Željko Ivanković (born August 29, 1954 in
Vareš
Vareš ( cyrl, Вареш) is a town and municipality located in Zenica-Doboj Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in central Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is famous for the local m ...
) is a Yugoslavian and
Bosnian poet, novelist, short story writer, essayist, translator.
Recent activity
In 2017, Željko Ivanković has signed the
Declaration on the Common Language
The Declaration on the Common Language ( sh, Deklaracija o zajedničkom jeziku / ) was issued in 2017 by a group of intellectuals and NGOs from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia who were working under the banner of a projec ...
of the
Croats
The Croats (; hr, Hrvati ) are a South Slavic ethnic group who share a common Croatian ancestry, culture, history and language. They are also a recognized minority in a number of neighboring countries, namely Austria, the Czech Republic, G ...
,
Serbs
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The majority of Serbs live in their na ...
,
Bosniaks
The Bosniaks ( bs, Bošnjaci, Cyrillic: Бошњаци, ; , ) are a South Slavic ethnic group native to the Southeast European historical region of Bosnia, which is today part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who share a common Bosnian ancestry ...
and
Montenegrins
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Genetics
Accordin ...
.
Works
Books
* ''Nesto od onog što jest'', Sarajevo, 1978 (poetry)
* ''Utrka puzeva'', Sarajevo, 1982 (poetry)
* ''Vrijeme bez glagola'', Sarajevo, 1986 (poetry)
* ''(D)ogledi'', Tuzla, 1987 (studies, essays, literary criticism)
* ''Price o ljubavi i smrti'', Banja Luka (short stories)
* ''Urusavanje slike'', Sarajevo, 1990 (poetry)
* ''Zvjezdangrad'', Sarajevo, 1990; Wuppertal, 1995; Sarajevo, 2000; Sarajevo-Wuppertal, 2005 (short stories for children)
* ''
Dodirom i svijet poce'', Sarajevo, 1992; Zagreb-Sarajevo, 2006 (novel)
* ''700 dana opsade'', Zagreb, 1995 (war journal)
* ''Izgubljeni zavicaj'', Ljubljana, 1995 (poetry)
* ''
Ljubav u Berlinu
Ljubav may refer to:
* ''Ljubav'' (Ekatarina Velika album), 1987
* ''Ljubav'' (Trigger album), 2007
{{Disambiguation ...
'', Zagreb, 1995; Sarajevo, 1995 (novel)
* ''Tko je upalio mrak?'', Zagreb, 1995; Sarajevo, 2000 (short stories)
* ''(D)ogledi, II'', Zenica, 1997 (essays)
* ''Trazenje zavicaja'', Zagreb, 1997 (poetry)
* ''Izbor poezije'', Sarajevo, 1999 (poetry)
* ''Pisci franjevci vareskog kraja'', Split-Vareš, 1999 (essays)
* ''(D)ogledi, III'', Mostar, 2000 (studies, essays, literary criticism)
* ''Nove price o ljubavi i smrti'', Zagreb-Sarajevo, 2001 (short stories)
* ''Na marginama kaosa'', Sarajevo, 2001 (essays)
* ''Raskos, hladna mjesecina'', Zagreb, 2002 (poetry)
* ''Odrastanja'', Sarajevo, 2002 (short stories for children)
* ''Vareske price'', Vareš-Wuppertal, 2003 (short stories)
* ''Izbor prica hrvatskih pisaca za djecu u Bosni i Hercegovini'', Sarajevo–Zagreb–Wuppertal, 2005.
* ''Izbor pjesama hrvatskih pisaca za djecu u Bosni i Hercegovini'', Sarajevo–Zagreb–Wuppertal, 2005.
* ''Isus je procitao novine'', Sarajevo, 2006 (poetry)
* ''Tetoviranje identiteta. Pohlepa za prošlošću (studije i eseji)'', Sarajevo, 2007 (essays)
* ''Dnevnik melankolije'', Sarajevo, 2008. (poezija)
* ''Citati Ivankovica u Sarajevu'', Sarajevo, 2010. (polemike)
* ''Na svoji baštini'', Sarajevo, 2010. (priče)
* ''Pogled s margine'', Mostar, 2011. (kolumne)
Translations
* ''Mozart: Pisma ocu'', Banja Luka, 1990., 1991., 2003.
* ''Price stare Kine'', Sarajevo, 1991.
* ''Heinrich Böll: Potraga za citateljem'', Sarajevo, 2001.
* ''G. A. Bürger: Pustolovine baruna Münchhausena'', Sarajevo, 2003. (koautorstvo s Romanom Ivankovicem)
* ''Israel Zwi Kanner: Zidovske price'', Zagreb – Sarajevo, 2007.
* ''Mozart: Pisma'', Zagreb, 2007.
* ''Hans Küng: Izborena sloboda. Sjecanja'', Rijeka – Sarajevo, 2009. (koautorstvo s Romanom Ivankovicem)
References
Further reading
* ''Mirko Marjanović,'' ''Leksikon hrvatskih književnika Bosne i Hercegovine od najstarijih vremena do danas,'' ''Matica hrvatska Sarajevo,'' ''HKD Napredak, Sarajevo, 2001.''
1954 births
Living people
Bosnia and Herzegovina essayists
Bosnia and Herzegovina novelists
Bosnia and Herzegovina poets
Bosnia and Herzegovina writers
Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina
People from Vareš
Signatories of the Declaration on the Common Language
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