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Maša Kolanović (born 16 November 1979) is a Croatian writer. She was born in
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. She studied Croatian language and comparative literature at the
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, where she now teaches in the Department of Croatian Studies. Her books include: * Sloboština Barbie (V.B.Z., Zagreb, 2008; translated into German as Underground Barbie, Prospero Verlag, Berlin-Münster, 2012) * Poštovani kukci i druge jezive priče (Dear Insects and Other Scary Stories, Profil knjiga d.o.o., Zagreb, 2019). * Pijavice za usamljene (Leeches for the Lonely, Student Center, Zagreb, 2001) * Jamerika (Algoritam, Zagreb, 2013) * Udarnik! Buntovnik? Potrošač... (Striker! Rebel? Consumer..., Naklada Ljevak, Zagreb, 2011) * (edited) Komparativni postsocijalizam: slavenska iskustva (Comparative Postsocialism: Slavic Experiences, Zagreb, Slavic School and FF Press, Zagreb, 2013) * (edited) The Cultural Life of Capitalism in Yugoslavia (with D. Jelača and D. Lugarić, Palgrave Macmillan, New York and London, 2017). ''Poštovani kukci i druge jezive priče'' won the
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. In 2017, Maša Kolanović has signed the
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of the
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and
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