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Mate Ganza

マテ・ガンザ

Mate Ganza

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1936-01-01 (Brštanovo (near Split))
Nationality
Croatian
Languages
Croatian
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Split → Zagreb

Career

Occupations
poet, journalist, editor, dramaturg
Active Years
1960-2024
Influenced
Tin Ujević

Education

Gymnasium in Split
General
Year of Graduation: 1954
Country: Croatia
Faculty of Philosophy in Zagreb
Faculty of Philosophy
Country: Croatia

Awards

Nagrada "Tin Ujević"
1993
Work: Knjiga bdjenja
Result: 受賞
Nagrada August Šenoa
2004
Work: Most s putnikom
Organization: Matica hrvatska
Result: 受賞
poetum oliveatus
2006
Organization: Croatia rediviva: Ča, Kaj, Što – baštinski dani
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Pjesme strpljenja

Lyric poetry
patience

Trg dobre nade

Lyric poetry

Opustošenja

Lyric poetry

Strepnje

Lyric poetry

Lomljenje kruha

Lyric poetry

Gutač vatre

Lyric poetry

Hvatanje sjene

Lyric poetry

Kamen na zemlji

Lyric poetry

Knjiga bdjenja

Book of sonnets

Most s putnikom

Poetry collection

Bibliography

  • Pjesme strpljenja
  • Trg dobre nade
  • Opustošenja
  • Strepnje
  • Lomljenje kruha
  • Gutač vatre
  • Hvatanje sjene
  • Kamen na zemlji
  • Knjiga bdjenja
  • Most s putnikom

Adaptations

  • TV film 'Sjećanje na Tina' about Tin Ujević

Translations of Works

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

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Rhythm of a solemn toneReflective lyricism
Recurring Motifs
Fate of modern manVulnerability in the contemporary world

Legacy

A Croatian poet preoccupied in his lyric poetry with the fate of modern man and his vulnerability in the contemporary world.