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Dalibor Cvitan

ダリボル・ツィタン

Dariboru Chitan

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1934-12-20 (Vodice)
Died
1993-07-23 (Zagreb) age 58
Nationality
Croatian
Languages
Croatian
Residence History
Vodice → Zagreb

Career

Occupations
prose writer, poet, dramatist, essayist, literary critic
Active Years
1971-1993
Affiliations
Republika, Telegram, Termini, Žena

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Ironični narcis

1971 essay

Collection of essays dealing with everyday problems

everyday lifenarcissism

Pravo na nesreću

1978 essay

Essays on the right to unhappiness

unhappiness

Zgranut pred Zlom

1978 essay

Shuddering before Evil essays

evil

Polovnjak

1984 novel

Novel depicting contemporary Zagreb existence

existentialismZagreb

Ervin i luđaci

1992 novel

Novel depicting contemporary Zagreb existence

existentialismmadmen

Privatna stvar

2000 novel

Posthumously published novel on private matters

private life

Demos i demon

1994 essay

Posthumous essays on demos and demon

peopledemon

Translations of Works

  • Polish translation by Łucja Danielewska in Żywe źródła (1996)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Essay style dealing with everyday problemsExistentialist novels
Recurring Motifs
everyday lifeevilexistential angst

Legacy

Croatian writer who affirmed himself through essays and novels on the literary scene, opposing dominant trends as a revival of existentialism.