http://www.croatia.org/crown en-us http://www.croatia.org/crown N/A letters@croatia.org Fri, 24 Apr 2026 16:24:03 +0000 20 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/11437/1/Hrvojka-Mihanoviae-Salopek-i-Gordana-Laco-Jadranskih-sirena-zov-2024.html Na samom poèetku treba odgovoriti za¹to su su prireðivaèice odluèile sastaviti antologijski izbor iz poezije hrvatskih knji¾evnica u Dalmaciji od 18. stoljeæa do danas pod nazivom Jadranskih sirena zov. Razlog tome le¾i u impresivnoj èinjenici da upravo na obali Jadrana, u Dubrovniku i Dalmaciji nalazimo u pisanim zapisima prve obrazovane dame kojima je knji¾evnost sama po sebi, ali i vlastiti pjesnièki izraz nezaobilazni dio osobnosti i intelektualnog identiteta. Izdavaè spomenute knjige je Splitski ogranak Dru¹tva hrvatskih knji¾evnika. Autorice su dr. Hrvojka Mihanoviæ-Salopek (na slici, HAZU, Zagreb) i izv. prof. dr. Gordana Laco (Sveuèili¹te u Splitu). darko@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach and Darko ®ubriniæ) Tue, 14 Jan 2025 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/11433/1/Esperanto-connecting-Croatia-globally.html Croatian Esperanto literature has its beginnings since 1908. Croatian Esperanto-League (KEL, Kroata Esperanto-Ligo, Hrvatski espernatski savez) was founded in Zagreb in 1909. Many Croatian literary books have been translated into various languages worldwide due to their translations into Esperanto. Especially interesting are translations into Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Bengali, and Parsi languages. So, for example, children of Bengal can read Strange Adventures of Apprentice Hlapiæ by Ivana Brliæ Ma¾uraniæ due to its translation from Croatian into Esperanto. On the photo - Mrs. Spomenka ©timec, former president of KEL. darko@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach and Darko ®ubriniæ) Thu, 12 Dec 2024 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/11424/1/Hrvojka-Mihanovic-Salopek-U-ogledalu-znanstvenih-prosudbi-II-sv.html Monografija je objavljena 2024. u izdanju poduzeæa Biakova, Zagreb 2024. Bavi se knji¾evnim i likovnim analizama vi¹e autora: Frana Vinka Maroeviæa, Nikole Andriæa, Miroslava S. Maðera, Marijana Matkoviæa, Jak¹e Fiamenga, Borisa Biletiæa, Gorana Gatalice, Josipa Botterija Dinija, Zvonimira Mihanoviæa, Slavka Je¾iæa i Ive Frange¹a. Autorica je ugledna hrvatska znanstvenica, suradnica HAZU i predsjednik Dru¹tva hrvatskih knji¾evnika. darko@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach and Darko ®ubriniæ) Wed, 10 Jul 2024 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/11392/1/Bokeljska-trilogija-Vicka-Tripkoviaea-Podnopljskog--uredio-Vinicije-B-Lupis--.html Izdavaèka kuæa Gospa od ©krpjela - Perast u Crnoj Gori, objavila je 2023. knjigu Bokeljska trilogija Vicka Tripkoviæa Podnopoljskog, koju je dr. sc. Vinicije B. Lupis (na slici) uredio, opremio i popratio uvodnom studijom "Vicko Tripkoviæ Podnopoljski (Dobrota, 1870. Zagreb, 1938.), zaboravljeni hrvatski knji¾evnik, autor svojevrsne bokeljske trilogije". Pripovijetke koje èine ovu trilogiju tiskane su u dubrovaèkom knji¾evnom èasopisu Srð poèetkom 20. stoljeæa. darko@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach and Darko ®ubriniæ) Sat, 25 Nov 2023 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/11373/1/Miro-Gavrans-plays-in-India-and-Indian-actress-Nimrat-Kaur.html Miro Gavran's plays had several hundred of premiers throughout the world, so that he is not able to follow them all. Only his play "All About Women" had as many as 53 premieres (in Zagreb, New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Prague, Buenos Aires, Sarajevo, etc). she had a role in Gavran's play "All About Women". With this play, distinguished Indian actress Nimrat Kaur had the largest number of repeats, due to which she earned a nomitation for the leading theatric recognition in India. This article is a short summary of a public lecture delivered by Mr. Miro Gavran in Zagreb, organized