Residency of the Croatian Literary Translators’ Association for literary translators and writers

The Croatian Literary Translators’ Association launches its first residency located in Zagreb, Croatia.The residency for literary translators and writers is the result of years of effort to create a space in Zagreb welcoming both translators and writers: translators, as voices of Croatian authors in the world, and writers who are still looking for their translators as well as those whose works are being translated.

During their stay in the residency the guests will be introduced to their fellow translators and writers, to Croatian publishers and cultural and literary milieu in general, but they will also be granted an opportunity to delve into the everyday life of the Croatian capital and the local traditions. In the long run, this project aims at making a series of new cultural links and putting Zagreb on the map of the European network of residencies for translators.

Residency of the Croatian Literary Translators’ Association for literary translators and writers promotes and encourages cooperation with language institutes, language departments at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb, publishers, festivals and international networks for residential exchange. Part of the stay of our residents is dedicated to their work on the text which brought them to Zagreb, while the other part includes activities such as panel discussions with fellow translators and writers, workshops and masterclasses at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences as well as tandems with peers and guest appearances at literature festivals.

In 2022 nine translators and writers are to stay in the residency: Anita Vuco (Italy), Alida Bremer (Germany), Sara Latorre (Italy), Heidi Saevareid (Norway), Miłosz Waligórski (Poland), George Mario Angel Quintero (USA, Columbia), Olivier Lannuzel (France), Rusanka Liapova (Bulgaria) and Olja Alvir (Austria).

The project is funded by the Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 

Ankica Tomić

Ankica Tomić (Makarska, 1972), a writer of several successful novels. Her first autobiographical novel Especially during Summer (2011) has won the Slavić Award and the Kiklop Award for the Best Debutant Novel. Her other work includes Ladies Caprice (2014), Vice Versa (2016) and Scarabaei (2018).

Marija Andrijašević

Marija Andrijašević (b. 1984, Split) holds an MA in Comparative Literature and Ethnology and Social Anthropology (2015) from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb.

In 2007, she won the Goran for Young Poets Award for her book of poetry davide, svašta su mi radili (David, They Did Things to Me). Her first novel, Zemlja bez sutona (The Land Without Twilight), was published in 2021. The novel received the Tportal Literary Award for Best Novel in 2022 and the Štefica Cvek Regional Award as one of the nine best novels published in 2021 in the BCSM-language countries. It was also shortlisted for several domestic awards.

In 2023, she published a poetry collection, Temeljenje kuće (Laying the Foundations), which received the Štefica Cvek Regional Award for one of the best books published in the region in 2024, as well as the biannual Ivan Goran Kovačić Award for Best Poetry Book, and was a finalist for the Tonko Maroević Award by the Croatian PEN Centre. 

Her latest publication, the short story collection Liga ribara (The League of Fishermen), was published in September 2024 and is shortlisted for the Štefica Cvek Award in 2025.


She is a member of Versopolis, a European platform for emerging poets. Her selected poetry has so far been translated into Swedish, German, Slovenian, Italian, Ukrainian, Polish, Romanian, Spanish, and Czech, and included in multiple anthologies. Her prose work is included in the anthology Ulysses’ Cat: New Writing from South-East Europe and Wales.

She works at Skribonauts, an organization that promotes literature among marginalized groups, and is a regular columnist for Novosti newspaper. She lives between Zagreb and Split.
 

Photo: (c) Iva Perković

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marko Gregur

Marko Gregur (Koprivnica, 1982) is a Croatian poet and prosaist whose works have been published in literary magazines in more than ten countries. His work received several awards, amongst which are Ivan vitez Trnski Award, Ulaznica Award, and Prozak Award. In 2021 he won both Fric Award and the prestigious Vladimir Nazor Award for his latest work, the novel Vošicki.

He debuted with the poetry collection Lyrical Graphomania (2011), followed by short story collections Peglica in December and Lovely Day for Drinkopoly. Afterward he shifted towards novels, and published The End of Mr Trombetassicz, which was written in a dialect and shortlisted for the Fric Award, Your Name Could Be Leda and Vošicki, biographical fiction inspired by the life of Vinko Vošicki, renowned Croatian publisher.

Marija Andrijašević-works/transl

MAIN WORKS

david, they did things to me (davide, svašta su mi radili, SKUD Ivan Goran Kovačić, 2007; Fraktura, 2022), poetry
The Land without Twilight (Zemlja bez sutona, Fraktura, 2021), novel
The Grounding of the House (Temeljenje kuće, Fraktura, 2023), poems in prose
The Fishermen's League (Liga Ribara, Oceanmore, 2024), short stories collection



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