Olja Savičević
Illustration — Image of Olja Savičević Ivančević Olja Savičević Ivančević (born 1974 in Split) is a Croatian novelist, poet and playwright. She is a winner of the Grand Prize of the Druga prikazna Macedonian Literary Festival (2018), the T-Portal Award for Best Novel (2011), and the Mali Marulić prize for theatre (2013, 2014).
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- 1974 · Split.
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- Croatia
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- writer · poet · editor · literary critic
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- prose · poetry
- Education
- University of Zadar
- Languages
- Croatian
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Illustration — Image of Olja Savičević Ivančević Olja Savičević Ivančević (born 1974 in Split) is a Croatian novelist, poet and playwright. She is a winner of the Grand Prize of the Druga prikazna Macedonian Literary Festival (2018), the T-Portal Award for Best Novel (2011), and the Mali Marulić prize for theatre (2013, 2014).
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Olja Savičević (born 1974) is an editor, literary critic and poet, among other activities, of Croatian nationality. The editor was born in Split.
Olja Savičević was educated at University of Zadar. Activity centred on poetry and prose. Languages used include Croatian.
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Olja Savičević was born on 16 September 1974 in Split, Yugoslavia. She obtained a bachelor's degree in linguistics and literary criticism from the University of Zadar. She then worked as a freelance writer for online publications, and as a teacher. Savičević began her literary career with poetry, publishing a collection Biti će strašno kada ja porastem in 1988. This was followed by Vječna djeca (1993) and Žensko pismo (1999). A short story collection, Nasmijati psa, came out in 2006. Her first novel, Adio kauboju was published in 2010. Its translation into several languages was received with acclaim. Another novel, Pjevač u noći, came out in 2016. Savičević received the Ranko Marinkovic award for the best short story in 2007. Adio kauboju won the T-Portal award for Croatian novel of the year 2011. Savičević has also written and adapted dramas for children. Her dramatisation of Čudnovate zgode Šegrta Hlapića won the Mali Marulić award in 2013. In 2017, Savičević has signed the Declaration on the Common Language of the Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks and Montenegrins.
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- 1.Eileen Battersby. Farewell Cowboy, by Olja Savičević: a beautiful, subversively appealing novel. The Irish Times. 5 April 2015.
- 2.M.P. Priče Olje Savičević Ivančević dostupne na internetu. Tportal. 14 September 2015.
- 3.Literature Across Frontiers. Olja Savičević.
- 4.Sandorf. Olja Savičević Ivančević.
- 5.Kapka Kassabova. Farewell, Cowboy by Olja Savičević review – coming of age in small-town Croatia. The Guardian. 9 May 2015.
- 6.Cristina Battocletti. Giusta distanza mai. Il Sole 24 Ore. 13 November 2017.
- 7.Croatian Writers' Society. Olji Savičević Ivančević nagrada Mali Marulić. 2013.
- 8.Derk, Denis. Donosi se Deklaracija o zajedničkom jeziku Hrvata, Srba, Bošnjaka i Crnogoraca. Večernji List. Večernji list. 6–7. 28 March 2017. 0350-5006.
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