by the Embassy of the Republic of India and by the Croatian-Indian Society. darko@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach and Darko ®ubriniæ) Mon, 03 Apr 2023 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/11342/1/Hrvojka-Mihanovic-Salopek-Digital-Recording-of-the-Croatian-Mariological-Heritage.html This cultural project is carried out under the auspices of the Committee for Education, Science and Culture of the Croatian Parliament and the Council for Culture of the Croatian Conference of Bishops. Videos are published in English and Croatian (Digital Recording of the Croatian Mariological Heritage, i.e., Digitalno snimanje hrvatske marijanske ba¹tine). The Project leader, scenarist and director: Hrvojka Mihanoviæ-Salopek, Ph.D., employed at the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts in Zagreb. darko@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach and Darko ®ubriniæ) Thu, 07 Jul 2022 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/11332/1/Keiko-Mitani-Japanese-expert-in-Croatian-Glagolitic-literature-passed-away-in-2022.html Keiko Mitani, professor at the University of Tokyo, one of greatest Slavists in Japan, passed away in January 2022. She earned her PhD at the University of Zagreb, under supervision of Professor Stjepan Damjanoviæ (of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts). She was president of the Japan-Croatian Friendship Society in Tokyo. In 2017, she participated at the international conference "The Phenomenon of the Glagolitic Script", organized in the cities of Biograd and Zadar on Croatian coast. She also wrote a manual in Japanese for learning Croatian, as well as a Croatian-Japanese dictionary. darko@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach and Darko ®ubriniæ) Sun, 27 Feb 2022 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/11330/1/Romain-Rollands-1924-book-quotMahatma-Gandhiquot-translated-into-Croatian-as-quotNa-Gandhiquot-Our-Gandhi.html Romain Rolland's book was published on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi (celebrated in 2019), and Stjepan Radiæ (honored in the year 2021). The original Croatian version of the book was published in 1924, entitled "Na¹ Gandhi" (Our Gandhi!). Issuing this reprint was suggested by Mr. Joginder Singh Nijjar, the president of Croatian-Indian Society in Zagreb. It appeared under the auspices of highest Croatian political, cultural and scientific institutions, as well as under the auspices of the Embassy of the Republic of India to Croatia. We provide a presentation of the reprint written by Ante Beliæ. darko@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach and Darko ®ubriniæ) Wed, 16 Feb 2022 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/11315/1/Exhibition-of-Croatian-culture-in-Korean-National-Library-in-Seoul-2021.html A very special exhibition called Croatian Traces of Thousand Years, Literature and Cultural Heritage from the Middle Ages to Modern Time was held at The National Library of Korea in its capital Seoul from June 28th until July 25th , 2021. This exhibition presented the Republic of Croatia and its diverse cultural wealth. Ms. Suh Hye-ran, the Director of the National Library of Korea, pointed out in her speech that it was the very first time that the Croatian Glagolitic alphabet came to Korea.The article was prepared by Mrs. Mirna Lipovac, on the photo. mirna.lipovac@zg.t-com.hr (Mirna Lipovac) Wed, 04 Aug 2021 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/11301/1/Marko-Marulic-1450-1524-Croatian-Renaissance-writer-published-quotJudithquot-in-1521.html Marko Maruliæ, distinguished Croatian Renaissance writer, wrote his Judita (Judith) in 1501, and published in Venice in 1521 (i.e., 500 years ago), for which he says expressly to be written in the Croatian verses (versi harvatski). Some of his original verses are held in Glasgow (GB). His Judith was translated into English, Hungarian, French, Italian, and some parts