Ksaver Šandor Gjalski Award
2 appearances
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Edition 35 (2017) Winner
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Edition 42 (2024) Winner
Kristian Novak
クリスティアン・ノヴァク
Kristian Novak
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1979-05-14 （Baden-Baden, Germany）
- Nationality
- Croatia
- Languages
- Croatian, German
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Vrhovljan → Čakovec → Zagreb → Rijeka
Career
- Occupations
- university professor, writer, linguist
- Active Years
- 2005-
- Affiliations
- Department of Germanistics, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Department of Germanistics, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Rijeka
- Memberships
- HOO categorized top athlete, Croatian karate representative
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb | Faculty of Law | Law | — | 1997-? (中退) | Croatia |
| Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences | Department of Germanistics and Croatistics | 修士 | 1998-2005 | Croatia |
| Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences | Department of Germanistics | 博士 | — | Croatia |
| Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Rijeka | — | Department of Germanistics | — | 2012-現在 | Croatia |
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb
Faculty of Law
/ Law
Period:
1997-? (中退)
Country:
Croatia
Enrolled but dropped out to study humanities
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
/ Department of Germanistics and Croatistics
Degree:
修士
Period:
1998-2005
Year of Graduation:
2005
Country:
Croatia
Graduated
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
/ Department of Germanistics
Degree:
博士
Year of Graduation:
2011
Country:
Croatia
PhD
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Rijeka
Department of Germanistics
Period:
2012-現在
Country:
Croatia
Transferred in 2012
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Tportal Award for Novel of the Year | Črna mati zemla | — | Tportal | 受賞 |
| 2017 | Tportal Award for Novel of the Year | Ciganin, ali najljepši | — | Tportal | 受賞 |
| 2017 | Ksaver Šandor Gjalski Award | Ciganin, ali najljepši | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2017 | Fran Galović Award | Ciganin, ali najljepši | — | — | 受賞 |
Tportal Award for Novel of the Year
2014
Work:
Črna mati zemla
Organization:
Tportal
Result:
受賞
Tportal Award for Novel of the Year
2017
Work:
Ciganin, ali najljepši
Organization:
Tportal
Result:
受賞
Ksaver Šandor Gjalski Award
2017
Work:
Ciganin, ali najljepši
Result:
受賞
Fran Galović Award
2017
Work:
Ciganin, ali najljepši
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Obješeni
2005 novelStory of Međimurje students in Zagreb
Međimurjestudent life
Črna mati zemla
2013 novelStory of a young Zagreb writer of Međimurje origin
Međimurjeidentity
Translations
- Translated into several foreign languages
Ciganin, ali najljepši
2016 novelWide-ranging novel about local population and Roma in Međimurje, with crime elements, multiple narrators
RomaMeđimurjesocial phenomena
Adaptations
- [theater] Ciganin, ali najljepši / Ivica Buljan (2017)
Slučaj vlastite pogibelji
2023 novelAdaptations
- [theater] Slučaj vlastite pogibelji
Translations by Author
- Multilingualism and Collective Identities of the Illyrians (2012)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Use of Međimurje Kajkavian dialect
- Recurring Motifs
- Međimurje regionidentitymultilingualism
Legacy
Important contemporary Croatian writer, multiple awards for novels on Međimurje themes
In Popular Culture
- Known also as karate champion
Trivia
- From Međimurje family working in Germany
- Father engineer at Mercedes-Benz, mother at Salamander factory
- Croatian karate representative 1998-2009, multiple European and world medals
- Youth poetry included in Anthology of Međimurje Young Lyrical Poetry