Ivan Corrado Pauletta (December 22, 1936 – March 18, 2017) was an
Istrian Italian politician, journalist and writer active in
Croatia.
Early life and education
Pauletta was born in
Premantura, a village in the
municipality of
Medulin, in the southern part of Istrian peninsula, then part of the
Kingdom of Italy. He lived in
Ventimiglia until 1946, near Italian border with France, where his father had job at
Italian customs. He graduated in mechanical engineering in 1964 in
Zagreb, capital of the
Socialist Republic of Croatia, then part of the
SFR Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as SFR Yugoslavia or simply as Yugoslavia, was a country in Central and Southeast Europe. It emerged in 1945, following World War II, and lasted until 1992, with the breakup of Yug ...
, earning a
bachelor's degree.
Career
Pauletta's career ranged from being a craftsman, a director of a factory in
Pula
Pula (; also known as Pola, it, Pola , hu, Pòla, Venetian language, Venetian; ''Pola''; Istriot language, Istriot: ''Puola'', Slovene language, Slovene: ''Pulj'') is the largest city in Istria County, Croatia, and the List of cities and town ...
that supplied souvenir producers in
Medjugorje, to a politician and a member of the
Croatian Parliament.
Politician
He officially entered politics in 1982, when Pauletta was elected representative of craftsmen in the Associated Labor Council of the Croatian Parliament in
SR Croatia. He continued to deal with politics in a local newspaper in
Rijeka
Rijeka ( , , ; also known as Fiume hu, Fiume, it, Fiume ; local Chakavian: ''Reka''; german: Sankt Veit am Flaum; sl, Reka) is the principal seaport and the third-largest city in Croatia (after Zagreb and Split). It is located in Primor ...
, with which he began to collaborate in 1988. In 1990 he was among the founders of the
Istrian Democratic Assembly, a political party founded on the eve of
first multi-party elections in the
independent Croatia. In the same year he went to Italy to work and in 1993 Pauletta returned to Croatia where he became a deputy of the Croatian Parliament or
Sabor. He was also an
activist
Activism (or Advocacy) consists of efforts to promote, impede, direct or intervene in social, political, economic or environmental reform with the desire to make changes in society toward a perceived greater good. Forms of activism range fro ...
in
Nonviolent Radical Party Transnational and Transparty
The Transnational Radical Party (TRP), whose official name is Nonviolent Radical Party, Transnational and Transparty (NRPTT), is a political association of citizens, members of parliament and members of government of various national and political ...
and Pauletta spoke several times from
Radio Radicale; in 1997 he retired from politics to pursue writing.
He is also known for the project "Terra d'Istria", or "Histria Terra", which claims an even greater autonomy of Istria from the central government of Zagreb. However, the project was never carried out, and it was indeed a reason for harsh criticism of Pauletta, accused of being an irredentist close to Italian far-right circles.
Writer
He made scientific publications regarding mechanical engineering, and he worked as an occasional teacher at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in
Zenica
Zenica ( ; ; ) is a city in Bosnia and Herzegovina and an administrative and economic center of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina's Zenica-Doboj Canton. It is located in the Bosna (river), Bosna river valley, about north of Sarajevo. Th ...
,
Bosnia and Herzegovina.
At the end of 1999 he published his first book ''Histria Collage'' or ''Histrija Kolaz'' in both languages Italian and Croat. In 2005 he published his second book ''The fugitive'': in this book Pauletta tells the stories of various persons who escape from Istria in communist Yugoslavia to enter Italy during the period 1945-1959. With a group of authors in 2007, he published a monograph about Premantura. His fourth book, ''Stories of Istria'', was released in 2009. In 2014, Pauletta wrote his final book ''Mladić iz stoljeća prošlog'' which translates as ''The young man of the last century''.
See also
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Istrianism
Istrianism or Istrianness is the name given to the Regionalism (politics), regionalist identity developed by the inhabitants of the part of Istria located in Croatia. Istria is the biggest peninsula in the Adriatic Sea and a multiethnic region di ...
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Luciano Delbianco
Luciano Delbianco (June 10, 1954 – September 29, 2014) was a Croatian electrical engineer, musician and politician who served two nonconsecutive terms as Mayor of Pula.
Biography
Luciano Delbianco was born on June 10, 1954, in Pula.
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Furio Radin
References
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1936 births
2017 deaths
Istrian Italian people
Representatives in the modern Croatian Parliament
Istrian Democratic Assembly politicians
People from Istria County
People from Ventimiglia
Italian writers
Croatian writers