Vesna Krmpotić
Vesna Krmpotić[pronunciation?] (17 June 1932 – 21 August 2018) was a Croatian writer and translator.
Born in Dubrovnik,[1] Krmpotić graduated from the University of Zagreb with a degree in English language and psychology. In New Delhi, India, she studied the Bengali language. After marrying Radivoje Petković, a diplomat, Krmpotić has lived in Cairo, Washington, Accra, New Delhi, and since 2004 she resided in Belgrade.[2] She wrote over 70 books and the book Brdo iznad oblaka (A Hill Above the Clouds, 1987) is considered to be one of the best Croatian novels. Krmpotić had an interest in oriental religion and philosophy, being particularly influenced by the teaching of Sathya Sai Baba.
Krmpotić held many literary awards given in Croatia, including the Vladimir Nazor Award in 1999[1] and Tin Ujević Award in 2013.[3]
References
- ^ a b "Vesna Krmpotić". hrvatskodrustvopisaca.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 16 March 2014.
- ^ Boris Beck (1 June 2004). "Vesna Krmpotić - književna sljedbenica indijskih mudraca" [Vesna Krmpotić - literary follower of India's thinkers]. Nacional (in Croatian). No. 446. Archived from the original on 19 April 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
- ^ "Nagrada "Tin Ujević"". dhk.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 16 March 2014.
External links
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- Vjekoslav Kaleb (1967)
- Dragutin Tadijanović (1967)
- Dobriša Cesarić (1968)
- Gustav Krklec (1968)
- Vjekoslav Majer (1969)
- Nikola Šop (1970)
- Miroslav Feldman (1971)
- Šime Vučetić (1972)
- Novak Simić (1973)
- Marijan Matković (1974)
- Ranko Marinković (1975)
- Vladimir Popović (1976)
- Drago Ivanišević (1977)
- Joža Horvat (1978)
- Marin Franičević (1979)
- Josip Barković (1980)
- Vesna Parun (1982)
- Jure Franičević-Pločar (1983)
- Aleksandar Flaker (1984)
- Jure Kaštelan (1984)
- Mirko Božić (1985)
- Vojin Jelić (1986)
- Živko Jeličić (1987)
- Ivan Slamnig (1988)
- Slobodan Novak (1989)
- Olinko Delorko (1990)
- Petar Šegedin (1991)
- Ivo Frangeš (1992)
- Srećko Diana (1993)
- Nikola Miličević (1994)
- Rajmund Kupareo (1995)
- Slavko Mihalić (1996)
- Ivan Kušan (1997)
- Miroslav Slavko Mađer (1998)
- Vesna Krmpotić (1999)
- Stanko Lasić (2000)
- Ivo Brešan (2001)
- Gajo Peleš (2002)
- Viktor Žmegač (2003)
- Josip Tabak (2004)
- Irena Vrkljan (2005)
- Miroslav Šicel (2006)
- Nedjeljko Fabrio (2007)
- Zvonimir Mrkonjić (2008)
- Milivoj Solar (2009)
- Ivan Aralica (2010)
- Nikica Petrak (2011)
- Luko Paljetak (2012)
- Tonko Maroević (2013)
- Zvonimir Majdak (2014)
- Pavao Pavličić (2015)
- Dubravko Jelčić (2016)
- Feđa Šehović (2017)
Danijel Dragojević(2018)- Andriana Škunca (2019)
- Dubravka Oraić-Tolić (2020)
- Hrvoje Hitrec (2021)
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