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Irena Vrkljan

イレナ・ヴルクヤン

Irena Vrkljan

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1930-08-21 （Belgrade）
Died
2021-03-23 （Zagreb） age 90
Nationality
Croatian, German
Languages
Croatian, German
Residence History
Belgrade → Zagreb → Opatija → Berlin

Career

Occupations
poet, prose writer, radio dramatist, essayist, translator
Active Years
1954-2014
Affiliations
Corresponding Member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (2008)
Influenced By
Virginia Woolf

Education

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb
Faculty of Philosophy / Archaeology, Ethnology, German Studies
Country: Croatia
Graduation year unknown
Film and Television Academy in Berlin
Film
Country: Germany
Graduation year unknown

Awards

Tin Ujević Award
1983
Work: In the Skin of My Sister
Category: 最優秀詩集
Organization: Award Committee
Result: 受賞
Ksaver Šandor Gjalski Award
1985
Work: Silk, Scissors
Organization: Award Committee
Result: 受賞
Ivan Goran Kovačić Award
Work: Marina or About Biography
Organization: Award Committee
Result: 受賞
HAZU Award
Work: Last Journey to Vienna
Organization: Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Result: 受賞
Order of Danica Hrvatske with the effigy of Marko Marulić
2006
Organization: Office of the President of Croatia
Result: 受賞
Vladimir Nazor Award
2009
Work: Lifetime Achievement
Organization: Ministry of Culture of Croatia
Result: 受賞
Kiklop Award
2014
Work: I Walk Through the Room
Category: 詩集
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

U koži moje sestre

1982 Poetry

Poetry collection exploring fragmented identity and introspection

IdentityFamilyIntrospection

Svila, škare

1984 Autobiographical novel

Explores female sensibility through personal life and fragments of others' biographies

Self-discoveryWomen's writingPast trauma
Adaptations
  • [TV drama] Svila, škare / Eduard Galić (1987)

Marina ili o biografiji

1987 Novel

Quest for self-identity through biography

BiographySelf-affirmationCatharsis

Posljednje putovanje u Beč

2000 Crime novel

Crime story intertwining past and present journeys

PastTravelCrime

Koračam kroz sobu

2014 Poetry

Poetic depiction of urban life, memories, and aging

MemoryAgingFreedom

Bibliography

  • Krik je samo tišina (1954.)
  • Paralele (1957.)
  • Stvari već daleke (1962.)
  • Doba prijateljstva (1966.)
  • Soba, taj strašni vrt (1966.)
  • U koži moje sestre (1982.)
  • Svila, škare (1984.)
  • Marina ili o biografiji (1987.)
  • Berlinski rukopis (1988.)
  • Dora, ove jeseni (1991.)
  • Posljednje putovanje u Beč (2000.)
  • Smrt dolazi sa suncem (2002.)
  • Naše ljubavi, naše bolesti (2004.)
  • Zelene čarape (2005.)
  • Sestra, kao iza stakla (2006.)
  • Sabrana proza 1-2 (2006.)
  • Dnevnik zaboravljene mladosti (2007.)
  • Svila nestala, škare ostale (2008.)
  • Pismo u pismu (2009.)
  • Žene i ovaj suludi svijet (2010.)
  • Koračam kroz sobu (2014.)

Adaptations

  • Svila, škare (TV drama, 1987)

Translations by Author

  • Translated Croatian war poetry anthology 'U ovom strašnom času' to German

Translations of Works

  • Polish translations by Łucja Danielewska (1996)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Early surrealismExistential analysis and autoreflectionFragmentary structureWomen's narrative
Recurring Motifs
Identity questFamily and past traumaExile and loss of rootsCatharsis through writing

Legacy

Croatian writer who contributed over 50 years to literature, often compared to Virginia Woolf. Pioneered women's writing with distinctive autobiographical prose.

Academic Societies

  • Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts

Trivia

  • Known as the 'Croatian Virginia Woolf'
  • Co-authored radio dramas with husband Benno Meyer-Wehlack