Ksaver Šandor Gjalski Award
1 appearances
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Edition 11 (1993) Winner
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 essayCollection of essays dealing with everyday problems
everyday lifenarcissism
Pravo na nesreću
1978 essayEssays on the right to unhappiness
unhappiness
Zgranut pred Zlom
1978 essayShuddering before Evil essays
evil
Polovnjak
1984 novelNovel depicting contemporary Zagreb existence
existentialismZagreb
Ervin i luđaci
1992 novelNovel depicting contemporary Zagreb existence
existentialismmadmen
Privatna stvar
2000 novelPosthumously published novel on private matters
private life
Demos i demon
1994 essayPosthumous 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.