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Vesna Parun was born on April 10, 1922 on the island of Zlarin nearby Šibenik. She is the most distinguished Croatian poetess of the second part of the 20th century. She holds this position in Croatian literature owing to the magnificence of her poetic idiom, its richness of themes and motifs and her creative productiveness. Poetry is Vesna Parun's primary domain but as early as after her second collection she began writing prose and plays. She has published more than 80 books of poetry and prose and four of her plays have been put on stage. She has been writing for more than 60 years and is already a part of literary history but continues to be active. For her poetic achievement she has received important and numerous awards and tributes. For the collection of poems "Pjesme" (Poems) (1948) she received the Matica hrvatska Prize , for her collection"Crna maslina" (Black Olive) (1955) she was awarded the City of Zagreb Prize, for her rhymed children's novel "Mačak Džingiskan i Miki Trasi" (Genghis Khan the Cat and Mickey Trasi) (1968) she got the Grigor Vitez Award; in 1972 as the most successful poet writing for children she was given Zmaj's Award of Matica srpska in Novi Sad, while in 1970 she received the Diploma for Poetry in Paris. In many ways her collection "Zore i vihori" (Dawns and Gales) (1947) marks an important date in the development of more recent Croatian poetry .
WRITERS
Tales written by:
- Slobodan Novak
- Mirko Kovač
- Predrag Matvejević
- Luko Paljetak
- Joško Božanić
- Jakša Fiamengo
- Daša Drndić
- Vesna Parun
- Slavenka Drakulić
- Giacomo Scotti
- Arsen Dedić
- Miroslav Radman
- Senko Karuza
- Radovan Marčić
- Anica Kisić
- Damir Miloš
- Javor Novak
- Ranko Marinković
- Stipe Nobilo
- Miroslav Mićanović