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Nedjeljko Fabrio

ネジェリョコ・ファブリオ

Nedjeljko Fabrio

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1937-11-14 (Split)
Died
2018-08-04 (Rijeka) age 80
Nationality
Croatian
Languages
Croatian
Residence History
Split → Rijeka → Zagreb

Career

Occupations
writer, playwright, translator, professor, theater critic
Active Years
1963-2018
Affiliations
Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (HAZU), Croatian Writers' Association (DHK)
Memberships
HAZU, DHK, Society of Croatian Literary Translators

Education

Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zagreb
Faculty of Philosophy / Department of Literature
Country: Croatia

Awards

Herder Award
2002
Category: 文学
Organization: Herder Foundation
Result: 受賞
Ivan Goran Kovačić Award
2003
Work: Triemeron
Result: 受賞
Vladimir Nazor Award
2007
Category: 生涯功労賞
Result: 受賞
Crikveničko sunce Award
2013
Organization: Jadranski književni susreti
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Vježbanje života

1985 novel

A novel dealing with the exodus of Italian population from Rijeka after WWII, adapted for theater and performed over 80 times.

Rijeka historyCroatian-Italian relationspost-WWII exodus
Adaptations
  • [theater] Vježbanje života / ダルコ・ガスパロヴィッチ (1989)

Berenikina kosa

1989 novel

Novel set in Rijeka.

Rijekahistory
Adaptations
  • [theater] Berenikina kosa

Smrt Vronskog

1994 novel

First Croatian novel about the Homeland War.

Homeland War

Triemeron

2002 novel

Third part of the Adriatic duology.

historyartists

Bibliography

  • Odora Talije (1963)
  • Partite za prozu (1966)
  • Apeninski eseji (1969)
  • Labilni položaji (1969)
  • Reformatori (1968)
  • Čujete li svinje kako rokću u ljetnikovcu naših gospara? (1969)
  • Meštar (1970)
  • Vježbanje života (1985)
  • Berenikina kosa (1989)
  • Smrt Vronskog (1994)
  • Triemeron (2002)
  • Ruža vjetrova (2003)
  • Orfejeva djeca (2008)

Adaptations

  • Vježbanje života (theater, 1989)
  • Berenikina kosa (theater)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
large-scale prose worksRijeka themes
Recurring Motifs
Rijeka's pastCroatian-Italian relationspost-war exodus

Legacy

Prominent Croatian writer and academician known for works on Rijeka's history and Croatian-Italian relations.

Museums

  • Nedjeljko Fabrio Memorial Room Narodna čitaonica i knjižnica Novi Vinodolski Opened in 2019

Academic Societies

  • Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts

In Popular Culture

  • Documentary film 'Fabrio' (2012)

Quotes

  • Someone nominated me from abroad and that was it.
    Source: Interview