into Spanish. Marulic's De institutione bene vivendi, published in 1506, was translated into Italian, German (five editions between 1583 and 1614, all in Koeln, in parts already in 1568), French (7 editions, the first one in 1585), Flemish, Japanese (in Nagasaki, in parts, 1585), Portuguese, and Czech, in altogether 40 editions. darko@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach and Darko ®ubriniæ) Fri, 02 Jul 2021 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/11276/1/Poziv-Hrvatima-u-iseljenitvu-koji-su-prikupljali-donacije-Neka-vaa-pomoae-trajno-ostane-zapisana.html Nenad Bach, osnivaè ÂœCROWN-a (Croatian World Network) pokrenuo je akciju pomoæu koje bi pomoæ Hrvata iz iseljeni¹tva stradalima u potresu, ali i inaèe pomoæ Hrvata iz iseljeni¹tva Domovini, trajno ostala zapisana, te pomoæu koje bi svima bilo vidljivo koliko je tko i iz koje dr¾ave uplatio. Bach smatra kako je hrvatsko iseljeni¹tvo uvijek pomagalo i poma¾e kad je najgore, bezuvjetno, od srca i velikodu¹no, a za uzvrat nikad nije tra¾ilo ni¹ta. stecak@sbcglobal.net (Marko Puljiæ) Sat, 02 Jan 2021 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/11266/1/Artur-R-Bagdasarov-wrote-a-new-monograph-Croatian-Language---a-View-from-Russia.html Artur R. Bagdasarov, an Armenian scholar living in Moscow, expert in Croatian language, has published a new monograph: Hrvatski jezik. Pogled iz Rusije (Croatian Language - a View from Russia), Moscow 2020, 388 pp. The book is intended primarily for Russian readers willing to learn more about Croatian language. The book can be useful to anybody, from experts to amateurs. Dr. Bagdasarov is a recipient of a prestigious INA Award for his activities in popularizing Croatian culture internationally. Furthermore, he is an author of numerous articles published in various Croatian journals. darko@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach and Darko ®ubriniæ) Fri, 13 Nov 2020 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/11242/1/Journal-of-Croatian-Studies-founded-in-New-York-in-1960.html The Journal of Croatian Studies is a scholarly publication dedicated to Croatian history and culture. It covers a broad range of fields, including history, literature, fine arts, music, philology, philosophy and political science. It also publishes documents of historical and cultural significance to Croatian Americans and their descendants. The present editors-in-chief of the Journal of Croatian Studies are VInko Grubisic and John Kraljic (on the photo). The journal is published by the Croatian Acadmey of America, established in 1953 in New York. darko@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach and Darko ®ubriniæ) Wed, 29 Jul 2020 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/11241/1/Studia-Croatica-journal-founded-in-Buenos-Aires-in-1960.html With this article we mark 60th anniversary of Studia Croatica, founded in 1960 in Buenos Aires. The journal has been founded by Croataian emmigrants. Its editors in chief were Ivo Bogdan (1960-1971), Franjo Nevistiæ (1971-1984), Radovan Latkoviæ (1984-1994), Joza Vrljièak (1995 till today, 2020, on the photo). Among numerous collaborators we mention Ernest Bauer, Rafo Bogi¹iæ, Gojko Boriæ, Christophe Dolbeau, Jozo Kljakoviæ, Kristian Krekoviæ, Mateo Martinic, Ivan Me¹troviæ, C. Michael McAdams, Vinko Nikoliæ, Bogdan Radica, Zdravko Sanèeviæ, Carl Gustav Stroehm, Franjo Tuðman, Carmen Verlichak, Viktor Vida. In 2020, August ©enoa's novel Zlatarevo zlato (Goldsmith's Treasure) has been translated into Castilian: El Tesoro del Orfebre. darko@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach and Darko ®ubriniæ) Tue, 28 Jul 2020 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/11232/1/Ljubo-Krasic-1938-2020-Croatian-Franciscan-founder-of-Croatian-Schools-of-America-and-Canada.html Krasiæ's contribution to the formative period of Croatian language instruction abroad was massive and aimed at promoting our language and culture in North