Pavao Pavličić

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Pavao Pavličić (2011)

Pavao Pavličić (born August 16, 1946 in Vukovar ) is a Croatian writer, writer, essayist, author, scenarioist, translator, literary theorist and university professor. He is famous for his crime novels to a wider audience. He writes for adults and children.

Life

Pavao Pavličić was born on July 16, 1946 in Vukovar. There he attended elementary school and high school. From 1965 to 1969 he studied comparative literature and Italian language and literature at the Philosophical Faculty in Zagreb . Since 1970 he has worked in the comparative literature department of the Philosophical Faculty in Zagreb. He headed the college “Comparative History of Croatian Literature” as well as “Literary Theory and Metrics”. Pavličić is the author of several studies and books on literary theory and older Croatian literature. He took part in the scientific meetings in Italy, Germany, France and Hungary.

He is one of the most prolific writers of his generation and the author of several short stories and novels. As a scriptwriter, he mainly works with Zoran Tadić . Director Tadić's film "Ritam zločina" (1981) received a prize for the scenario at the Fantasporto film festival in Porto . Pavličić's book “Stroj za maglu” was taken as the basis for this film. They also worked on the following films: "Treći ključ" (1983), "San o ruži" (1986), "Osuđeni" (1987), "Orao" (1990), "Treća Žena" (1997). In collaboration with Branko Ivanda and Ivan Kušan , he wrote the scenario for the film by director Ivanda, “Zločin u školi” (1982). Pavličić also worked with Branko Schmidt on the film "Vukovar se vraća kući" (1994). Together with Davor Žmegač he wrote the scenario for the film "Putovanje tamnom polutkom" (1995). He is also a scriptwriter for several television films and dramas.

Literary and scientific works

As a scientist, Pavličić is interested in older Croatian literature and literary theory. He published several discourses and several books, as well as lyrical prose. Some of them are:

  1. Rasprave o hrvatskoj baroknoj književnosti , Split , 1978
  2. Književna genologija , Zagreb, 1983
  3. Dunav , Zagreb, 1983
  4. Stih u drami & drama u stihu , Zagreb, 1985
  5. Sedam interpretacija , Rijeka , 1986
  6. Poetika manirizma , Zagreb, 1988
  7. Stih i značenje , Zagreb, 1993
  8. Barokni stih u Dubrovniku , Dubrovnik , 1995
  9. Šapudl, Zagreb , 1995
  10. Kruh i mast , Zagreb, 1996
  11. Studije o Osmanu , Zagreb, 1996
  12. Vodič po Vukovaru , Zagreb, 1997
  13. Moderna hrvatska lirika , Zagreb, 1999
  14. Hrvatski dramski stih , Split, 2000
  15. Vesele zgode djeda i bake , Zagreb, 2000
  16. Barokni pakao: rasprave iz hrvatske književnosti , Zagreb, 2003
  17. Skrivena teorija , Zagreb, 2006
  18. Male radosti: pet modernih hrvatskih pjesnika , Zagreb, 2007

Moreover Pavličić wrote the following feature articles : Zagrebački odrezak (1985) Inventura (1989), Prolazna soba (1992), Leksikon uzaludnih znanja (1995), Zagrebački trgovi (1998), and essays: Sve što znam o krimiću (1990) Svoj svome (1992), Rukoljub (1995), Ulica me odgojila (2004).

Novels

He began his writing career as a writer of short stories . He has published seven collections of short stories: Lađa od vode (1972), Vilinski vatrogasci (1975), Dobri duh Zagreba (1976), Radovi na krovu (1984), Skandal na simpoziju (1985), Kako preživjeti mladost (1997), Otrovni papir (2001 ) and more than 20 novels. Some of them are:

  1. Plava ruža (1977)
  2. Stroj za maglu (1978)
  3. Umjetni orao (1979)
  4. Večernji act (1981)
  5. Slobodni pad (1982)
  6. Eter (1983)
  7. Kraj mandata (1984)
  8. Čelični mjesec (1985)
  9. Trg slobode (1986)
  10. Krasopis (1987)
  11. Rakova djeca (1988)
  12. Sretan Kraj (1989)
  13. Koraljna vrata (1990)
  14. Rupa na nebu (1992)
  15. Nevidljivo pismo (1993)
  16. Škola pisanja (1994)
  17. Diksilend (1995)
  18. Zaborav (1996)
  19. Numerus clausus (1998)
  20. Pokora (1998)
  21. Nepovrat (1999)
  22. Pasijans (2000)
  23. Pjesma za Rastanak (2000)
  24. Kronika provincijskog kazališta (2002)
  25. Tužni bogataš (2002)
  26. Mrtva voda (2003)
  27. Melem (2003)
  28. Krvnik u kući (2004)
  29. Odbor za sreću (2004)
  30. Zmijska serenada (2005)

Literary and scientific interests are on an equal footing with him and are intertwined. You can "read" that in his novels too. Almost all of his main characters are related to his work in some way. For example, in the novel Koraljna vrata, a philologist goes to Lastovo to examine the ancient writings. There he finds two lost chants from " Osman " by Ivan Gundulić . In the novel Rupa na nebu , the main character is a translator. There are two main characters in Numerus clausus : a literature student as a narrator and his friend, a medical student.

He also wrote several children's novels :

  1. Trojica u Trnju (1984)
  2. Zeleni tigar (1986)
  3. Petlya (1988)
  4. Lopovska uspavanka (1992)
  5. Mjesto u srcu (1996)
  6. San koji se ponavlja (2001)
  7. Devet spomenika (2006)
  8. Tko je to učinio? (Collection of Crime Stories) (2006)
  9. Cvijeće na vjetru (2007)

Movies

He is a scriptwriter for the following films:

  1. "Ritam zločina" (1981)
  2. "Zločin u školi" (1982)
  3. "Treći ključ" (1983)
  4. "San o ruži" (1986)
  5. "Osuđeni" (1987)
  6. "Čovjek koji je volio sprovode" (1989)
  7. "Orao" (1990)
  8. "Vukovar se vraća kući" (1994)
  9. "Putovanje tamnom polutkom" (1995)
  10. "Treća žena" (1997)

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personal data
SURNAME Pavličić, Pavao
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Croatian writer, writer, essayist, author, scenarioist, translator, literary theorist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH August 16, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Vukovar