The Vladimir Nazor Award () is a

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n prize for arts and culture established in 1959, and awarded every year by the country's

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. Named after the writer Vladimir Nazor (1876–1949), the prize is awarded to Croatian artists for achievements in six different fields of art and culture. In each category two separate prizes are awarded: one for life achievement, in recognition of their career in their respective field; and another one, commonly referred to as the "annual award," for a single piece of outstanding work in the winner's field, created over the previous 12 months. The winners for the preceding year are usually announced around May, and the prizes are handed out in an official ceremony held around in June or July, loosely coinciding with 19 June, the anniversary of Nazor's death in 1949.

List of Life Achievement Award winners

Awards marked with † denote shared wins. Source:

Architecture and urbanism

* 1965 – Mladen Kauzlarić * 1966 – Juraj Denzler * 1967 – Stjepan Planić * 1968 – Alfred Albini * 1969 – Josip Seissel * 1970 – Stjepan Gomboš † * 1970 – Lavoslav Horvat † * 1971 – Antun Ulrich * 1972 – Drago Galić * 1973 – Marijan Haberle * 1974 – Vlado Antolić * 1975 – Lovro Perković * 1976 – Slavko Löwy * 1977 – Zvonimir Vrkljan * 1978 – Božidar Rašica * 1979 – Franjo Bahovec * 1980 – Stanko Fabris * 1981 – Božidar Tušek * 1982 – Andre Mohorovičić * 1983 – Zdenko Kolacio * 1984 – Ivan Vitić * 1985 – Neven Šegvić * 1986 – Dragan Boltar * 1987 – Aleksandar Dragomanović * 1988 – Miroslav Begović * 1989 – Zdravko Bregovac * 1990 – Zdenko Sila * 1991 – Boris Magaš * 1992 –

Vjenceslav Richter Vjenceslav Richter (; 8 April 1917 – 2 December 2002) was a Croatian architect. He was also known for his work in the fields of urbanism, sculpture, graphic arts, painting, and stage design. Career In 1949, Richter graduated at the Department ...

* 1993 – Grozdan Knežević * 1994 – Ivo Radić * 1995 – Zoja Dumenagić * 1996 – Bruno Milić * 1997 – Sena Sekulić-Gvozdanović * 1998 – Ivo Geršić * 1999 – Jerko Marasović † * 1999 – Tomislav Marasović † * 2000 – Silvana Seissel * 2001 – Julije De Luca * 2002 – Ante Marinović-Uzelac * 2003 – Andrija Mutnjaković * 2004 – Slavko Jelinek * 2005 – Mirko Maretić * 2006 – Ante Rožić * 2007 – Ante Vulin * 2008 – Nikola Filipović * 2009 – Boris Krstulović * 2010 – Dinko Kovačić * 2011 – Radovan Miščević * 2012 – Hildegard Auf-Franić * 2013 – Radovan Delalle * 2014 – Ivan Crnković * 2015 – Josip Uhlik * 2016 – Branko Kincl * 2017 – Antun Šatara * 2018 – Branko Silađin * 2019 – Ivan Čižmek * 2020 – Vinko Uhlik * 2021 – Đuro Mirković * 2022 – Boris Duplančić * 2023 – Marijan Hržić

Film

* 1967 – Oktavijan Miletić * 1970 –

Branko Marjanović Branko Marjanović (12 May 1909 – 13 February 1996) was a Yugoslav film director and editor. His father was the writer, literary critic and filmmaker Milan Marjanović. He was born in Zagreb. He graduated from drama school there, gained movie exp ...

* 1973 – Fedor Hanžeković * 1974 – Branko Blažina * 1975 – Antun Nalis * 1976 – Rudolf Sremec * 1977 – Branko Majer * 1978 –

Obrad Gluščević Obrad Gluščević (17 January 1913 – 5 September 1980) was a Croatian film director. He wrote and directed around twenty documentaries, five feature films and two television series. Born in Metković, Gluščević first began acting in thea ...

