Slobodan Šnajder
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Slobodan Šnajder is a Croatia
n writer and publicist.
Šnajder was born in 1948 in Zagreb
, where graduated in philosophy and English studies from the Faculty of Philosophy. He was co-founder and editor of the theatre journal Prolog as well as editor of the edition published by Cekade. His short stories, essays and plays were published since 1966. From January to June 1993, he was a columnist in daily newspaper Glas Slavonije
(Početnica za melankolike), and, since January 1994, in daily newspaper Novi list
. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the left-wing magazine Novi Plamen
.
(HNK) has already staged the two of his plays, Kamov, smrtopis (Kamov, the Necrography) (1978) and Držićev san (Dream of Držić) (1980), both produced by Ljubiša Ristić. Kamov, smrtopis was staged in March 2003 by the Zagreb Youths' Theatre (ZKM) in the production of Branko Brezovec. A play about Josip Broz Tito
, The Bones in Stone, was staged in March 2007 at the National Theatre of Bitola
, Republic of Macedonia
, directed by Branko Brezovec.
During the 1990s - the Franjo Tudjman decade - Šnajder was excluded from the Croatian theatres and his plays were not staged. However, the political suspension did not apply to Europe, so many of his texts were staged in this period: Hrvatski Faust (Croatian Faust
) (among other theatres, at the Viennese Burgtheater
, and at Theater an den Ruhr directed by Roberto Ciulli); Zmijin svlak (Snakeskin
, staged in Tübingen
, Mülheim
, Frankfurt/Main, Veroli
/Rome
, Oslo
, Kopenhagen, Vienna
, Krakow
, Dublin, Warsaw
, Belgrade
); Utjeha sjevernih mora (Comfort of the Northern Seas) (Frankfurt (Oder)
); Nevjesta od vjetra (Bride of the Wind) was premièred as a play at the Schauspielhaus Bochum
in 1998, produced by Werner Schroeter
; The Fifth Gospel, the play about Ustaše concentration camp Stara Gradiška, directed by Branko Brezovec, 2004, Kampnagel, Hamburg, and ZKM, Zagreb.
For the last sixteen years, he has been writing political columns, symbolically entitled Opasne veze (Les Liaisons dangereuses
), in the daily newspaper published in Rijeka
- Novi list
. The selection covering the columns written until 1999 was published in the book Kardinalna greška (Cardinal Mistake), while the ones published from 1999 to mid-2004 were collected in another book - Umrijeti pod zvijezdom (To Die Under the Star). His columns, just as his plays, have their advocates and opponents, as well, both today and as it used to be in the nineties.
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
n writer and publicist.
Šnajder was born in 1948 in Zagreb
Zagreb
Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...
, where graduated in philosophy and English studies from the Faculty of Philosophy. He was co-founder and editor of the theatre journal Prolog as well as editor of the edition published by Cekade. His short stories, essays and plays were published since 1966. From January to June 1993, he was a columnist in daily newspaper Glas Slavonije
Glas Slavonije
Glas Slavonije is a local daily newspaper in Slavonia, Croatia. , its average daily circulation is c. 9000, making it the 7th largest daily newspaper in Croatia.-External links:**...
(Početnica za melankolike), and, since January 1994, in daily newspaper Novi list
Novi list
Novi list is the oldest Croatian daily newspaper published in Rijeka. It is most read in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County of Croatia....
. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the left-wing magazine Novi Plamen
Novi Plamen
Novi Plamen is a left-wing magazine for political, social and cultural issues primarily aimed at intellectual audiences on the territory of the former Yugoslavia and the related diaspora. It is a leading publication of its kind in the region, published by the Demokratska misao publishing company...
.
Works
The Croatian National Theatre of ZagrebZagreb
Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...
(HNK) has already staged the two of his plays, Kamov, smrtopis (Kamov, the Necrography) (1978) and Držićev san (Dream of Držić) (1980), both produced by Ljubiša Ristić. Kamov, smrtopis was staged in March 2003 by the Zagreb Youths' Theatre (ZKM) in the production of Branko Brezovec. A play about Josip Broz Tito
Josip Broz Tito
Marshal Josip Broz Tito – 4 May 1980) was a Yugoslav revolutionary and statesman. While his presidency has been criticized as authoritarian, Tito was a popular public figure both in Yugoslavia and abroad, viewed as a unifying symbol for the nations of the Yugoslav federation...
, The Bones in Stone, was staged in March 2007 at the National Theatre of Bitola
Bitola
Bitola is a city in the southwestern part of the Republic of Macedonia. The city is an administrative, cultural, industrial, commercial, and educational centre. It is located in the southern part of the Pelagonia valley, surrounded by the Baba and Nidže mountains, 14 km north of the...
, Republic of Macedonia
Republic of Macedonia
Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...
