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SFERA Award
The SFera Award is awarded annually by the science fiction society SFera in Zagreb since 1981. Until 1991, it was given to participants from whole of Yugoslavia, but since 1994 only for works originally published in Croatian. The SFera award is given to the best accomplishments in science fiction (as well as in fantasy and horror genre) first published or shown in Croatia over the preceding year. At the beginning, the award was only for literary works, but with time, expanded to many categories. Currently it is awarded in the following categories: *miniature (very short story) *short story *story *novella *novel *novel for children *drama *poetry *color illustrations *black-white illustrations *comic book Other mediums (costimography, sculpture, film, video, music) are designated as "special achievements". It is also awarded for life's work and from time to time, a special award for newcomers, called Protosfera. Winners 1981 *Story: Goran Hudec, ''Prsten'' *Novel: Miha R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandar Žiljak
Aleksandar Žiljak (born 19 June 1963) is a science fiction and fantasy writer and illustrator from Zagreb, Croatia. In 2006, he co-edited ''Ad Astra'', an anthology of Croatian language, Croatian SF stories, which covers period from 1976 to 2006, and he co-edits Croatian literary SF journal ''Ubiq''. Žiljak is the winner of five SFERA_Award, SFERA Awards, three for Best Story and two for Best Illustration. His story "An Evening In The City Coffeehouse, With Lydia On My Mind" was included in ''The Apex Book of World SF'' (2009). See also *Science fiction in Croatia References 1963 births Living people Croatian science fiction writers Croatian fantasy writers Date of birth missing (living people) {{sf-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SFera
SFera is a science fiction society from Zagreb, Croatia. It was founded in 1976, thus marking the beginnings of organised science fiction fandom in the region. SFera is the official organiser of SFeraKon, an annual Croatian science fiction convention. Since 1995, it also publishes annual collections of science fiction stories of Croatian authors. The founder of the collection series and its first editor was Darko Macan. SFera's own fanzine, ''Parsek'', has been published since 1977. Although Croatia today has number of science fictions societies and conventions, as well the annual short fiction anthologies, SFera remains the major national society. Since mid-1970s, its members and founders - among them Krsto A. Mažuranić, Damir Mikuličić, Neven Antičević, Ivica Posavec - were included in organisation of almost every major initiative in Croatian science fiction, including the ''Sirius'' monthly magazine (awarded two times as the best European science fiction magazine, in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Igor Kordej
Igor Kordej (referred to as Igor Kordey in American and French publications; born 23 June 1957) is a Croatian comic book artist, illustrator, graphic designer and scenographer of international reputation. Early life Igor Kordej graduated at ŠPUD (The School of Applied Arts and Design in Zagreb), graphic department (1972-1977) and attended two years at Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb, graphic department (1977-1979). Career Novi kvadrat Igor Kordej started as a professional graphic designer when he was 18, and as a professional comic artist and illustrator when he was 19 years old, joining a very influential group of comic artists ''Novi kvadrat'' (New square) 1976–1979, and publishing in all relevant Yugoslavian youth magazines of that era. In 1979 ''Novi kvadrat'' won the prestigious national award ''7 sekretara SKOJ-a'', thus marking a break-up of the group. SLS studio In the early 1980s, Kordej teamed up with Mirko Ilić again in SLS studio (acronym for " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean Fabić
Dean may refer to: People * Dean (given name) * Dean (surname), a surname of Anglo-Saxon English origin * Dean (South Korean singer), a stage name for singer Kwon Hyuk * Dean Delannoit, a Belgian singer most known by the mononym Dean Titles * Dean (Christianity), persons in certain positions of authority within a religious hierarchy * Dean (education), persons in certain positions of authority in some educational establishments * Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, most senior ambassador in a country's diplomatic corps * Dean of the House, the most senior member of a country's legislature Places * Dean, Victoria, Australia * Dean, Nova Scotia, Canada * De'an County, Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China United Kingdom * Lower Dean, Bedfordshire, England * Upper Dean, Bedfordshire, England * Dean, Cumbria, England * Dean, Oxfordshire, England * Dean, a hamlet in Cranmore, Somerset, England * Dean Village, Midlothian, Scotland * Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England * Dene (valley) common topon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denis Peričić
Denis may refer to: People * Saint Denis of Paris, 3rd-century Christian martyr and first bishop of Paris * Denis the Areopagite, Biblical figure * Denis, son of Ampud (died 1236), baron in the Kingdom of Hungary * Denis the Carthusian (1402–1471), theologian and mystic * Denis of Hungary (c. 1210–1272), Hungarian-born Aragonese knight * Denis of Portugal (1261–1325), king of Portugal * Denis, Lord of Cifuentes (1354–1397) * Denis the Little (c. 470 – c. 544), Scythian monk * Denis Handlin (born 1951), Australian entrepreneur and business executive * Denis, Palatine of Hungary, lord in the Kingdom of Hungary * Denis (harpsichord makers), French harpsichord makers * Denis Perera (1930-2013), general, Commander of the Sri Lanka Army from 1977-1981 * Louis Juchereau de St. Denis (1676–1744), French-Canadian explorer of French Louisiana and Spanish Texas * Denis Villeneuve (born 1967), Canadian filmmaker Other uses * Denis (given name) * Denis (surname) * "Denis" (song) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivica Posavec
