povratak iz Zelenzemlje), Mom Warming the Sun (Mama koja grije Sunce), Search for Happiness (Potraga za srećom) by Miro Radalj and Andrea Petrlik, and Evergreen Žućo (Zimzeleni Žućo) by Dragan Zlatović and Terra Badaj.

Participants: Kašmir Huseinović and Andrea Petrlik.
 
 

Thursday, October 20th, 2022 
 

12 - 13 h

The presentation of Panda book’s picture books: Bao, About Me (Bao, o meni) by Kašmir Huseinović and Andrea Petrlik (the Croatian Chinese edition), Summer (Ljeto) by Cao Wenxuan (winner of the Hans Christian Andersen award for children's literature) and Yu Rong, A Boy on the Road (Dječak u šetnji) by Peng Xuejun (one of the most renowned and influential Chinese children’s authors) and Qu Lan. 

Participants: Kašmir Huseinović and Andrea Petrlik.

13 - 14 h

The book presentation of the English translation of W, a novel by Igor Štiks (within the Facing Insecurities in Contemporary Europe project).

Participants: Igor Štiks and Seid Serdarević (in English).

15 - 16 h

The presentation of the Kašmir promet’s titles and editions: Millie's Magic (Čarobna Mia, The Wishing Shelf Book Award 2021 UK) and Millie's Rainbow (Mia i duga) by Hilary Hawkes and Andrea Petrlik; Princ of Numbers (Princ brojeva) from the Mouse Sivko picture book series translated into numerous languages by Kašmir Huseinović and Andrea Petrlik; Patak and Medo picture book series by Kašmir Huseinović and Andrea Petrlik, titles Best neighbours (Najbolji susjedi), Adventures (Nezgodne zgode), Swimming and other Adventures (Plivanje i druge nezgodne zgode). 

Participants: Kašmir Huseinović and Andrea Petrlik.
 
 

Saturday, October 22nd, 2022
 

13 - 14 h

Croatian Culture Association and Matica hrvatska branch in Wiesbaden will present Riječ magazine and the following books: Run! Don’t Wait for Me… (Trči! Ne čekaj me…) by Bojana Meandžija, Pappel / Topola by Dalibor Marković, Theological Biography of Matija Vlačić Ilirik (Teološka biografija Matije Vlačića Ilirika) by Luka Ilić and Religion and Diaspora (Vjeroispovijest i dijaspora).

 

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Damir Karakaš

Damir Karakaš (Plašćica, 1967) was born in a village in Lika, the mountainous region of Croatia. After attending university in Zagreb, he worked for Croatian daily newspaper Večernji list, later becoming a reporter from war fronts in Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo. He is the author of ten books, four of which are short story collections and six are novels. His works have been translated into French, English, German, Spanish, Czech, Slovak, Macedonian, Slovenian, and Arabic.

In 2008, Dalibor Matanić directed a movie adaptation of his short story collection Kino Lika, winning numerous awards in Croatia and abroad. Damir Karakaš puts up performances, conceptual art exhibitions and writes theatre plays. His play We Almost Never Lock Up was directed by Paolo Magelli as a part of a play Zagreb Pentagram, the most awarded theater play in Croatia in 2009. His plays have been performed at the theatres in Croatia, Serbia, Germany, Chile, and Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

In 2017, Karakaš was awarded with Fric Award for his novel Remembering Forest, in 2020 he won the tportal award for best novel for his 2019 title Celebration, and in 2022 he recieved the Meša Selimović Award for the novel Turnaround Point. Remembering Forest was also awarded the Italian literary prize Premio ITAS del Libro di montagna in 2021.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rade Jarak

Rade Jarak (Dubrovnik, 1968) published more than twenty books. He graduated in Fine Arts at the Art Academy in Zagreb, and works as a professor of painting. He initiated the virtual magazine Knjigomat, online literary project which is also published in print version.

Recipient of the following awards and honors: Večernji list Award for the short story Nino Rovinjež (2001), third prize on the Bejahad Jewish short story contest (2002), second prize for one-page short story Urn on Iskon’s web contest Ekran priča (2003) and Jutarnji list Award for best prose work in 2008 for his novel Deserts.

Jasna Horvat

Jasna Horvat (Osijek, 1966) is an author, cultural theorist and university professor. Her children’s and adult titles deal with stories about Croatian cultural heritage and its recognition outside the national boundaries, exploring the beginnings of literacy, national and homeland history incorporated into the context of the European and world history. She is a member of two international associations: The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators and The Association of Writers & Writing Programs, as well as numerous national ones.

Her novel Az, which popularizes the old Croatian Glagolitic alphabet, was awarded with the prestigious Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts Award in 2010, for the highest scientific and artistic achievements in the Republic of Croatia in the field of literature. In 2011, she received the City of Osijek Honor, and in 2017 the National Science Award, in the category Popularization of Science.
 

Miro Gavran

Miro Gavran (Gornja Trnava, 1961) is an author whose works have been translated into 35 languages, and his books have come out in 150 different editions in Croatia and abroad. Gavran earned his degree in Dramaturgy at the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb. He first worked as a dramaturge and theatre director at the ITD Theatre in Zagreb and since 1993 he has been working as a professional writer. His plays have had more than 250 opening nights and have been seen by more than three million theatre-goers throughout the world (Rotterdam, Washington, Moscow, Rio de Janeiro, Paris, Buenos Aires, Waterford, Mumbai, Prague, Ljubljana, Sarajevo, Krakow, Belgrade, Athens, LA, Vienna, Sofia, New York, Antwerp…).

He is the only living dramatist in Europe to have a theatre festival devoted solely to his plays outside his homeland: the Gavranfest has been held in Slovakia since 2003, and in Poland since 2013. Other than being a playwright, he published a number of novels, children’s and YA books and a short story collection.

Gavran received more than twenty national and international literary awards, including the Central European Time Award and the European Circle Award. His theatre and prose texts have been included in numerous anthologies, and his work is studied at universities throughout the world. Together with his wife, actress Mladena Gavran, he founded the Gavran Theatre in 2002.

 

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