Hrvoje Hitrec (born 14 July 1943) is a Croatian writer, screenwriter, and politician. He is notable for his works for children and youth, most famous of his works being the novel (and later a very popular 1980s/90s TV series) '' Smogovci'' hr.html" ;"title=":hr:Smogovci.html" ;"title="nowiki/>:hr:Smogovci">hr">:hr:Smogovci.html" ;"title="nowiki/>:hr:Smogovci">hr','' but Hitrec also wrote novels, film and TV scripts, dramas. He received several notable Croatian literary awards: "Ksaver Šandor Gjalski," "Ivana Brlić Mažuranić" and "Grigor Vitez." Hitrec was also a close associate of Franjo Tuđman, the first President of Croatia and an early member of his nationalist Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) party. In the early 1990s he served as director of the state broadcaster

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, information minister in the government of

Josip Manolić Josip Manolić (; born 22 March 1920) is a Croatian former politician and communist revolutionary during World War II in Yugoslavia. He served as a high-ranking official of the Yugoslav State Security Administration (OZNA or UDBA) and later as ...

, and also a member of

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. Hitrec headed a right-wing independent list in the 2007 parliamentary elections. He identified himself as eurosceptic, and won 709 votes, or 0.26% of the vote in the VII district.hina.hr on Hitrec's list

Works

* ''

Jasenovac – istina ''Jasenovac – istina'' (English: ''Jasenovac – The Truth'') is a 2016 Holocaust denial documentary film by the Croatian filmmaker Jakov Sedlar. The film contends that the extent of The Holocaust in the Independent State of Croatia, an Axis pu ...

'', 2016, screenwriter * "Humandel", Školska knjiga, Zagreb, 2007., * "Hrvatske legende", Školska knjiga, Zagreb, 2007., * "Kolarovi", Školska knjiga, Zagreb, 2004., * "Matko na štakama", Mosta, Zagreb, 2004., * "Gradsko kazalište Trešnja 1999.", Zagreb, 1999. * "Zagreb: hrvatska prijestolnica", Zagreb, 1994. * "Kanjon opasnih igara", Zagreb, 1994. * "Ur", SF novel, Zagreb, 1982. * "Eko Eko", Zagreb, 1979. i još 9 izdanja u Zagrebu i 2 u prijevodu * "Smogovci: romančić za nešto stariju djecu i prilično mladu omladinu", Zagreb, 1976. i još 8 izdanja * "Pustinjakov pupak", Zagreb, 1974.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hitrec, Hrvoje 1943 births Living people Croatian dramatists and playwrights Politicians from Zagreb Croatian Democratic Union politicians Representatives in the modern Croatian Parliament Information ministers of Croatia Croatian novelists Croatian male writers Yugoslav science fiction writers Male novelists Writers from Zagreb

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