Ivica is a Slavic names, Slavic masculine given name, a diminutive form of Ivan (name), Ivan. The direct English equivalent of the name is Johnny, while the equivalent of its augmentative Ivan is John. It is one of the frequent male given names in Croatia, and is also present in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. In Croatia, the name Ivica became one of the most common masculine given name in the decades between 1950 and 1989, peaking at second most common 1970-1979. Ivica is also a common character in Croatian jokes, like Perica. In Slovenian, Ivica is both a masculine and feminine given name. Notable people named Ivica * Ivica Avramović, Serbian footballer * Ivica Dačić, Serbian politician, Prime Minister of Serbia * Ivica Dragutinović, Serbian footballer * Ivica Džidić, Croatian footballer * Ivica Grlić, Bosnian Croat footballer * Ivica Kostelić, Croatian alpine skier * Ivica Kralj, Montenegrin footballer * * Ivica Mornar, Croatian footballer * Ivica Olić, Croatian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krsto A
Krsto (Cyrillic script: Крсто), also Krste or Krǎstyo is a South Slavic masculine given name. *Krsto Papić * Krsto Ungnad *Krsto Zrnov Popović *Fran Krsto Frankopan *Vuk Krsto Frankopan *Krsto Hegedušić *Krste Crvenkovski *Krste Misirkov *Krste Velkovski *Krastyo Rakovski, a Bulgarian socialist revolutionary *Krastyo Krastev, a Bulgarian writer, translator, philosopher and public figure See also *Krastyo Sarafov National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts *Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov" *Krstić (surname) Krstić (, sr-cyr, Крстић) is a Serbian surname, a patronymic derived from the given name ''Krsta'' or '' Krsto''. It may refer to: * Aleksandar Krstić, Serbian football agent and a former footballer * Bilja Krstić, Serbian singer * Denko ... {{given name Croatian masculine given names Bulgarian masculine given names Serbian masculine given names Macedonian masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatjana Jambrišak
Tatiana (or Tatianna, also romanized as Tatyana, Tatjana, Tatijana, etc.) is a female name of Sabine-Roman origin that became widespread in Eastern Europe. Variations * be, Тацця́на, Tatsiana * bg, Татяна, Tatyana * german: Tatjana * el, Τατιάνα, Tatiána * pl, Tacjana * russian: Татья́на, Tat'yána, Tatiana * sr, Татјана, Tatjana * uk, Тетя́на, Tetyána Origin Tatiana is a feminine, diminutive derivative of the Sabine —and later Latin— name Tatius. King Titus Tatius was the name of a legendary ruler of the Sabines, an Italic tribe living near Rome around the 8th century BC. After the Romans absorbed the Sabines, the name Tatius remained in use in the Roman world, into the first centuries of Christianity, as well as the masculine diminutive Tatianus and its feminine counterpart, Tatiana. While the name later disappeared from Western Europe including Italy, it remained prevalent in the Hellenic world of Eastern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Berečić
is a character created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. He is the title character of the ''Mario'' franchise and the mascot of Japanese video game company Nintendo. Mario has appeared in over 200 video games since his creation. Depicted as a short, pudgy, Italian plumber who resides in the Mushroom Kingdom, his adventures generally center on rescuing Princess Peach from the Koopa villain Bowser. Mario has access to a variety of power-ups that give him different abilities. Mario's fraternal twin brother is Luigi. Mario first appeared as the player character of ''Donkey Kong'' (1981), a platform game. Miyamoto wanted to use Popeye as the protagonist, but when he could not achieve the licensing rights, he created Mario instead. Miyamoto expected the character to be unpopular and planned to use him for cameo appearances; originally called "Mr. Video", he was renamed to Mario after Mario Segale. Mario's clothing and characteristics were themed after the setting o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nataša Pavlović
Nataša Pavlović is a Serbian mathematician who works as a professor of mathematics at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research concerns fluid dynamics and nonlinear dispersive partial differential equations.. She is known for her work with Nets Katz pioneering an approach to constructing singularities in equations resembling the Navier–Stokes equations, by transferring a finite amount of energy through an infinitely decreasing sequence of time and length scales. Pavlović earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics from the University of Belgrade in 1996, and completed her doctorate from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2002 under the joint supervision of Susan Friedlander and Nets Katz. After temporary positions at the Clay Mathematics Institute, Princeton University, Institute for Advanced Study, and Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, she joined the Princeton faculty in 2005, and moved to the University of Texas in 2007. She was a Sloan Research Fellow fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jasmina Gluhak
Jasmina ( sr-cyr, Јасмина), sometimes Jasminka, as a feminine variant, and Jasmin ( sr-cyr, Јасмин), sometimes Jasminko, as a masculine variant, are given names used in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia, and same as a given name Jasmine, which is the common form in German, Romance and English-speaking countries, although almost always as a feminine variation. Origin These given names, both feminine and masculine variation, refer to a flower of a genus of Jasmine shrub and vine in the olive family, whose taxon name ultimately derives etymologically from the Old Persian, ''Yasameen'' (), used in Persian as given name Yasmin, but could originate from even earlier times and from further to the east, from Sanskrit, as the oldest in Proto-Indo-Iranian language branch of Proto-Indo-European language family, entering Persian through Avestan, and later spreading westward through Arabic and Latin. Variants and spelling In Serbo-Croat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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