Miro Gavran

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Miro Gavran

Miro Gavran (born 1961 or May 3, 1962 in Gornja Trnava ) is a Croatian writer and dramaturge .

Life

Gavran is one of the most prominent Croatian authors of his generation. After studying at the Academy for Theater, Film and Television in Zagreb , he worked from 1986 to 1992, first as a dramaturge and later as artistic director at the famous Teatar & TD . Miro Gavran has been writing full-time for ten years and has become the most translated contemporary Croatian playwright. He made his debut in 1983 with Kreontova Antigona . Since then he has presented more than 30 plays that have been performed on national and international stages. He celebrated one of his greatest successes in 1999 with the world premiere of his play Kraljevi i konjušari at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford (Connecticut) , USA. With several novels and books for children and young people, Miro Gavran, as a narrator, found a great response from both critics and readers. His novel Judita (2001) was nominated for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2003. Miro Gavran's work has been translated into 30 languages ​​and received the Central European Time International Literary Award for Best Central European Writer of the Year (1999). In 2003 he received the European Circle Award of the European Movement in Zagreb for his extraordinary contribution to the promotion of cultural, European values . With his wife, the actress Mladena Gavran, the author founded the GAVRAN Theater in Zagreb in autumn 2002 , where he also lives.

Awarded the Dr. Alois Mock Europe Prize to Miro Gavran by Michael Spindelegger (2017)

In 2016 he received the Prince Branimir Order with a collar for his work . In 2017 he was awarded the Alois Mock European Prize.

Works

Dramas

  • "Kreontova Antigona"
  • "Noć bogova"
  • "Ljubavi Georgea Washingtona"
  • "Čehov je Tolstoju rekao zbogom"
  • "Najduži dan Marije Terezije"
  • "Kraljevi i konjušari" German translation "Kings and servants"
  • "Shakespeare i Elizabeta"
  • "Pacijent doktora Freuda"
  • "Muž moje žene"
  • "Kad umire glumac"
  • "Zaboravi Hollywood"
  • "Sve o ženama"
  • "Sve o muškarcima"
  • "Vozači za sva vremena"
  • "Hotel Babilon"
  • "Kako ubiti predsjednika"
  • "Zabranjeno smijanje", German translation "Laughing forbidden" (2013)
  • "Nora danas"
  • "Papucari", German translation "Pantoffelhelden" (2012)
  • "Lutka", German translation "The Doll" (2014)
  • "Sladoled", German translation "Eiscreme" (2015)
  • "Pivo", German translation "Beer - When the father with the son" (2015)

Novels

  • "Zaboravljeni sin"
  • "Klara"
  • "Margita"
  • "Judita"
  • "Kritelj"
  • "Poncije Pilat"

Youth books

  • "Svašta u mojoj glavi"
  • "Kako je tata osvojio mamu"
  • "Zaljubljen do ušiju"
  • "Oproštajno pismo"
  • "Sretni dani"
  • "Igrokazi s glavom i repom"
  • "Pokušaj zaboraviti"
  • "Svašta u mojoj glavi"
  • "Profesorica iz snova"
  • "Kako smo lomili noge"
  • "Ljeto za pamċenje", 2015

Web links

Commons : Miro Gavran  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ according to information on his own website born in 1961 ( memento of the original from February 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mgavran2.htnet.hr
  2. ↑ Brief info IMDb.com
  3. ↑ Branimir Pofuk: Odlikovanje Pogoreliću, Gavranu, Domjanu i akademiku Bašiću. Večernji list , August 16, 2016, accessed on August 20, 2016 (Croatian).
  4. ↑ Schüssel and Spindelegger congratulate Ferrero-Waldner and Miro Gavran on their Dr. Alois Mock Europe Prize . OTS notification dated December 22, 2017, accessed December 28, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Gavran, Miro
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Croatian writer and dramaturge
DATE OF BIRTH 1961 or May 3, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Gornja Trnava