Irena Vrkljan
Irena Vrkljan is 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 in both Croatian and German. Vrkljan has written scripts for film and radio. She has also translated works by Croatian authors into German.
In 2006, she was awarded the Vladimir Nazor Award.Selected works
- Paralele, poetry
- Doba prijateljstva, novel
- Soba, taj strašni vrt, poetry
- U koži moje sestre, poetry
- Svila, škare, autobiography, translated as The silk, the shears, and Marina, or, About biography, received the Ksaver Šandor Gjalski Prize
- Marina ili o biografiji, autobiography, translated as Marina or On Memory
- Dora, ove jeseni, novel
- Pred crvenim zidom: 1991-1993, novel 1994
- Posljednje putovanje u Beč, mystery novel
