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Dubravko Horvatić (9 December 1939 – 20 May 2004) was a
Dubravko Horvatić was born on 9 December 1939 in
Croatia
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n novelist
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, poet
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and essayist
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.
Biography
Dubravko Horvatić was born on 9 December 1939 in Zagreb
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. He finished Classical Gymnasium in Zagreb
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and enrolled Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in the same city. Horvatić wrote over fifty books. He was a member of Croatian Democratic Union
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. He died on 20 May 2004 in Zagreb at the age of 64.
Works
Horvatić's works have been translated into 25 languages. His published works are: * ''Groznica'', Zagreb (1960) * ''Zla vojna'', Zagreb (1963) * ''Bedem'', Zagreb (1968) * ''Remparts'', Zagreb (1969) * ''Stanari u slonu'', Zagreb (1969) * ''Crna zemlja'', Zagreb (1970) * ''Slike, kipovi, usudi', likovne kritike i eseji'', Zagreb (1972) * ''Hej, vatrogasci, požurite'', Zagreb (1972) * ''Reponje'', Zagreb (1975) * ''Ples smrti'', Zagreb (1975) * ''Sveti Juraj i zmaj'', Zagreb-Tomislavgrad
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(1978)
* ''Podravska legenda'', Zagreb (1979)
* ''Zvrkasti kalendar'', Split-Tomislavgrad (1981)
* ''Junačina Mijat Tomić'', Zagreb (1982)
* ''Bašćina'', Zagreb (1982)
* ''Katarina'', Maglaj
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(1983), Zagreb (2007)
* ''Hrvatska i druge zemlje'', Zagreb (1984)
* ''Pleter oko slike'', Zagreb (1985)
* ''Dalmacija'', Zagreb (1986)
* ''Zrcala zbilja'', Zagreb (1986)
* ''Grički top i druge legende'', Zagreb (1987)
* ''Dar Gospodara Tame'', Zagreb (1987)
* ''Sveti zrak'', Klek-Zagreb (1988)
* ''Josip Turković'', Zagreb (1988)
* ''Izabrane pjesme'', Zagreb (1988)
* ''Olovna dolina'', Zagreb (1989)
* ''Biser-voda s Manduševca'', Zagreb (1990)
* ''Grički top'', Zagreb (1990)
* ''Zagreb i okolica'', Zagreb (1990, 1995)
* ''Zemlja, jezik, tisak'', Zagreb (1990)
* ''Knjiga o Herceg-Bosni'', Zagreb (1990)
* ''To je Hrvatska'', Zagreb (1991)
* ''Hrvatska'', Zagreb, (1991, 1996)
* ''Ponor'', Zagreb (1992)
* ''Skaska o suživotu'', Zagreb - Klek (1992)
* ''The Contribution of Croatians to Western Culture'', Zagreb (1992)
* ''Hrvatine stoljećima'', Zagreb (1992, 1996)
* ''Đavo u podne'', Zagreb (1993)
* ''Nepostojeći hrvatski pisci'', Zagreb - Sisak (1993)
* ''Ime zla'', Zagreb (1994)
* ''Ježevi u krošnji'', Zagreb (1994)
* ''Knjiga, rat, domovina'', Zagreb (1995)
* ''Ratna noć'', Zagreb (1995)
* ''Istini u oči'', Zagreb (1998)
* ''Svjetionik'', Zagreb (1999)
* ''Pabirci s poprišta'', Zagreb (1999)
* ''Pleme Kroatana'', Zagreb (1999)
* ''Dr. Franjo Tuđman - sinteza teorije i prakse'', Zagreb (1999)
* ''Pravo na ljubav, pravo na smrt'', Zagreb (2000)
* ''Hrvatska na stratištu'', Zagreb (2001)
* ''Neprohodne magle'', Zagreb (2001)
* ''Crne zastave'', Zagreb (2001)
* ''U gostima kod ljudoždera'', Zagreb (2002)
* ''Od Tuđmana do tuđinca'', Zagreb (2002)
* ''Kalendarij hrvatske groteske'', Zagreb (2003).
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Horvatic, Dubravko Croatian writers Croatian children's writers Croatian Democratic Union politicians Writers from Zagreb 1939 births 2004 deaths Burials at Mirogoj Cemetery