Željko Ivanković (born August 29, 1954 in

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) is a Yugoslavian and Bosnian poet, novelist, short story writer, essayist, translator.

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In 2017, Željko Ivanković has signed the

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* ''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'', 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)

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* ''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)

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