, directed by Branko Brezovec.
During the 1990s - the Franjo Tudjman decade - Šnajder was excluded from the Croatian theatres and his plays were not staged. However, the political suspension did not apply to Europe, so many of his texts were staged in this period: Hrvatski Faust (Croatian Faust
Faust
Faust is the protagonist of a classic German legend; a highly successful scholar, but also dissatisfied with his life, and so makes a deal with the devil, exchanging his soul for unlimited knowledge and worldly pleasures. Faust's tale is the basis for many literary, artistic, cinematic, and musical...
) (among other theatres, at the Viennese Burgtheater
Burgtheater
The Burgtheater , originally known as K.K. Theater an der Burg, then until 1918 as the K.K. Hofburgtheater, is the Austrian National Theatre in Vienna and one of the most important German language theatres in the world.The Burgtheater was created in 1741 and has become known as "die Burg" by the...
, and at Theater an den Ruhr directed by Roberto Ciulli); Zmijin svlak (Snakeskin
Snakeskin
Snakeskin may refer to:*Snakeskin, a material that is made from the skin of a snake*Snakeskin , a song by Australian band Gyroscope*Snakeskin , a New Zealand film*Snakeskin , a side project of Tilo Wolff from Lacrimosa*Snakeskin Glacier...
, staged in Tübingen
Tübingen
Tübingen is a traditional university town in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated south of the state capital, Stuttgart, on a ridge between the Neckar and Ammer rivers.-Geography:...
, Mülheim
Mülheim
Mülheim an der Ruhr, also called "City on the River", is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. It is located in the Ruhr Area between Duisburg, Essen, Oberhausen and Ratingen...
, Frankfurt/Main, Veroli
Veroli
-History:Veroli became a Roman municipium in 90 BCE. It became the seat of a bishopric in 743 CE, and was occupied by Spanish milices, allied to the Colonna family, in the 16th troops.-Main sights:...
/Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
, Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
, Kopenhagen, Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
, Krakow
Kraków
Kraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...
, Dublin, Warsaw
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
, Belgrade
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
); Utjeha sjevernih mora (Comfort of the Northern Seas) (Frankfurt (Oder)
Frankfurt (Oder)
Frankfurt is a town in Brandenburg, Germany, located on the Oder River, on the German-Polish border directly opposite the town of Słubice which was a part of Frankfurt until 1945. At the end of the 1980s it reached a population peak with more than 87,000 inhabitants...
); Nevjesta od vjetra (Bride of the Wind) was premièred as a play at the Schauspielhaus Bochum
Bochum
Bochum is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, western Germany. It is located in the Ruhr area and is surrounded by the cities of Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Herne, Castrop-Rauxel, Dortmund, Witten and Hattingen.-History:...
in 1998, produced by Werner Schroeter
Werner Schroeter
Werner Schroeter was a German film director and screenwriter, who some consider among the most important German writer-directors of the post-war period.-Biography:...
; The Fifth Gospel, the play about Ustaše concentration camp Stara Gradiška, directed by Branko Brezovec, 2004, Kampnagel, Hamburg, and ZKM, Zagreb.
For the last sixteen years, he has been writing political columns, symbolically entitled Opasne veze (Les Liaisons dangereuses
Les Liaisons dangereuses
Les Liaisons dangereuses is a French epistolary novel by Choderlos de Laclos, first published in four volumes by Durand Neveu from March 23, 1782....
), in the daily newspaper published in Rijeka
Rijeka
Rijeka is the principal seaport and the third largest city in Croatia . It is located on Kvarner Bay, an inlet of the Adriatic Sea and has a population of 128,735 inhabitants...
- Novi list
Novi list
Novi list is the oldest Croatian daily newspaper published in Rijeka. It is most read in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County of Croatia....
. The selection covering the columns written until 1999 was published in the book Kardinalna greška (Cardinal Mistake), while the ones published from 1999 to mid-2004 were collected in another book - Umrijeti pod zvijezdom (To Die Under the Star). His columns, just as his plays, have their advocates and opponents, as well, both today and as it used to be in the nineties.
Awards
- How Dunda saved Her Country (2008) - Croatian National Award for Plays "Marin Držić"
- The Encyclopaedia of the Wasted Time (2009) - Award of the Royal Theatre, Cetinje, Montenegro; Croatian National Award for Plays "Marin Držić"
See also
- Novi listNovi listNovi list is the oldest Croatian daily newspaper published in Rijeka. It is most read in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County of Croatia....
- Novi PlamenNovi PlamenNovi Plamen is a left-wing magazine for political, social and cultural issues primarily aimed at intellectual audiences on the territory of the former Yugoslavia and the related diaspora. It is a leading publication of its kind in the region, published by the Demokratska misao publishing company...