Irena Vrkljan (21 August 1930 – 23 March 2021) was a

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n writer and translator. She was born in

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and was educated at

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and the

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. She lived in both

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and

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, writing in both Croatian and

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. Vrkljan wrote scripts for film and radio. She also translated works by Croatian authors into German. In 1964, she toured the United States, sponsored in part by

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. In 2006, she was awarded the

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Selected works

Source: * ''Paralele'' (Parallels), poetry (1957) * ''Doba prijateljstva'' (Time of friendship), novel (1963) * ''Soba, taj strašni vrt'' (The room, this frightful garden), poetry (1966) * ''U koži moje sestre'' (In my sister's skin), poetry (1982) * ''Svila, škare'', autobiography (1984), translated as ''The silk, the shears, and Marina, or, About biography'', received the Ksaver Šandor Gjalski Prize * ''Marina ili o biografiji'', autobiography (1985), translated as ''Marina or On Memory'' * ''Dora, ove jeseni'' (Dora), novel (1991) * ''Pred crvenim zidom: 1991-1993'' (Before the red wall: 1991–1993), novel 1994 * ''Posljednje putovanje u Beč'' (The last trip to Geneva), mystery novel (2000)

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* 1930 births 2021 deaths 20th-century Croatian poets Croatian novelists Croatian women writers Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb alumni Croatian expatriates in Germany Croatian translators Croatian women poets 20th-century Croatian women writers {{Croatia-writer-stub