* 1979 – Branko Belan * 1980 – Branko Bauer * 1981 – Aleksandar Marks * 1982 – Mate Relja * 1983 – Krešo Golik * 1984 –

Fadil Hadžić Fadil Hadžić (23 April 1922 – 3 January 2011) was a Croatian and Yugoslav film director, screenwriter, playwright and journalist, mainly known for his comedy films and plays. He was born in Bileća in Bosnia and Herzegovina, but mainly ...

* 1985 – Nikola Tanhofer * 1986 – Vatroslav Mimica * 1987 – Ante Babaja * 1988 – Tomislav Pinter * 1989 – Frano Vodopivec * 1990 – Antun Vrdoljak * 1991 –

Fabijan Šovagović Fabijan Šovagović (4 January 1932 – 1 January 2001) was a Croatian film, television and theatre actor, and writer. Biography Šovagović was born in the village of Ladimirevci, in the Slavonia region of Croatia, then Kingdom of Yugoslavia. He ...

* 1992 – Zvonimir Berković * 1993 – Radojka Tanhofer * 1994 – Pavao Štalter * 1995 –

Željko Senečić Željko Senečić (18 January 1933 – 2 January 2018) was a Croatian film and television production designer, film director and screenwriter. Senečić studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts Zagreb, Zagreb Academy of Fine Arts and scenograp ...

* 1996 – Mia Oremović * 1997 – Tea Brunšmid * 1998 –

Boris Dvornik Boris Dvornik (; 16 April 1939 – 24 March 2008) was a Croatian actor. Biography Born in Split to the family of a carpenter, Dvornik discovered acting talent at an early age, while performing in children's plays. After studying to become an el ...

* 1999 – Ante Peterlić * 2000 – Duško Jeričević * 2001 – Ernest Gregl * 2002 – Borivoj Dovniković * 2003 –

Ilija Ivezić Ilija Ivezić (20 July 1926 – 14 April 2016) was a Croatian film actor. He was born in Ričice, Gračac and died shortly before his 90th birthday. In a career that spanned more than five decades, Ivezić worked with directors such as Fadi ...

* 2004 – Vladimir Tadej * 2005 – Zoran Tadić * 2006 – Krsto Papić * 2007 – Arsen Dedić * 2008 – Bogdan Žižić * 2009 – Veljko Bulajić * 2010 – Božidarka Frajt * 2011 – Hrvoje Turković * 2012 – Ivica Rajković * 2013 – Nedeljko Dragić * 2014 – Ivo Štivičić * 2015 – Eduard Galić * 2016 – Božidar Smiljanić * 2017 – Rajko Grlić * 2018 –

Rade Šerbedžija Rade Šerbedžija ( sr-Cyrl, Раде Шербеџија, ; born 27 July 1946) is a Croatian actor, director and musician. He is known for his portrayals of imposing figures on both sides of the law. He was one of the best known Yugoslav actors ...

* 2019 – Vera Zima * 2020 – Branko Ivanda * 2021 – Petar Krelja * 2022 – Dubravka Premar * 2023 – Branko Schmidt

