|
Marinko Koščec
Marinko Koščec (born 1967 in Zagreb, Yugoslavia) is a Croatian writer. Life and Work Koščec studied English and French language and literature at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Zagreb, graduated with diploma-thesis on ''Man in search of his double - the world seen through the work of J. M. G. Le Clézio'' (L'Homme en quête de son double – le monde vu à travers l’oeuvre de J. M. G. Le Clézio, 1992), then he continued his studies at the Ohio State University (1989) and the Institut Catholique de Paris (1990), obtained his magister degree with thesis on ''Figuration of the unsaid in the contemporary novel'' (Figuration du non-dit dans le roman contemporaine, 1995) at Diderot University Paris, and completed as PhD with thesis on ''Poetry of Michel Houellebecq. Narrative, stylistic and contextual study of opus'' (Poetika Michela Houellebecqa. Naratološka, stilistička i kontekstualna studija opusa, 2005) in Zagreb. Koščec is assistant professor of French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zagreb
Zagreb ( , , , ) is the capital and largest city of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb stands near the international border between Croatia and Slovenia at an elevation of approximately above sea level. At the 2021 census, the city had a population of 767,131. The population of the Zagreb urban agglomeration is 1,071,150, approximately a quarter of the total population of Croatia. Zagreb is a city with a rich history dating from Roman times. The oldest settlement in the vicinity of the city was the Roman Andautonia, in today's Ščitarjevo. The historical record of the name "Zagreb" dates from 1134, in reference to the foundation of the settlement at Kaptol in 1094. Zagreb became a free royal city in 1242. In 1851 Janko Kamauf became Zagreb's first mayor. Zagreb has special status as a Croatian administrative division - it comprises a consolidated city-county (but separate f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
