Ivan Aralica
Ivan Aralica (born September 10, 1930 in Puljane , Kingdom of Yugoslavia ) is a Croatian writer and is considered one of the most important Croatian writers of the second half of the 20th century . Since 1992 he has been a full member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts .
Aralica completed a school education in Knin and graduated with a degree in South Slavic Studies at the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Zadar . Due to his participation in the Croatian Spring , he lost his position as a high school director in Zadar and his mandate in Sabor . In the course of the political changes in 1990, he returned to politics as a member of the HDZ . In the 1993 elections he was elected MP and Vice President of the House of Counties . He resigned from his political office in 2000.
He mentions Knut Hamsun , Isaac Bashevis Singer , Thomas Mann , Truman Capote and Aldous Huxley as literary role models . The Školska knjiga publishing house published its collected works from 2010 to 2019 (a total of 35 books).
Works (selection)
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Put bez sna , 1982
- German translation: Servant of the Inquisition , translated by Astrid Philippsen , 1989, ISBN 3-353-00530-7
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Duše robova , 1984
- German translation: The souls of slaves , translated by Jasna Schmidt-Konjedić, 2006, ISBN 978-3-86548-593-9
Honors
- Order of the Croatian Morning Star with the image of Antun Radić .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Ivan Aralica in the Croatian Encyclopedia , accessed on May 30, 2020.
- ↑ Biography on the website of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, accessed on May 30, 2020.
- ↑ Djela Ivana Aralice in the catalog of the Library of the City of Zagreb, accessed on May 30, 2020.
- ↑ Official decision on the award of awards Narodne novine (May 28, 1995), accessed on May 30, 2020.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Aralica, Ivan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Yugoslav or Croatian writer, essayist and politician (HDZ) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 10, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Puljane , Kingdom of Yugoslavia |