Irena Vrkljan

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Name Irena Vrkljan Role Writer		Movies David Awards Tin Ujevic Award

Books The Silk, the Shears and Marina; Or, About Biography

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Irena Vrkljan (born 1930) is a Croatian writer.

She was born in Belgrade and was educated at Zagreb University and the Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin. She lived in both Zagreb and Berlin, writing in both Croatian and German. Vrkljan has written scripts for film and radio. She has also translated works by Croatian authors into German.

In 2006, she was awarded the Vladimir Nazor Award.

Paralele (Parallels), poetry (1957)

Doba prijateljstva (Time of friendship), novel (1963)

Soba, taj strašni vrt (The room, this frightful garden), poetry (1966)

U koži moje sestre (In my sister's skin), poetry (1982)

Svila, škare, autobiography (1984), translated as The silk, the shears, and Marina, or, About biography, received the Ksaver Šandor Gjalski Prize

Marina ili o biografiji, autobiography (1985), translated as Marina or On Memory

Dora, ove jeseni (Dora), novel (1991)

Pred crvenim zidom: 1991-1993 (Before the red wall: 1991-1993), novel 1994

Posljednje putovanje u Beč (The last trip to Geneva), mystery novel (2000)

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