Krešimir Bagić

Krešimir Bagić (Gradište, 1962) is a Croatian poet, critic and a university professor at the professor at the Department of Croatian Language and Literature at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb. His poems and articles have been translated in over fifteen languages, including French, German, Italian, Czech, Ukrainian, Slovenian, Swedish, Polish, Hungarian, Macedonian, Lithuanian, Slovak and Hindu.

His first collection of poems, Each Letter is a Whore was awarded with Goranovo proljece Award, the most prestigious poetic acclaim in Croatia. His other work in poetry include the collections Between Two Strong Puffs (1989), The Tree Top (1994), Ivy (1996), A Language For Every Distance (2001), Le Palmier se Balance (2006), In the Suburb Shade (2006), The Walls Should be Torn Down (2011), Does My Colour Frighten You (2013) and Who Leaves Breadcrumbs Through the Woods (2016).

He is also known for his many acclaimed critical work, especially in the field of Stylistics. He’s the co-author of Four Dimensions of Doubt (1988), The Living Languages (1994), The Art of Denial (1989), The Killing Zone (2002), for which he received the Julije Benesic Award for the Outstanding Critical Work, like Throw the Style out of the Window, It Will Come Back Through the Door (2006).

Irena Matijašević-works/transl

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Seemingly (Naizgled, AGM, 2007), poetry collection
Southern Animals (Južne životinje, AGM, 2010), poetry collection
Denmark H2O (Danska H2O, AGM, 2012), poetry / verse drama
Black Letter (Crno pismo, Algoritam, 2015), novel
Like Rain (Kao kiša, Hena com, 2017.), novel
The Truth Game (Igra istine, Hena com, 2019.), novel
The Beginning of Maturity (Početak zrelosti, V.B.Z., 2021), poetry collection
The Road to Tar (Cesta za tar, MeandarMedia, 2022), poems
Notes from a Fish’s Tail (Zapisi ribljeg repa, V.B.Z., 2024), short prose
 


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Tomislav Čadež, Jutarnji list on Pula

 (...) this stylistically fine polished novel arises, therefore, as an allegory of the human indifference to the suffering, as the defiance of youth towards death and prejudice, as always tricky and always poignant story about growing up, as, after all, a welcome portrait of our time and space.

Veljko Barbieri

 Veljko Barbieri (Split, 1950) is a novelist, narrator, screenwriter and a playwright. He studied Philosophy and Spanish Language at the Liberal Arts College in Zagreb. His prolific literary journey has started in 1972, with a novel The Story of Mr Zak. Throughout his entire work, Mediterranean and Dalmatian patrimony and history have had a central role. For his novel Diocletian, inspired by the life of the Roman emperor, he was awarded with Matica Hrvatska Award for the Book of the Year in 2006.

Another distinctive quality of Barbieri’s creative work is bringing together art and gastronomy. His internationally acclaimed novel Epitaph of an Imperial Gourmet was first in the line of his successful gastroliterary titles.

His short story collection 134 Stories About Food was shortlisted for the Best Book of Barcelona Book Fair in 2003 and has won the award in the category of Culinary Literature. In 2005, his Cooking Canzoniere was proclaimed Best Mediterranean Book in the World. Barbieri has been writing for many Croatian and Italian journals and magazines and is the author of the successful documentary series The Menus of the Lost Time. His work has been translated into Albanian, Italian and German.

 

Dario Harjaček-works/transl

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Sanjica Lacković. A Novel in Fourteen Stories (Sanjica Lacković. Roman u četrnaest priča, OceanMore, 2018), novel
 

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Darija Žilić, Booksa

This diversity and the coexistence of different approaches make her an extraordinary poet who has already made a big entrance to contemporary Croatian poetry with her first collection of poems.

 

 

 

 

ZoranP-works/transl

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Doggiestyle (Doggiestyle, Konzor, 2007) short stories
Krimskrams (Knick-knacks, Profil International, 2009), novel
Paper Devils (Đavli od papira, Profil multimedija, 2011), novel
Dendermonde (Dendermonde, Sandorf, 2013) poetry
Zagreb Noir (Zagreb Noir, Durieux, 2014), co-author, collected stories
There Are No Elephants in Mexico (Nema slonova u Meksiku, Fraktura, 2014), short stories
When Giants Walked the Earth (Kad su Divovi hodali zemljom, Fraktura, 2019), short stories
The World Before You (Svijet prije tebe, Fraktura, 2020), novel
Pavel's First Love (Pavelova prva ljubav, Hena com, 2021), novel

 

Julijana Matanović-works/transl

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Four Dimensions of Doubt (Četiri dimenzije sumnje, Quorum, 1988), critical essays
Observing Baroque from Modernity (Barok iz suvremenosti gledat, Revija, 1992), essay
Ivan Gundulić. A Key for the Interpretation of Literary Work (Ivan Gundulić. Ključ za interpretaciju književnog djela, Školska knjiga, 1993), critical essay
First Person Singular (Prvo lice jednine, Matica hrvatska, 1997), critical essay
Why I Lied to You (Zašto sam vam lagala, Mozaik knjiga, 1997), short stories collection
A Note on the Author (Bilješka o piscu, Mozaik knjiga, 1997), novel
Pleasing Customs (Lijepi običaji, Znanje, 2000), critical essays
As if We Were Father and Daughter (Kao da smo otac i kći, Profil, 2003), short stories collection
Krsto and Lucijan (Krsto i Lucijan, Naklada Ljevak, 2003), critical essays
Laura Is Not Just an Anecdote (Laura nije samo anegdota, Mozaik knjiga, 2003), short stories collection
Who’s Afraid of the Character (Tko se boji lika još, Profil, 2008), novel
A Book of Men, Women, Cities and Goodbyes (Knjiga žena, muškaraca, gradova i rastanaka, Mozaik knjiga, 2009), short stories collection
What Are You Talking About (O čemu ti to govoriš, 24sata, 2010), short stories collection
They Think We’re Little (One misle da smo male, Mozaik knjiga, 2010), novel
Cotton and Silk (Cic i svila, Mozaik knjiga, 2011), short stories collection
Only Mother and Daughter (Samo majka i kći, Mozaik knjiga, 2012), short stories collection
Christmas Search (Božićna potraga, V.B.Z. , 2012), short stories collection
doubt.fear@history.hr (sumnja-strah@povijest.hr, V.B.Z., 2012), short stories collection
At the Beginning and at the End There Was Coffee (I na početku i na kraju bijaše kava, Mozaik knjiga, 2014), short stories collection
Said-Done (Rečeno-učinjeno, Mozaik knjiga, 2015), novel
Tying Laces with One Variable (Vezanje tenisica s jednom nepoznanicom, Mozaik knjiga, 2017), novel
An Angry Year (Ljuta godina, V.B.Z., 2019), essays
The Book of Fabrio (Knjiga o Fabriju, Naklada Ljevak, 2019), critical essay
Children at a Distance (Djeca na daljinu, Lađa od vode, 2020), short stories collection



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Why I Lied to You: Slovenia (Mladinska knjiga), Slovakia (Alika), Germany (Frankfurter)
They Think We’re Little: Germany (KLIN)

 

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