Irena Vrkljan

Irena Vrkljan (born August 21, 1930 in Belgrade ) is a Croatian-German writer and translator.

Irena Vrkljan grew up in Zagreb . In the 1950s she made numerous publications in the former Yugoslavia . She also worked for television. In 1966 she began her studies at the West Berlin film school . She has lived as a freelance writer in Berlin and Zagreb since the late 1960s. She was married to the Berlin writer Benno Meyer-Wehlack (1928–2014).

In Croatia Irena Vrkljan received several literary prizes. Her German-language works are published by the Droschl literary publisher and she is a member of the New Society for Literature .

In 1979 she worked as an actress with the role of Mrs. Singer in the film drama David , but it was her only film appearance.

Bibliography (selection)

• The blue wheel . 1975
• Daughter between south and west . 1985
• Stations . Poems with graphics by Evelyn Kuwertz . Edition Mariannenpresse , Berlin 1981, ISBN 3-922510-06-X .
• Marina, in the backlight . 1988
• Shadow berlin . 1990
• Book about Dora . 1992
• In front of a red wall . 1994

Awards

• 2002: Prize of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
• 2005: Vladimir Nazor Prize for Lifetime Achievement
• 2005: Danica Hrvatska

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Brief bio at südost Europa Kultur eV  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

Web links

• Literature by and about Irena Vrkljan in the catalog of the German National Library