Vesna Parun
Vesna Parun (Croatian pronunciation: [v̞ê̞sna pâruːn]; 10 April 1922 – 25 October 2010) was a Croatian poet.
Vesna Parun

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- Born
- 1922. · Zlarin.
- Died
- 2010. · Stubičke Toplice.
- Nationality
- Croatia.
- Occupation
- poet, writer, translator, playwright and painter.
- Fields
- poetry.
- Education
- Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and University of Zagreb.
- Honours
- Dis prize, Zmajeva prize, Tin Ujević Award and star on Croatian Walk of Fame.
- Languages
- Bulgarian, Slovene and German.
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Vesna Parun (Croatian pronunciation: [v̞ê̞sna pâruːn]; 10 April 1922 – 25 October 2010) was a Croatian poet.
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Vesna Parun (1922–2010) was a Croatian children's writer, painter and playwright, among other activities. Born in Zlarin, the children's writer died in Stubičke Toplice.
Vesna Parun was a member of Croatian Writers’ Association of Herzeg-Bosnia and worked in Zagreb. The children's writer lived in Dubrava and Sesvete. Vesna Parun was active in poetry.
Languages used include Bulgarian, Croatian and French. The children's writer received Dis prize, star on Croatian Walk of Fame and Tin Ujević Award, among others.
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Biography
Biography
Vesna Parun studied at Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb. The recorded working language is Bulgarian, Slovene and German. The field of work recorded is poetry. Places of work recorded in the authority are Zagreb. Residence is recorded at Dubrava and Sesvete. Distinctions recorded are Dis prize, Zmajeva prize, Tin Ujević Award and star on Croatian Walk of Fame.
After schooling in Zlarin, Šibenik, and Split, she studied Romance languages and philosophy at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb. From 1947 she was an independent writer, writing poetry, essays, criticism, and children's literature. She translated works from Slovene, German, French, and Bulgarian. Her first book of poetry Dawns and Whirlwinds (1947) 'contrasts the youthful vibrancy, love and nature with death and the destructive forces of war'. It received negative reviews from the socialist-realist critics, who saw it as "apolitical" and "decadent", possibly for not conforming to tendencies to ideologize post-World War II poetry. Starting with the poetry collection Black Olive Tree (1955), love was the primary motif of her written opus. Incessantly working on romantic lyrical poetry, from the 1960s on, she published satiric verses directed at politics and the erotic. She wrote more than 20 works for children alone, the most prominent and widely performed being Mačak Džingiskan i Miki Trasi (1968). She also wrote several drama pieces, including Marija i mornar (1960). Parun spent many years living in Sofia, Bulgaria, primarily in the 1960s, until she was falsely accused by the Bulgarian authorities of spying for the Yugoslavian government, and forced to leave the country in 1967, never to return again. While in Bulgaria, she wrote poetry, conducted recitals, and forged friendships with some of the country's most renowned poets and intellectuals, like Radoy Ralin, Blaga Dimitrova, and Vanya Petkova, and remains a prominent name in Bulgaria to this day. She was the first Croatian woman to earn a living solely by writing literature. She published, printed, and illustrated some of her own works.
Selected works
Selected works
Parun's other significant works include: Vidrama vjerna (1957) Patka Zlatka (1957) Ti i nikad (1959) Konjanik (1961) Otvorena vrata (1968) Ukleti dažd (1969) Stid me je umrijeti (1974) Igre pred oluju (1979) Šum krila, šum vode (1981) Salto mortale (1981) Pokraj rijeke Kupe kad se vrapci skupe (1989) Nedovršeni mozaik (1990) Ptica vremena (1996) Smijeh od smrti jači (1997) Mozak u torbi (2001) More jadransko (2001) Noć za pakost: moj život u 40 vreća (2001) Da sam brod (2002) Suze putuju (2002)
Life and career
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Life and career
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1922
Vesna Parun born at Zlarin.
2010
Vesna Parun died at Stubičke Toplice.
Places
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Places
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Dubrava and Sesvete.
Residences
Zlarin.
Birth place
Stubičke Toplice.
Death place
Primary material
Documents and archives
authority file
- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1356936563, Znanstveni skup "Vesna Parun, stijena koju ispiru kiše" (2022 : Split).
General reference · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
reference work
- “Vesna Parun”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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authority record
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q271664: Vesna Parun
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Awards
1959 – Poet of the Year Award 1982 – Vladimir Nazor Award for the lifetime achievement 1995 – Poeta Oliveatus at the "Croatia rediviva: Ča, Kaj, Što – baštinski dani" festival. 2002 – Visoka žuta žita charter at the Poet Meetings in Drenovci for her overall literary opus and abiding contribution to the Croatian literature 2003 – Tin Ujević Award, for the collection of sonnets Suze putuju 2010 – European Award – Knjizevna opstina Vrsac (Literary Municipality of Vrsac)
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Notes from the source article
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- 1.Videk, Silva. Preminula je najveća hrvatska pjesnikinja Vesna Parun. Večernji list. 25 October 2010.
- 2.Biggest Croatian poetess Vesna Parun died in Stubičke Toplice.
- 3.The greatest Croatian female poet dies. tportal. 25 October 2010.
- 4.Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography. Parun, Vesna. Croatian Encyclopedia.
- 5.Crnković, Gordana P. Croatian literature. Encyclopedia Britannica. 29 December 2020.
- 6.Zografova, Katya. The Bulgarian Odyssey of Vesna Parun. Iztok Zapad. 20-23. February 2016. 978-619-152-803-5.
- 7.Vesna Parun: Bila sam majka, žena, ljubavnica, kuharica i sluškinja. Moje vrijeme. 10 April 2014.
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authority file
Gemeinsame Normdatei 1356936563, Znanstveni skup "Vesna Parun, stijena koju ispiru kiše" (2022 : Split).Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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