The Tin Ujević Award ( hr, Nagrada "Tin Ujević") is an award given for contributions to

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n poetry. It is considered the most prestigious award in Croatia and is named after the poet

Tin Ujević Augustin Josip "Tin" Ujević (; 5 July 1891 – 12 November 1955) was a Croatian poet, considered by many to be the greatest poet in 20th century Croatian literature. From 1921, he ceased to sign his name as Augustin, thereafter using the sig ...

. The award was founded in 1980 and is awarded by the

Croatian Writers' Society Croatian Writers' Association ( hr, Društvo hrvatskih književnika; abbreviated DHK) is the official association of Croatian writers. It was founded in 1900 in Zagreb with the goal "to unite writers and help them support one another, and promot ...

Recipients

*1981:

Nikica Petrak Nikica is a masculine given name. Nikica is a hypocoristic of the name Nikola. It may refer to: *Nikica Cukrov (born 1954), a former Croatian football player *Nikica Gabrić (born 1961), physician and politician * Nikica Jelavić (born 1985), a He ...

, for "''Tiha knjiga''" *1982:

Slavko Mihalić Slavko () is a Slavic masculine given name. Notable holders of the name include: Arts * Slavko Avsenik, Slovenian musician * Slavko Avsenik, Jr., Slovenian musician * Slavko Brankov, Croatian actor * Slavko Brill, Croatian Jewish sculptor * Slavko ...

, for "''Pohvala praznom džepu''" *1983:

Irena Vrkljan Irena Vrkljan (21 August 1930 – 23 March 2021) was a Croatian writer and translator. She was born in Belgrade and was educated at Zagreb University and the Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin. She lived in both Zagreb and Berlin, writing ...

, for "''U koži moje sestre''" *1984: Nikola Milićević, for "''Nepovrat''" *1985: Branimir Bošnjak, for "''Semantička gladovanja''" *1986:

Igor Zidić Igor Zidić (born 10 February 1939) is a Croatian art historian, art critic, poet and essayist. He is considered a top expert on Croatian modern art. Zidić was born in Split, where he graduated from the Classical Gymnasium. He obtained a diplo ...

, for "''Strijela od stakla''" *1987:

Dragutin Tadijanović Dragutin Tadijanović (4 November 1905 – 27 June 2007) was a Croatian poet, and in his native Croatia he is referred to as a " Bard." Tadijanović was born in the village of Rastušje close to Slavonski Brod in the region of Slavonia. He pub ...

, for "''Kruh svagdanji''" *1988:

Tonko Maroević Tonko is a South Slavic masculine given name. In Croatian, it is a hypocorism of the name Antun and other cognates of Antonius. It is found in Slovene as a diminutive form of Anton, Antonij, and Antonijo in Slovenia. Given name *Tonko Lonza (19 ...

, for "''Trag roga ne bez vraga''" *1989: Tonći Petrasov Marović, for "''Moći ne govoriti''" *1990:

Luko Paljetak Luko may refer to: People * Luko Biskup (born 1981), Croatian football player * Luko Stulić (1772–1828), Ragusan scientist * Luko Zore Luko Zore ( sr-Cyrl, Луко Зоре; January 15, 1846 – November 26, 1906) was a Serbian philologi ...

, for "''Snižena vrata''" *1991:

Vlado Gotovac Vladimir "Vlado" Gotovac (18 September 1930 – 7 December 2000) was a Croatian poet and politician. Early activism In the late 1960s, Gotovac joined the Croatian movement demanding political and economic reform, which eventually led to the Croa ...

, for "''Crna kazaljka''" *1992:

Zvonimir Golob Zvonimir is a Croatian male given name, used since the Middle Ages. During Yugoslavia, the name became popular in other ex-Yugoslav republics like Croatia and Slovenia.{{citation needed, date=February 2014 People named Zvonimir *Demetrius Zvon ...

, for "''Rana''" *1993: Mate Ganza, for "''Knjiga bdjenja''" *1994: Dražen Katunarić, for "''Nebo/Zemlja''" *1995:

Vladimir Pavlović Vladimir may refer to: Names * Vladimir (name) for the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak and Slovenian spellings of a Slavic name * Uladzimir for the Belarusian version of the name * Volodymyr for the Uk ...

