Boris Domagoj Biletić (born 22 March 1957) is a

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and translator. Biletić is the vice-president of the

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. He was awarded the

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with the figure of Marko Marulić in 1996 for his contribution to Croatian culture.

Biography

Biletić was born in

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. He completed primary school, grammar school and the

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(in 1978) in his hometown. He graduated from the

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and got his master's degree at the Department of Croatian and South Slavic Philology at the

Faculty of Philosophy in Zagreb The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences or the Faculty of Philosophy in Zagreb ( Croatian: ''Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu'') is one of the faculties of the University of Zagreb. History The Faculty of Philosophy is the oldes ...

. His

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was ''Regionalism, Identity and Croatian Literature of Istria 1918–1945''. Biletić worked briefly as a teacher, later as a freelance artist (for two years) and finally as a librarian at the Matija Vlačić Ilirik City Library of

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, eventually becoming the library's director. Biletić started publishing his first articles for the magazine ''Istarski borac''. He has been publishing poetry, studies, essays and translations since the 1970s. Until the 1990s Biletić was a member of the board of the Pula magazine ''Istra'' and ''Istria through the centuries'' (''Istra kroz stoljeća'') issued by the Čakavian Parliament, of which he was an active member. He is the editor-in-chief of literary magazine ''Nova Istra'' and since 2009 a member of

Matica hrvatska Matica hrvatska () is the oldest independent, non-profit and non-governmental Croatian national institution. It was founded on February 2, 1842 by the Croatian Count Janko Drašković and other prominent members of the Illyrian movement during ...

. Biletić was a member of the Croatian

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Center from 1993 until 2013, and today is the vice-president of the

Awards and recognitions

* Mlada Struga Award (1984, for ''Zublja šutnje'') *

with the figure of

Marko Marulić Marko Marulić Splićanin (; ; 18 August 1450 – 5 January 1524), was a Croatian poet, lawyer, judge, and Renaissance humanist. He is the national poet of Croatia. According to George J. Gutsche, Marulić's epic poem '' Judita'' "is the first ...

(1996, for his contribution to Croatian culture) *

Tin Ujević Award The Tin Ujević Award () is an award given for contributions to Croatian poetry. It is considered the most prestigious award in Croatia and is named after the poet Tin Ujević. The award was founded in 1980 and is awarded by the Croatian Writers' ...

(1997, for ''Radovi na nekropoli'') * Medal of the City of Rovinj (1997) * Award of the Austrian Foundation "KulturKontakt" (2002, for the monographic study ''Bartuljska jabuka'') * Julije Benešić Award (2008, for the book ''Pristrani čitatelj I-II'' as the best book of literary criticism by a Croatian literary critic, published between June 2007 and June 2008) * Plaque of St. Kvirina, hr, (2012, for his contribution to Croatian poetry) * Fran Galović Award (2013, for the

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''Istarski pisci i obzori: regionalizam, identitet i hrvatska književnost Istre pod fašizmom'')

External links

Biletić at the Croatian Writers' Association

References

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