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Ivan Aralica

イヴァン・アラリチャ

Ivan Aralica

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1930-09-10 (Puljane, Promina mountain, Zagora, Croatia)
Nationality
Croatian
Languages
Croatian
Religion
Catholic
Residence History
Villages in Dalmatinska zagora → Zadar

Career

Occupations
writer, teacher, school principal, professor, politician
Active Years
1967-2024
Affiliations
Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (HAZU), Društvo hrvatskih književnika
Memberships
HAZU Department of Literature, Društvo hrvatskih književnika
Influenced By
Knut Hamsun, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Thomas Mann
Influenced
Ivo Andrić, Meša Selimović

Education

Učiteljska škola Knin
Teacher training
Period: ~1953
Year of Graduation: 1953
Country: Croatia
Preparandija
Filozofski fakultet u Zadru
Faculty of Philosophy / Literature
Period: ~1961
Year of Graduation: 1961
Country: Croatia

Awards

Nagrada Ksaver Šandor Gjalski
1981
Work: Psi u trgovištu
Organization: 不明
Result: 受賞
Nagrada Fonda Miroslav Krleža
1986
Work: Put bez sna, Duše robova
Organization: 不明
Result: 受賞
Nagrada Dubravko Horvatić
2008
Work: Godine
Organization: 不明
Result: 受賞
Nagrada Vladimir Nazor
2010
Work: Lifetime achievement
Category: 文学
Organization: Ministry of Culture of Croatia
Result: 受賞
Nagrada Ksaver Šandor Gjalski
2011
Work: Carske kočije
Organization: 不明
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Svemu ima svoje vrijeme

1967 Short stories

Socially engaged prose analyzing post-war societal changes.

social changepost-war

Konjanik

1971 Novel

Historical narrative.

historyCroatian fate
Adaptations
  • [Film] Konjanik / Branko Ivanda (2003)
Translations
  • English edition Horseman 2010

Bibliography

  • See Djela section for complete list

Adaptations

  • Život sa stricem (1988, Krsto Papić) based on Okvir za mržnju
  • Četverored (1999, Jakov Sedlar)

Translations of Works

  • Duše robova: Slovene, German
  • Konjanik: English

Style & Themes

Literary Style
modernistmagical realismmeditative narrative
Recurring Motifs
Croatian historical fateChristian-Islamic clashOriental themesDalmatian myth

Legacy

One of the dominant Croatian narrative prose writers of the second half of the 20th century.

Academic Societies

  • HAZU Department of Literature

Trivia

  • Father of historian Tomislav Aralica.
  • Involved in Croatian Spring, faced political persecution.