Julijana Matanović

Julijana Matanović (born 6 April 1959) is a Croatian 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
Born (1959-04-06) 6 April 1959
Gradačac, SFR Yugoslavia
OccupationShort story writer, novelist and scholar
NationalityCroatian
Alma materUniversity of Osijek
University of Zagreb
Period1986present
Website
www.julijana-matanovic.com

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)
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gollark: > no, I just think which action is the most profitable to meħħħħħħħħħ
gollark: Well, yes, that probably doesn't help much.
gollark: In an individual interaction, vengeance is bad, because you're just harming someone even though doing it afterward won't cause them to have not done the thing for which you are taking revenge.
gollark: Which kind of works even if you haven't taken vengeance on *anyone* yet, if people *think* you are likely to.

References

  1. 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 22 July 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
  2. "Julijana Matanović" (PDF) (in Croatian). Croatian P.E.N. Centre. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
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