Ksaver Šandor Gjalski Award
2 appearances
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Edition 16 (1998) Winner
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Edition 27 (2009) Winner
Ratko Cvetnić
ラトコ・ツヴェトニッチ
Ratko Cvetnić
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1957-06-26 （Zagreb）
- Nationality
- Croatian
- Languages
- Croatian
- Residence History
- Zagreb
Career
- Occupations
- writer, publicist, professional secretary at Zagreb Sports Association
- Active Years
- 1997-2024
- Affiliations
- Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (HAZU) collaborator, Zagreb Sports Association
- Memberships
- Collaborator of Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (HAZU) (since 2016)
- Nominations
- Candidate for tportal Award and Meša Selimović Award (Povijest Instituta, 2013)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb | Faculty of Philosophy | Comparative Literature and Art History | — | — | Croatia |
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb
Faculty of Philosophy
/ Comparative Literature and Art History
Country:
Croatia
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Ksaver Šandor Gjalski Award | Kratki izlet | — | Ksaver Šandor Gjalski Award Committee | 受賞 |
| 2009 | Ksaver Šandor Gjalski Award | Polusan | — | Ksaver Šandor Gjalski Award Committee | 受賞 |
| 2018 | HAZU Award | Blato u dvorištu | — | Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts | 受賞 |
Ksaver Šandor Gjalski Award
1997
Work:
Kratki izlet
Organization:
Ksaver Šandor Gjalski Award Committee
Result:
受賞
Ksaver Šandor Gjalski Award
2009
Work:
Polusan
Organization:
Ksaver Šandor Gjalski Award Committee
Result:
受賞
HAZU Award
2018
Work:
Blato u dvorištu
Organization:
Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Kratki izlet
1997 novelAutobiographical notes from the Homeland War, humorous and ironic depiction of wartime everyday life.
wareveryday lifeirony
Translations
- Polish: Krotka wycieczka (2000)
- Slovenian: Kratek izlet (2000)
- German: Ein kurzer Ausflug (2000)
Polusan
2009 novelMosaic novel depicting Zagreb at the end of the 1980s, the collapse of socialism.
1980ssocial changepersonal history
Povijest Instituta
2013 novelCroatian history from 1945 to present through the history of an institute.
historycommunismmodern Croatia
Blato u dvorištu
2018 novelCross-section of 20th-century Croatian history from WWII to independent Croatia.
20th century historypost-warindependence
Bibliography
- Kratki izlet, Ceres, Zagreb, 1997.; Mozaik knjiga, Zagreb, 2009.
- Krotka wycieczka: zapisy wojenne z lat 1992-1993, 2000.
- Kratek izlet: zapisi iz domovinske vojne, 2000.
- Ein kurzer Ausflug: Aufzeichnungen aus dem Krieg in Kroatien, 2000.
- Polusan, Mozaik knjiga, Zagreb, 2009.
- Povijest Instituta, Mozaik knjiga, Zagreb, 2013.
- Blato u dvorištu, Mozaik knjiga, Zagreb, 2018.
- Turopoljski Leksikon, LZMK, Zagreb, 2021.
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- humorous and ironicmosaic structureessayisticrich in detail
- Recurring Motifs
- war experienceshistorical transitionstragicomic everyday life
Legacy
Important Croatian contemporary writer. Gained attention with debut novel on Homeland War, acclaimed for historical novels. HAZU collaborator.
Academic Societies
- Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts