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Joža Horvat

Joža Horvat was a Croatian writer, playwright and screenwriter (1915–2012). He was born in Kotoriba and died in Zagreb.

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Biography

Joža Horvat studied at Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb. The recorded working language is Croatian.

Works named in the authority record are Ciguli Miguli.

Distinctions recorded are Order of Labour, Order of the Republic, Vladimir Nazor Award and Grigor Vitez Award.

Major Franjo Tuđman (later first Croatian President) and captain Joža Horvat, writer and circumnavigator (globetrotter)

Major Franjo Tuđman (later first Croatian President) and captain Joža Horvat, writer and circumnavigator (globetrotter)

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Miss Rita Renoir thinks that striptease gets its effect on the viewer, as it is done with mind and feeling, more than with the body.

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Life and career

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  1. 1915

    Life

    Joža Horvat was born in 1915 at Kotoriba.

  2. 1955

    Institution

    Miss Rita Renoir thinks that striptease gets its effect on the viewer, as it is done with mind and feeling, more than with the body. To demonstrate this theory, Rita Renoir performed for us a "striptease of the face", from the series "Strip-Tease" is dated 1955-60 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago.

  3. 1962

    Institution

    A children's program "Wonderama" in New York by Sonny Fox, dated 1962, held by The Art Institute of Chicago.

  4. 1962

    Institution

    Rehearsal in Costume, from the series "La Télévision", dated 1962, held by The Art Institute of Chicago.

  5. 2012

    Life

    Joža Horvat died in 2012 at Zagreb.

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  1. 1915

    Joža Horvat was born in 1915 at Kotoriba.

  2. 1955

    Miss Rita Renoir thinks that striptease gets its effect on the viewer, as it is done with mind and feeling, more than with the body. To demonstrate this theory, Rita Renoir performed for us a "striptease of the face", from the series "Strip-Tease" is dated 1955-60 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago.

  3. 1962

    A children's program "Wonderama" in New York by Sonny Fox, dated 1962, held by The Art Institute of Chicago.

  4. 1962

    Rehearsal in Costume, from the series "La Télévision", dated 1962, held by The Art Institute of Chicago.

  5. 2012

    Joža Horvat died in 2012 at Zagreb.

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  • Kotoriba

    Birth place

  • Zagreb

    Death place

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Joža Horvat is recorded as having received Order of Labour, Order of the Republic and Vladimir Nazor Award.

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Joža Horvat received Order of Labour, Order of the Republic, Vladimir Nazor Award, Grigor Vitez Award, Politikin Zabavnik Aaward and Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić Award.

Joža Horvat is recorded as writer, playwright and screenwriter.

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