, for"''Gral''" *1996: Dubravko Horvatić, for "''Ratnoa noć''" *1997:

Boris Domagoj Biletić Boris Domagoj Biletić (born 22 March 1957) is a Croatian poet, literary critic, essayist, publicist and translator. Biletić is the vice-president of the Croatian Writers' Association. He was awarded the Order of Danica Hrvatska with the fi ...

, for "''Radovi na nekropoli''" *1998:

Gordana Benić Gordana () is a Slavic female first name, mostly used in Slavic countries such as Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Name is derived from Proto-Slavic ''*gъrdъ'' (''gȏrd'') meaning proud. N ...

, for "''Laterna magica''" *1999: Andrijana Škunca, for "''Novaljski svjetlopis''" *2000:

Mario Suško is a character (arts), character created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. He is the title character of the ''Mario (franchise), Mario'' franchise and the mascot of Japanese video game company Nintendo. Mario has appeared in ...

, for "''Versus axsul''" *2001:

Ivan Slamnig Ivan Slamnig (24 June 1930 – 3 July 2001) was a Croatian poet, novelist, literary theorist and translator. Slamnig was born in Metković. He graduated from the University of Zagreb Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in 1955 and later taug ...

, for "''Ranjeni tenk''" (posthumous) *2002:

Petar Gudelj Petar ( sr, Петар, bg, Петър) is a South Slavic masculine given name, their variant of the Biblical name Petros cognate to Peter. Derivative forms include Pero, Pejo, Pera, Perica, Petrica, Periša. Feminine equivalent is Petra ...

, for "''Po zraku i po vodi''" *2003:

Vesna Parun Vesna Parun (; 10 April 1922 – 25 October 2010) was a Croatian poet. Biography After schooling in Zlarin, Šibenik, and Split, she studied Romance languages and philosophy at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb ...

, for "''Suze putuju''" *2004:

Alojzije Majetić Aloysius ( ) is a given name. Etymology It is a Latinisation of the names Alois, Louis, Lewis, Luis, Luigi, Ludwig, and other cognates (traditionally in Medieval Latin as ''Ludovicus'' or ''Chlodovechus''), ultimately from Frankish ''*H ...

, for "''Odmicanje paučine''" *2005: Borben Vladović, for "''Tijat''" *2006:

Željko Knežević Željko (), sometimes written Zeljko, is a South Slavic masculine given name. In Croatia, the name Željko was among the most common masculine given names in the decades between 1950 and 1979, and was the most common name in the 1960s. Notable pe ...

, for "''Kopito trajnoga konja''" *2007:

Ante Stamać Ante or Antes may refer to: * Ante (cards), an initial stake paid in a card game * Ante (poker), a forced bet in the game of poker * Ante (name), Croatian form of the given name Anthony * The Latin word ''ante'', meaning "before", which is used as ...

, for "''Vrijeme, vrijeme''" *2008: Miroslav Slavko Mađer, for "''Stihovi dugih naziva''" *2009: Tomislav Marijan Bilosnić, for "''Molitve''" *2010:

Jakša Fiamengo Jakša Fiamengo (26 November 1946 – 27 December 2018), was a prominent Croatian poet of Čakavian dialect, translator, theatre critic and member of Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts. As an author and lyricist of many Dalmatian evergreens, s ...

, for "''Jeka''" *2011: Dunja Detoni Dujmić, for "''Tiha invazija''" *2012: Neda Miranda Blažević Krietzman, for "''Vezuvska vrata''" *2013:

Vesna Krmpotić Vesna Krmpotić (17 June 1932 – 21 August 2018) was a Croatian writer and translator. Born in Dubrovnik, Krmpotić graduated from the University of Zagreb with a degree in English language and psychology. In New Delhi, India, she studied the Beng ...

, for "''Žar-ptica''" *2014: Slavko Jendričko, for "''Evolucija ludila''" *2015: Ivan Babić, for "''Koncepcija vrta''" *2016: Drago Čondrić, for "''Sedam velikih biblijskih poema''" *2017:

Ernest Fišer Ernest is a given name derived from Germanic word ''ernst'', meaning "serious". Notable people and fictional characters with the name include: People *Archduke Ernest of Austria (1553–1595), son of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor *Ernest, M ...

, for "''Preludij za anginu pectoris''" *2018: Milko Valent for "Otvorena rosa" *2019: Božica Jelušić for "Kotačev slavopoj" *2020: Drago Štambuk for "Angjeo s bakljom, Atahualpa"" *2021: Evelina Rudan

Sources

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