Ante Tomić (born April 22, 1970) is a Croatian

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Biography

He finished elementary school in the village of Prološac near Imotski, where he lived until he was fourteen. After that, he was a cadet at a

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high school in

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. He completed his studies in philosophy and sociology at the Faculty of Philosophy in

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. As a writer, he first appeared in the newspaper ''

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'', and in 2001 he moved to the newspaper ''

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''. He published his first collection of stories, ''Zaboravio sam gdje sam parkirao'' ("I forgot where I parked"), in 1997, and its expanded edition in 2001. His debut novel ''Što je muškarac bez brkova'' ("What is a man without a moustache") was published in 2000. The novel was a great success and has had seven editions so far. In 2001, he published a book of feuilletons ''Smotra folklora''. Together with Ivica Ivanišević, he wrote the drama ''Krovna udruga''. Adapted by Aida Bukvić, Zagreb's Croatian National Theater performed ''Što je muškarac bez brkova''. The play won the award for best play at the Marulićevi dani festival in 2002. In 2003, he published the novel ''Ništa nas ne smije iznenaditi'' ("Nothing should surprise us"), then in 2004 the book of feuilletons ''Klasa optimist''. The same year, he travelled across the US to provide his newspaper's coverage of the presidential campaign by talking to the American electorate on the street. In 2005 he wrote the novel ''Ljubav, struja voda i telefon'' ("Love, Stream, Water and Telephone"). As of 2009, he had his own column ''Vlaška posla'' in ''Slobodna Dalmacija''. Tomić won the award of the Croatian Journalists' Association for the best reportage (1996) and column (2005). He left ''Slobodna Dalmacija'' in 2016 after the newspaper terminated their contract with fellow journalist Boris Dežulović following a court decision which ordered the newspaper to pay 150,000 HRK in damages for an editorial written by Dežulović. In 2017, Tomić signed the Declaration on the Common Language of the

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and

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Works

* ''Zaboravio sam gdje sam parkirao'', collection of stories, 1997. * ''Što je muškarac bez brkova'', novel, 2000. * ''Smotra folklora'', 2001. * , novel, 2003. * ''Veliki šoping'', collection of stories, 2004. * ''Klasa optimist'', 2004. * ''Ljubav, struja voda i telefon'', novel, 2005. * ''Krovna udruga i druga drama (Anđeli pakla)'', collection of plays, 2005., with Ivica Ivanišević * ''Građanin pokorni'', 2006. * ''Dečko koji obećava'', collection of columns, 2009. * ''Čudo u Poskokovoj Dragi'', novel, 2009. * ''Nisam pametan'', collection of columns, 2010. * ''Klevete i laži'', collection of columns, 2011. * ''Punoglavci'', novel, 2011. * ''Veličanstveni Poskokovi'', novel, 2015. * ''Pogledaj što je mačka donijela'', story collection, 2017.

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* 1970 births Living people Journalists from Split, Croatia Croatian novelists Croatian male novelists Croatian male short story writers Croatian short story writers Writers from Split, Croatia Croatian satirists 21st-century Croatian writers Croatian columnists University of Zadar alumni Croatian screenwriters Golden Arena winners Signatories of the Declaration on the Common Language 21st-century screenwriters {{DEFAULTSORT:Tomic, Ante