Julijana Matanović
Julijana Matanović (born 6 April 1959) is a Bosnian Croat short story writer and novelist. She is also a professor at the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, where she teaches contemporary Croatian literature.[1]
Julijana Matanović | |
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| Born | 6 April 1959 Gradačac, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Occupation | Short story writer, novelist and scholar |
| Nationality | Croatian |
| Alma mater | University of Osijek University of Zagreb |
| Period | 1986–present |
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Life
She was born in Gradačac, went to primary school in Đurđenovac and then on to high school in Našice, before enrolling at University of Osijek where she earned a degree in Yugoslav languages and literature in 1982.[2] In 1998 she earned her doctorate at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb with a thesis called Povijesni roman u hrvatskoj književnosti XX. stoljeća (English: The historical novel in 20th-century Croatian literature).[2]
Her works have been translated into German, Hungarian, Serbian and Slovenian.
Selected works
- Zašto sam vam lagala (1997)
- Bilješka o piscu (2000) ISBN 9789531421089, OCLC 1019247496
- Lijepi običaji (2000)
- Kao da smo otac i kći (2003) ISBN 9789532008517, OCLC 57736760
- Krsto i Lucijan (2003)
- Laura nije samo anegdota (2005)
- Tko se boji lika još (2008) ISBN 9789531208314, OCLC 302231264
- Knjiga od žena, muškaraca, gradova i rastanaka (2009)
References
- Ožegović, Nina (20 October 2008). "Julijana Matanović - književni zaokret hit spisateljice" [Julijana Matanović - literary turnaround of the bestselling writer] (in Croatian). Nacional. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
- "Julijana Matanović" (PDF) (in Croatian). Croatian P.E.N. Centre. Retrieved 6 March 2011.