Ivana Bodrožić
Ivana Bodrožić (born 5 July 1982) is a Croatian writer and poet. Biography. Ivana Bodrožić was born on 5 July 1982 in a Croatian town of Vukovar. She finished elementary school in her hometown and high school in Zagreb. Bodrožić graduated philosophy and Croatian studies at the University of Zagreb. During the Croatian War of Independence, her father Ante Bodrožić was killed in Vukovar massacre (he is officially still recognized as 'disappeared'), while she and her mother and brother fled occupied Vukovar and settled in Zagreb and Kumrovec as refugees. She was awarded a distinguished literary prize "Goran  for Young Poets" and "Kvirin Award" of Matica hrvatska for her poetry collection "Prvi korak u tamu" (First Step Into the Darkness), released in 2005. She published her poetry in various literary journals ("Vijenac, Quorum, Poezija"), and was also included in the anthology of contemporary Croatian poetry "Utjeha kaosa" (The Consolation of Chaos) by Miroslav Mićanović, as the youngest author. She was also included in the anthology of Damir Šodan, "Drugom stranom" (Walk on the Other Side). Her songs were translated into various European languages, while the translation of the complete collection of her poetry collection "Prvi korak u tamu  was published in Spanish. Her novel Hotel Zagorje" (published in 2010) was awarded the following awards: Josip and Ivan Kozarac (Charter of Success); Kočić's pen, Banja Luka – Belgrade (for outstanding achievements in contemporary literature); Cyclops – for the best screening work. In 2012, the German translation of the novel was published by Hanser publishing house Hanser, and in the French by Acte Sud. Noval was also published in Serbia, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Macedonia, Turkey and the Netherlands. The novel was published in English for the first time by Seven Stories Press as "The Hotel Tito: A Novel" in November, 2017 . Bodrožić, together with award-winning Bosnian director Jasmila Žbanić, wrote a screenplay for the feature film. She also won Večernjak's "Ranko Marinković" (2nd place) for the best short story in 2011. In 2017, Ivana Bodrožić has signed the Declaration on the Common Language of the Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks and Montenegrins.