Zoran Krušvar is a
Croatia
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psychologist
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and
science fiction
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and
fantasy
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writer, born on April 9, 1977, in
Rijeka
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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
Zagreb
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-based science fiction society
SFera.
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
YouTube
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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
SFera)
* ''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 websiteInterview, October 2009
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1977 births
Living people
Croatian science fiction writers
Croatian fantasy writers
Writers from Rijeka