Internationally acclaimed author, essayist and translator Dubravka Ugrešić passed away on March 17th 2023, in Amsterdam, at the age 73. Ugrešić received numerous international literary awards for her works, her name was also mentioned as a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Her books have been translated into more than 20 languages.
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Croatian author Martina Vidaić, and her novel Bedbugs, is one of the 13 nominees for the European Union Prize for Literature (EUPL) 2023!
EUPL recognises emerging fiction writers from the European Union and beyond – 41 countries participating in the Creative Europe programme of the European Union. Across a cycle of three years, the Prize celebrates 41 outstanding new literary talents.
Croatian author, journalist, and columnist Miljenko Jergović received the Fric Award 2021/22 for Best Prose Fiction for his short story collection 'Three for Kartal' (Trojica za Kartal).
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The US edition of one of Croatia's most beloved children's poems, AntonTon by Grigor Vitez, has received three awards given out by the Colorado Intependent Publishers Association! EVVY Book Awards celebrate well written and beautifully designed books from Colorado and world.
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The residency of the Croatian Literary Translators’ Association for literary translators and writers is the result of years of effort to create a space in Zagreb welcoming both translators and writers: translators, as voices of Croatian authors in the world, and writers who are still looking for their translators as well as those whose works are being translated.
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This year, the Ulysses' Shelter network of literary residencies has been widened so that the writers, poets, and translators from Croatia can choose the location of their residence among the following six European countries: Czech Republic, Greece, Malta, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain and Wales in the United Kingdom.
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Unique event to launch Ivana Sajko's HKW Internationaler Literaturpreis-winning novel, Love Novel. Ivana will be in conversation with her translator Mima Simić to mark the book's English-language publication from V&Q Books, bringing the best in new German writing.
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The Croatian Literary Translators’ Association launches its first residency located in Zagreb, Croatia, welcoming writers, and literary translators – a project funded by the Croatian Ministry of Culture and Media.
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The acclaimed Croatian author, journalist, literary critic, and essayist, Igor Mandić passed away on March 13th, 2022, in Zagreb at the age of 83.
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Jurica Pavičić has just been awarded a fourth French literary prize for the French translation of his novel "Red Water" (L’Eau rouge) – Prix Mystère de la critique for the best translated crime novel in 2022!
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