Literature

* 1962 – Miroslav Krleža * 1967 – Vjekoslav Kaleb † * 1967 – Dragutin Tadijanović † * 1968 – Dobriša Cesarić † * 1968 – Gustav Krklec † * 1969 – Vjekoslav Majer * 1970 – Nikola Šop * 1971 – Miroslav Feldman * 1972 – Šime Vučetić * 1973 – Novak Simić * 1974 – Marijan Matković * 1975 – Ranko Marinković * 1976 – Vladimir Popović * 1977 – Drago Ivanišević * 1978 – Joža Horvat * 1979 – Marin Franičević * 1980 – Josip Barković * 1982 – Vesna Parun * 1983 – Jure Franičević-Pločar * 1984 – Aleksandar Flaker † * 1984 – Jure Kaštelan † * 1985 – Mirko Božić * 1986 – Vojin Jelić * 1987 – Živko Jeličić * 1988 – Ivan Slamnig * 1989 – Slobodan Novak * 1990 – Olinko Delorko * 1991 – Petar Šegedin * 1992 – Ivo Frangeš * 1993 – Srećko Diana * 1994 – Nikola Miličević * 1995 – Rajmund Kupareo * 1996 – Slavko Mihalić * 1997 – Ivan Kušan * 1998 – Miroslav Slavko Mađer * 1999 – Vesna Krmpotić * 2000 – Stanko Lasić * 2001 – Ivo Brešan * 2002 – Gajo Peleš * 2003 – Viktor Žmegač * 2004 – Josip Tabak * 2005 – Irena Vrkljan * 2006 – Miroslav Šicel * 2007 – Nedjeljko Fabrio * 2008 – Zvonimir Mrkonjić * 2009 – Milivoj Solar * 2010 – Ivan Aralica * 2011 – Nikica Petrak * 2012 – Luko Paljetak * 2013 – Tonko Maroević * 2014 – Zvonimir Majdak * 2015 – Pavao Pavličić * 2016 – Dubravko Jelčić * 2017 – Feđa Šehović * 2018 – * 2019 – Andriana Škunca * 2020 – Dubravka Oraić Tolić * 2021 – Hrvoje Hitrec * 2022 – Ivan Rogić Nehajev * 2023 – Mladen Machiedo

Music

* 1960 –

Svetislav Stančić Svetislav Stančić (7 July 1895 in Zagreb – 7 January 1970 in Zagreb) was a Croatian pianist and music pedagogue. Stančić initially studied piano in Zagreb and then moved to Berlin where he studied with Karl Heinrich Barth, Conrad Ansorge, ...

* 1963 – Josip Križaj * 1964 – Jakov Gotovac * 1965 – Antonija Geiger-Eichhorn † * 1965 – Ančica Mitrović † * 1968 – Boris Papandopulo * 1969 – Vilma Nožinić * 1970 – Ivo Tijardović * 1971 – Nada Tomčić * 1972 – Marijana Radev * 1973 – Stjepan Šulek * 1974 – Ivan Brkanović * 1975 – Bruno Bjelinski * 1976 – Milo Cipra * 1977 – Ivo Maček * 1978 – Branimir Sakač * 1979 – Slavko Zlatić * 1980 – Dora Gušić * 1981 – Rudolf Matz * 1982 – Natko Devčić * 1983 – Milko Kelemen * 1984 – Jeronim Noni Žunec * 1985 – Emil Cossetto * 1986 – Milan Horvat * 1987 – Rudolf Klepač * 1988 –

Miljenko Prohaska Miljenko Prohaska (17 September 1925 – 29 May 2014) was a Croatian composer, music arranger and orchestra conductor. A respected double-bass player, He was mainly known for founding a number of prominent Croatian orchestras and for his long ...

* 1989 – Dragutin Bernardić * 1990 – Tomislav Neralić * 1991 – Adalbert Marković * 1992 – Nada Puttar-Gold * 1993 – Jurica Murai * 1994 – Stjepan Radić * 1995 –

Anđelko Klobučar Anđelko Klobučar (11 July 1931 – 7 August 2016), was a Croatian composer, organ (instrument), organist and music pedagogue. Born in Zagreb, Klobučar studied at the Zagreb Academy of Music and later in Salzburg and Paris, where he studied c ...

* 1996 – Ruža Pospiš-Baldani * 1997 – Mladen Bašić * 1998 – Igor Gjadrov * 1999 – Ljiljana Molnar-Talajić * 2000 – Josip Klima * 2001 – Stanko Horvat * 2002 – Božena Ruk-Fočić * 2003 – Tonko Ninić * 2004 –

Pavle Dešpalj Pavle Dešpalj (18 June 1934 – 16 December 2021) was a Croatian composer and conductor. Biography Pavle Dešpalj graduated from Music Academy in Zagreb where he studied composition with Prof. Stjepan Šulek. In 1961 he founded Zadar's festiva ...

