Zoran Krušvar is a

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and

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and

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writer, born on April 9, 1977, in

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. He won 4 SFERA awards, in 2002 (for ''Igra''), in 2003 (for ''Brodovi u tami''), in 2007 (for ''Izvršitelji nauma Gospodnjeg'') and in 2008 (for ''Tako biti mora'') from the

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-based science fiction society

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. Krušvar's first novel, ''Izvršitelji nauma Gospodnjeg'', was a multimedia project, first of such kind in Croatia. DVD distributed with the book contains music video soundtrack to the novel, and the trailer for the book was released on

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a month before its publishing. At the presentation of the novel on April 22, 2007, a group of young people acted out a ritual sacrifice of a young maiden in order to propitiate God, so the novel would sell better.

Bibliography

* ''Najbolji na svijetu'' (2004, Mentor; 2006, Biblioteka

) * ''Izvršitelji nauma Gospodnjeg'' (2007, Mentor) * ''Zvijeri plišane'' (2008, Knjiga u centru) * ''Kamov se vraća kući.'' (2010, Mentor)

References

* https://web.archive.org/web/20040630041309/http://www.sfera.hr/zbirke/krusvar.php

External links

Izvršitelji nauma Gospodnjeg - official website

Interview, October 2009
{{DEFAULTSORT:Krusvar, Zoran 1977 births Living people Croatian science fiction writers Croatian fantasy writers Writers from Rijeka