Vladimir Lončarević (born 26 July 1960) is a

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, Croatist,

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ist and

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Biography

Lončarević was born in

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, where he graduated in

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from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in 1985 with thesis ''Historijski roman Augusta Šenoe'' ("Historical romans of August Šenoa"). As a student, he edited ''Jordan'', a religious-cultural magazine. He was a redactor and

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for INA (1986-7) and Zagrebačka banka (1989-94) as well as in the religious-philosophical magazine ''Obnovljeni Život'' ("Renewed Life", 1988-9). While working for the Croatian embassy in Ljubljana (1994-6) he was also editor of the magazine ''Korijeni'' ("Roots") of the Slovenian Croats published in

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. Returning to Croatia, since 1997 he worked as a counselor in the Minister of Construction, Housing-Communal Works. He was also an auxiliary counselor in the Office of the President of the Republic since January 1999. Later, he was a university professor at the Faculty of Philosophy and Religious Studies in Zagreb ( hr). His essays and literary criticisms were published in the literary revue ''Marulić'' ( hr). Lončarević earned his

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in Croatian with a dissertation about the life and work of

Ljubomir Maraković Ljubomir Maraković (Topusko, June 17, 1887 – Zagreb, February 22, 1959) was a Croatian literary critic and historian, and one of the leaders of the Croatian Catholic movement. He was the first editor of the literary magazine ''Luč'' and for ...

and his connections with the Croatian Catholic movement. He was a consultant for analytics and domestic politics of the

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Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović (; born 29 April 1968) is a Croatian politician and diplomat who served as the president of Croatia from 2015 to 2020. She was the first woman to be elected to the office since the first multi-party elections in 1990 ...

. Lončarević is a regular columnist for '' Glas Koncila''Author's page: Vladimir Lončarević
''Glas Koncila''. Access date 14 July 2019. and

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. He is member of the

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. He was decorated with

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and Order of Danica Hrvatska with the face of Marko Marulić.

References

External links

List of scientific works
in Hrčak - Portal of Croatian scientific and professional journals {{DEFAULTSORT:Loncarevic, Vladimir Living people 1960 births Writers from Zagreb Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb alumni Croatian essayists Croatian literary historians 21st-century Croatian historians Literary theorists Croatian columnists Croatian Roman Catholics