Zoran Ferić (born 2 June 1961 in

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) is a Croatian

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and

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who resides in

. He has attended the Ivan Goran Kovačić Elementary School in the city's wealthy

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and graduated in

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at the

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at the

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. He has written three novels and two collections of short stories. For his literary work, he has received the

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Prize in 2000 and the ''

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'' Award in 2001. Ferić wrote

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s for ''

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'', a Croatian weekly. He teaches Croatian at a higher secondary school in Zagreb.

Books

*1996 – ''Mišolovka Walta Disneya'' (''Walt Disney's Mousetrap'') - (2003 feature film Walt Disney's Mousetrap) *1998 – ''Quattro stagioni'' (''Four Seasons''; in co-operation with Miroslav Kiš, Robert Mlinarec and Boris Perić) *2000 – ''Anđeo u ofsajdu'' (''An Angel Offside'') *2002 – ''Smrt djevojčice sa žigicama'' (''Death of the Little Match Girl'') *2003 – ''Otpusno pismo'' (''Letter of Discharge'') *2005 – ''Djeca Patrasa'' (''The Children of

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'') *2007 – ''Simetrija čuda'' (''The Symmetry of the Miracle'') *2011 – ''Kalendar Maja'' (''The

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'') *2015 – ''Na osami blizu mora'' *2019 – ''San ljetne noći''

References

1961 births Living people Writers from Zagreb Croatian novelists Croatian male novelists Croatian male short story writers Croatian short story writers Croatian columnists Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb alumni {{Croatia-writer-stub