August Šenoa Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 2 (2000) Winner
Nikica Petrak
ニキツァ・ペトラク
Nikica Petrak
Aliases:
Nikola Petrak
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1939-08-31 （Duga Resa）
- Died
- 2016-08-20 （Dubrovnik） age 76
- Nationality
- Croatian
- Languages
- Croatian, English
- Residence History
- Zagreb → Dubrovnik
Career
- Occupations
- poet, essayist, feuilletonist, translator, academician, journalist, editor
- Active Years
- 1959-2016
- Affiliations
- Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (HAZU), Society of Croatian Writers, Croatian Writers' Association
- Memberships
- Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (HAZU), Society of Croatian Literary Artists (DHK), Croatian Society of Writers
- Influenced By
- T. S. Eliot
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Zagreb | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences | Department of English and Art History | — | 1960年代初頭 | Croatia |
University of Zagreb
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
/ Department of English and Art History
Period:
1960年代初頭
Year of Graduation:
1963
Country:
Croatia
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Vladimir Nazor Award | — | 年間賞 (Godišnja nagrada) | Ministry of Culture of Croatia | 受賞 |
| 1981 | Tin Ujević Award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1996 | Goranov vijenac | — | 詩部門 | — | 受賞 |
| 2013 | Dragutin Tadijanović Award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2011 | Vladimir Nazor Award (Lifetime Achievement) | — | 生涯功労 (Za životno djelo) | Ministry of Culture of Croatia | 受賞 |
Vladimir Nazor Award
1980
Category:
年間賞 (Godišnja nagrada)
Organization:
Ministry of Culture of Croatia
Result:
受賞
Tin Ujević Award
1981
Result:
受賞
Goranov vijenac
1996
Category:
詩部門
Result:
受賞
Dragutin Tadijanović Award
2013
Result:
受賞
Vladimir Nazor Award (Lifetime Achievement)
2011
Category:
生涯功労 (Za životno djelo)
Organization:
Ministry of Culture of Croatia
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Ispadanje iz povijesti
1996 PoetryPoetry collection marking his canonical status.
lovetraditionpassage of time
Translations
- Polish translation by Łucja Danielewska
Bibliography
- Sve ove stvari (1963)
- Razgovor s duhovima (1968)
- Suho slovo (1971)
- Tiha knjiga (1980)
- Izjava o namjerama (1989)
- Izabrane pjesme (1991)
- Ispadanje iz povijesti (1996)
- Razmicanje paučine (1999)
- Neizgovoreni govor: zapisci nasumce (2003)
- Arka (2004)
- Od ljubavi (2004)
- Blaženo doba: sabrane i nove pjesme 1959.–2009. (2009)
- Na otvorenom kraju (2014)
Translations by Author
- Dylan Thomas
- Emily Dickinson
- Ben Jonson
- Tom Stoppard
Translations of Works
- Żywe źródła (1996, Polish)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- eruditeintellectuallater: playful, autoironic, intimate
- Recurring Motifs
- loverelation to traditioncyclical passage of timeeveryday life
Legacy
One of the most important names in modern Croatian poetry, exemplary in poetic relation to tradition in the spirit of T. S. Eliot.
Academic Societies
- Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Trivia
- Wife: Prof. Jelka Petrak (medical sciences)
- Son: Prof. Marko Petrak (Roman law)
- Father: Dr. Zvonimir Petrak (1914-1943)
- Grandfather: Nikola Petrak (HSS politician)