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Dubravka Ugrešić was a Yugoslav-Croatian and Dutch writer. A graduate of University of Zagreb, she was based in Amsterdam from 1996 and continued to identify as a Yugoslav writer.
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culture · Croatian writer (1949–2023) · translator · novelist · children's writer · non-fiction writer · university teacher · writer · resistance fighter · screenwriter · essayist · visual artist · also Dubravka Ugrešić, Dubravka Ugresic, Ugrešić
Born 27 March 1949 · Died 17 March 2023 · Q237416
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“What is being annihilated with guns, grenades, murders, rape, the displacement of peoples,”
The Guardian: Dubravka Ugrešić obituary
The Guardian: Dubravka Ugrešić: a droll genius with an unwavering devotion to literature
Morning Star: Dubravka Ugresic dies aged 73
The Financial Times: Farewell to Dubravka Ugrešić, a fearless prophet
The New York Times: Dubravka Ugresic, Who Wrote of Dislocation and Exile, Dies at 73
Letras Libres: Recuerdo de Dubravka Ugrešić
rtvslo.si: Umrla je pisateljica in esejistka Dubravka Ugrešić, ki si "nikoli in pred ničimer ni zatiskala oči"
balkaninsight: Well-Known Croatia-Born Writer Dubravka Ugresic Passes
Died 2023-03-17.
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With additional pieces "How to Ruin Your Own Heroine" and "Button, Button Who's Got the Button
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Publishers Weekly: Books by Dubravka Ugresic and Complete Book Reviews
Time Out: Red School: Dubravka Ugrešić /Crvena škola – Dubravka Ugrešić
Awarded Manès-Sperber-Preis (2019).
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The New Yorker: Dubravka Ugresic Returns to America
Signed the Declaration on the Common Language of the Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks and Montenegrins
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Awarded Neustadt International Prize for Literature (2016).
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CBC.ca: Dubravka Ugresic and Borka Pavicevic Interviews
WGBH: Dubravka Ugresic: Nostalgia, Ostalgia, and Memory Stick
Awarded Jean Améry award (2012).
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Awarded Ivan Goran Kovačić Award (2011).
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Awarded Otherwise Award for Baba Yaga Laid an Egg (2010).
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London Review of Books: Dubravka Ugrešić
Wired: Dubravka Ugresic. I just met her. A heck of a gal
Awarded Heinrich Mann Prize (2000).
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Awarded Austrian State Prize for European Literature (1998).
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Awarded Preis der SWR-Bestenliste (1998).
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Awarded Verzetsprijs van de Stichting Kunstenaarsverzet (1997).
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Awarded Prix Européen de l'Essai Charles Veillon (1996).
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After a long-lasting series of public attacks, and because she “could not adapt to the permanent terror of lies in public, political, cultural, and everyday life”
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In former Yugoslavia, Ugrešić took a firm anti-war and anti-nationalist stand
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Awarded City of Zagreb Award (1989).
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Awarded Meša Selimović Prize (1988).
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Awarded Ksaver Šandor Gjalski Award (1988).
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Awarded NIN Prize (1988).
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The highest literary honor in former Yugoslavia, whose winners include Danilo Kiš and Milorad Pavić; Ugrešić was the first woman to be awarded the prize
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“Goli Otok was taboo; people refused to talk about it until the 1970s.”
Born 1949-03-27.
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