The Zvane Črnja Award is a Croatian literary award given for the best Croatian book of essays. It is awarded once a year in memory of the Croatian writer, culturologist and publicist

Zvane Črnja Zvane (Ivan) Črnja (October 8, 1920 – February 26, 1991) was a prominent Croatian poet, prose writer, essayist, culturologist, screenwriter, playwright and filmologist, journalist, publicist, polemicist and publisher. He's considered one of ...

. The award consists of a plaque and a monetary amountDruštvo hrvatskih književnika: Raspisan natječaj Zvane Črnja
, preuzeto 19. listopada 2012. and was established in 2007 as part of the ''Pulski dani eseja'' (Pula Days of Essays event).Istrapedia: Pulski dani eseja
preuzeto 19. listopada 2012. The competition is announced and the award bestowed by the

Croatian Writers' Association Croatian Writers' Association (; 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 promote Croatian literature regardless of po ...

in conjunction with the Istrian branch of the DHK.

Winners

* 2007:

Tomislav Žigmanov Tomislav Žigmanov ( sr-Cyrl, Томислав Жигманов; born 12 April 1967) is a Serbian author, community leader, and politician from the country's Croats of Serbia, Croat community. He has led the Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojv ...

, for ''Minimum in maximis - zapisi s ruba o nerubnome''. * 2008: Mirko Tomasović, for ''Nove slike iz povijesti hrvatske književnosti''. * 2009: Roman Karlović, for ''Melankolija imperija''. * 2010: Dean Duda, for ''Hrvatski književni bajkomat''. * 2011: Marko Pogačar, for ''Atlas glasova: Antieseji''. * 2012: Dunja Detoni Dujmić, for ''Lijepi prostori''. * 2013:

Marko Grčić Marko Grčić (born 17 September 1938) is a Croatian journalist, translator, poet, essayist, and publicist. Life He was born on 17 September 1938 in Sinj, Croatia. After completing his secondary education in Sinj, Grčić pursued studies in Yugo ...

, for ''Slijepi Argus''.Društvo hrvatskih književnika: Marku Grčiću Nagrada Zvane Črnja
, preuzeto 27. listopada 2013. * 2014:

Pavao Pavličić Pavao Pavličić (born 16 August 1946, in Vukovar) is a Croatian writer, literary historian and translator whose main focus are crime novels. He writes for both adults and children. Pavao Pavličić was born on August 16, 1946, in Vukovar, wher ...

, for ''Narodno veselje''. * 2015: Marina Šur Puhlovski, for ''Književnost me iznevjerila: (Eseji s margine)''. * 2016: Ivica Matičević, for ''Mjera za priču: Književnokritički ogledi o suvremenoj hrvatskoj prozi''. * 2017: Jelena Lužina, for ''Marija Crnobori: eseji o fragmentima''. * 2018: Damir Barbarić, for ''Putokazi''. * 2019:

Zlatko Kramarić Zlatko Kramarić (born 5 February 1956) is a Croatian liberal politician from Osijek. Kramarić was born in Osijek and graduated in philology (Macedonian literature) at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb. Late ...

, for ''Sat hrvatskog, re:vizija prošlih sjećanja''. * 2020: Leo Rafolt, for ''Virus in fabula''. * 2021: Božica Jelušić, for ''Kajogledi, vnebogledi''.

References

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