* 2005 – Vladimir Krpan * 2006 – Branka Stilinović * 2007 – Damir Novak * 2008 – Zagreb Quartet * 2009 – Nikša Bareza * 2010 – Ruben Radica * 2011 – Mirka Klarić * 2012 – * 2013 – Pavica Gvozdić * 2014 – Prerad Detiček * 2015 – Alfi Kabiljo * 2016 – Vladimir Kranjčević * 2017 – Dubravko Detoni * 2018 – Dunja Vejzović * 2019 – Valter Dešpalj * 2020 – Sretna Meštrović * 2021 – Višnja Mažuran * 2022 – Frano Parać * 2023 – Zoran Juranić

Theatre

* 1964 – Mila Dimitrijević * 1966 – Zvonimir Rogoz * 1968 – Tomislav Tanhofer * 1969 – Viktor Bek † * 1969 – Božena Kraljeva † * 1969 – Vika Podgorska † * 1970 – Slavko Batušić † * 1970 – Veljko Maričić † * 1971 – Mato Grković * 1972 – Bela Krleža * 1973 – Anđelko Štimac * 1974 – Emil Kutijaro * 1975 – Ervina Dragman * 1976 – Ivo Hergešić * 1977 – Vlado Habunek * 1978 – Ana Roje † * 1978 – Oskar Harmoš † * 1979 – Mira Župan * 1980 – Mirko Perković * 1981 – Zvonko Agbaba * 1982 – Ana Maletić * 1983 – Josip Marotti * 1984 – Mladen Šerment * 1985 – Kosta Spaić * 1986 – Pero Kvrgić * 1987 – Vesna Butorac-Blaće * 1988 – Mladen Škiljan * 1989 – Drago Krča * 1990 – Miše Martinović * 1991 – Sonja Kastl * 1992 – Tonko Lonza * 1993 – Milka Podrug-Kokotović * 1994 – Božidar Violić * 1995 – Tomislav Durbešić * 1996 – Aleksandar Augustinčić * 1997 – Nada Subotić * 1998 – Zvjezdana Ladika * 1999 – Relja Bašić * 2000 – Joško Juvančić * 2001 – Neva Rošić * 2002 – Milko Šparemblek * 2003 – Ika Škomrlj * 2004 – Nikola Batušić * 2005 – Vanja Drach * 2006 – Vanča Kljaković * 2007 – Georgij Paro * 2008 – Zlatko Crnković * 2009 – Vladimir Gerić * 2010 – Zlatko Vitez * 2011 – Špiro Guberina * 2012 – Nenad Šegvić * 2013 – Božidar Boban * 2014 – Marija Kohn * 2015 – Ivica Boban * 2016 – Mustafa Nadarević * 2017 –

Dragan Despot Dragan Despot (born 14 July 1956) is a Croatian actor. He has appeared in more than twenty films since 1979. Despot graduated from the Academy of Dramatic Art, University of Zagreb, Academy of Dramatic Art at the University of Zagreb, where his ...

* 2018 – Marija Sekelez * 2019 – Helena Buljan * 2020 – Branka Cvitković * 2021 – Ivica Kunčević * 2022 – Dinka Jeričević * 2023 – Damir Bartol Indoš

Visual and applied arts

* 1961 – Frano Kršinić * 1963 – Marino Tartaglia * 1964 –

Ljubo Babić Ljubomir Tito Stjepan Babić (14 June 1890 – 14 May 1974) was a Croatian artist, museum curator and literary critic. As an artist, he worked in a variety of media including oils, tempera, watercolour, drawing, etching, and lithography. He wa ...

† * 1964 – Oton Postružnik † * 1965 – Oskar Herman * 1966 – Mirko Rački † * 1966 – Vilko Gecan † * 1968 –

Jerolim Miše Jerolim Miše (25 September 1890 – 14 September 1970), was a Croatian painter, teacher, and art critic. He painted portraits, still lifes and landscapes of his native Dalmatia. A member of the Group of Three, Group of Four, and the Independent ...

