Boris Dežulović (born 20 November 1964) is a

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n journalist, writer and columnist, best known as one of the founders of the now defunct satirical magazine ''

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''.

Biography

Dežulović studied art history at the

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. He began his career by writing for the Croatian newspaper ''

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''. Along with Viktor Ivančić and Predrag Lucić, he was one of the three original members of the "VIVA LUDEŽ" trio of

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-based humorists who first began writing in 1984 and eventually established the Feral Tribune magazine in 1993. In 1999, Dežulović left ''Feral Tribune'' and joined the popular current affairs weekly ''

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'' where he was one of their columnists. Dežulović is also a writer. In 2003, he published ''Christkind'', a

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novel about time travel which explores ethical dilemmas surrounding the possibility of killing baby

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. His second novel was published in 2005, titled ''Jebo sad hiljadu dinara'' (lit. ''Who gives a fuck about a thousand dinars now''), a satirical novel about the

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, and a book of poetry titled ''Pjesme iz Lore'' (''Poems from

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''). The latter was also published in German in 2008, titled ''Gedichte aus Lora''. Dežulović won the 2013

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in the Commentator category. In 2015, ''Slobodna Dalmacija'' terminated their contract with Dežulović following a court decision which ordered the newspaper to pay total of 150,000 HRK in damages for an editorial written by Dežulović. In 2017, he signed the

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of the

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and

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. He currently publishes weekly columns for N1 and ''Portal Novosti''.

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1964 births Living people Journalists from Split, Croatia Croatian novelists Croatian male writers Male novelists Croatian satirists Signatories of the Declaration on the Common Language European Press Prize winners {{europe-journalist-stub