Irena Vrkljan
Irena Vrkljan (21 August 1930 – 23 March 2021) was a Croatian writer and translator. She was born in Belgrade and was educated at Zagreb University and the Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin. She lived in both Zagreb and Berlin, writing in both Croatian and German.
Irena Vrkljan
- Born
- 1930.
- Died
- 2021.
- Nationality
- Croatia.
- Occupation
- translator, poet, writer, screenwriter, actor and director.
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Irena Vrkljan (21 August 1930 – 23 March 2021) was a Croatian writer and translator. She was born in Belgrade and was educated at Zagreb University and the Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin. She lived in both Zagreb and Berlin, writing in both Croatian and German.
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Vrkljan wrote scripts for film and radio. She also translated works by Croatian authors into German. In 1964, she toured the United States, sponsored in part by American Women in Radio and Television. In 2006, she was awarded the Vladimir Nazor Award.
Source: Paralele (Parallels), poetry (1957) Doba prijateljstva (Time of friendship), novel (1963) Soba, taj strašni vrt (The room, this frightful garden), poetry (1966) U koži moje sestre (In my sister's skin), poetry (1982) Svila, škare, autobiography (1984), translated as The silk, the shears, and Marina, or, About biography, received the Ksaver Šandor Gjalski Prize Marina ili o biografiji, autobiography (1985), translated as Marina or On Memory Dora, ove jeseni (Dora), novel (1991) Pred crvenim zidom: 1991-1993 (Before the red wall: 1991–1993), novel 1994 Posljednje putovanje u Beč (The last trip to Geneva), mystery novel (2000)
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1930
Irena Vrkljan born at Belgrade.
2021
Irena Vrkljan died at Zagreb.
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- 1.The Columbia Guide to the Literatures of Eastern Europe Since 1945. Columbia University Press. 2002. 0231114044.
- 2.International Who's who in Poetry. International Biographical Centre. 1974. 9780900332296.
- 3.Jugoslovenski književni leksikon. Matica srpska. 1971.
- 4.Irena Vrkljan: Razmišljam o povratku u Zagreb. jutarnji.hr. 20 mai 2006.
- 5.Umrla jedna od naših najvećih književnica Irena Vrkljan. magazin.hrt.hr. 23 mars 2021.
- 6.Slobodna Dalmacija - Preminula književnica Irena Vrkljan. slobodnadalmacija.hr. 23 mars 2021.
- 7.Leksikon radija i televizije : Vrkljan, Irena. obljetnica.hrt.hr.
- 8.Yugoslav Visitor. Department of State Newsletter. mai 1964. 37.
- 9.Vrkljan, Irena. Hrvatska enciklopedija.
- 10.Benno Meyer-Wehlack. disput.hr.
- 11.Mirjana Dugandžija. IRENA VRKLJAN Životu u gradu, sjećanjima na prošlost, ali i starosti, posvetila je svoje stihove. jutarnji.hr. 4 juillet 2014.
- 12.David, 1979. IMDb.
- 13.Svila, skare. Internet Movie Database.
- 14.The silk, the shears and Marina, or About biography. Bibliothèque nationale de France.
- 15.The Stranger Next Door: An Anthology from the Other Europe. 2013. 978-0810126305.
- 16.Slavenka Drakulić. A personal reflection - In memoriam Irena Vrkljan (1930-2021). eurozine.com. 22 juillet 2021.
- 17.Preminula čuvena književnica Irena Vrkljan. vecernji.hr. 23 mars 2021.
- 18.Srđan Sandić. Irena Vrkljan : Moji literarni ljubimci važni su mi kao i živi ljudi. mvinfo.hr. 4 août 2015.
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