* 1969 – Antun Motika † * 1969 –

Zlatko Šulentić Zlatko Šulentić (16 March 1893 – 9 July 1971) was a Croatian Painting, painter of landscapes and portraits. He was one of the second generation of Croatian modern painters, a follower of the Croatian art of the 20th century#Munich Circle, Mu ...

† * 1970 – Marijan Detoni † * 1970 –

Krsto Hegedušić Krsto Hegedušić (26 November 1901 – 7 April 1975) was a Croatian painter, illustrator and theater designer. His most famous paintings depict the harsh life of the Croatian peasantry in the manner of naive art. He was one of the founders of ...

† * 1971 – Antun Mezdjić * 1972 – Frano Šimunović * 1973 – Vilko Šeferov * 1974 – Stella Skopal * 1975 – Vjekoslav Parać * 1976 – Oton Gliha * 1977 – Vilim Svečnjak * 1978 – Ante Roca † * 1978 – Slavko Šohaj † * 1979 –

Vojin Bakić Vojin Bakić ( sr-cyrl, Војин Бакић; 5 June 1915 – 18 December 1992) was a prominent Yugoslav sculptor. Educated at the Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb, Zagreb Academy of Fine Arts and by Ivan Meštrović and Frano Kršin ...

* 1980 – Zlatko Prica † * 1980 – Milan Vulpe † * 1981 – Edo Kovačević * 1982 – Mira Kovačević-Ovčačik † * 1982 – Željko Hegedušić † * 1983 – Ljubo Ivančić † * 1983 – Oto Reisinger † * 1984 – Ksenija Kantoci * 1985 – Branko Ružić † * 1986 – Kosta Angeli Radovani * 1987 – Ivan Šebalj * 1988 – Želimir Janeš * 1989 – Šime Perić * 1990 – Ferdinand Kulmer * 1991 – Ivan Lovrenčić * 1992 – Dalibor Parać * 1993 – Mladen Veža * 1994 – Ivan Picelj * 1995 – Milena Lah * 1996 – Đuro Pulitika * 1997 – Ivan Kožarić * 1998 – Nikola Reiser * 1999 – Aleksandar Srnec * 2000 – Edo Murtić * 2001 – Đuro Seder * 2002 –

Julije Knifer Julije Knifer (23 April 1924 – 7 December 2004) was a Croatian abstract painter and a founding member of the 1960s Croatian art collective known as the Gorgona Group. The central motif of Knifer's art is the exploration of Meander (art), meander ...

* 2003 – Nives Kavurić-Kurtović * 2004 – Zlatko Bourek * 2005 – Vjekoslav Vojo Radoičić * 2006 – Josip Vaništa * 2007 – Dušan Džamonja * 2008 – Nikola Koydl * 2009 – Alfred Pal * 2010 – Šime Vulas * 2011 – Ivan Ladislav Galeta * 2012 – Marija Ujević-Galetović * 2013 – Mladen Stilinović * 2014 –

Jagoda Buić Jagoda Buić (14 March 1930 – 17 October 2022) was a Croatian visual artist best known for her monumental fiber art installations and tapestries, which won her critical acclaim in the latter half of the 20th century. Early years Born in the ...

* 2015 – Zlatko Keser * 2016 – Eugen Feller * 2017 – Biserka Baretić * 2018 – Nevenka Arbanas * 2019 – Mihajlo Arsovski * 2020 – Juraj Dobrović * 2021 – Slavka Pavić * 2022 – Goran Trbuljak * 2023 – Boris Ljubičić

Notes

:nb 1. Classical music composer Ivo Malec turned down the prize in 2012. Following Malec's refusal, the ministry decided not to choose another recipient. In 2018, writer Danijel Dragojević also refused to accept the prize.

References

External links

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