America. He left his homeland with a broad educational background and worked in the frame of Catholic missions in the Croatian communities on the dissemination of our language and culture in the anglophone world, all whilst discharging his complex parish duties while resident in the USA and in Canada. He enriched his new home through the organisation of Croatian language instruction and the printing of textbooks, magazines and books. (Dr. Vinko Grubi¹iæ.) darko@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach and Darko ®ubriniæ) Wed, 01 Jul 2020 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/11239/1/Nasja-Boskovic-Meyer-from-St-Louis-USA-author-of-a-collection-of-poems-in-Croatian.html Here is yet another noted book by Nasja Meyer, member of Lodge 50 from St. Louis, MO, instructor of the Croatian language, and co-author of the well-known Croatian textbook "Croatia - The Country and Language" that she wrote with her daughter, Dr. Jasna Meyer. The new book is a collection of poetry titled "Five Red Rubies" ("Pet rubina crvenih") published this summer in Croatia. The book is hard cover, printed on high quality paper and illustrated by a well known water color artist, Lenka Zavirsek, from Split. It contains over 200 poems, all but one in Croatian. darko@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach and Darko ®ubriniæ) Thu, 07 May 2020 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/11210/1/Croatian-folk-saga-quotFollowing-the-Sunquot-discovered-on-the-island-of-Krk-beginning-before-the-Christian-era.html Rado ®ic Mikulin and Leonard Eler¹ek are the authors of a monumental book Putom sunca (Following the Sun), dealing with the till now unknown saga from the island of Krk (the town of Punat) about the earliest Croatian history. It was registered by Rado ®ic Mikulin from one of his grandfathers, and the saga has been passed to the present day from time immemorial. The saga starts before the Christian era, on the Tigris river. The authors provide a wealth of traditional verses from the island of Krk, as well as a number of very interesting old maps, describing the movement of Croatians to the coast of the Adriatic Sea. darko@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach and Darko ®ubriniæ) Fri, 20 Mar 2020 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/11208/1/Miro-Gavran-in-Vienna-Austria-and-in-Vilnius-Lithuania-2020.html In March 2020, Croatian author Miro Gavran will present his drama and prosaic work in Vienna and Vilnius. His comedy The Doll will premiere at the Theatre Centre Forum in Vienna on 5th March 2020. Tihomir Glowatzky translated the work into German and the play is directed by the renowned Austrian actor Hubsi Kramar. In the main roles are: Adriana Zartl and Christian Strasser; The Doll is produced by Carmen Wenger. It's a jubilee, the 20th premiere of this play, which has had its world premiere in New York 2012 and since then it's been produced in both Americas, Europe, Asia and Australia. It was recently published in China in the Anthology of East-European drama. A week later, on 13th March 2020, in the cultural Centre in Vilnius, Miro Gavran will promote his novel Kafka's Friend in Laima Masyte's translation, published by Ledikla Gelmes. darko@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach and Darko ®ubriniæ) Sun, 01 Mar 2020 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/11207/1/Celebrating-22nd-February-the-Day-of-Croatian-Glagolitic-Script-and-Glagolitism.html On 22nd Febrary, 1483, the first Croatian printed book has appeared in the Glagolitic Script. It shows that Croatian glagolitic priests were able to adopt very early Gutenberg's technology of movable type. Only 12 copies of the books have been preserved, 5 of them kept in Croatia, and 7 scattered throughout the world: in the Russian National Library (former Russian Imperial Library) in St Petersburg, in the Austrian National Library in Vienna (former Austrian Royal Library), in the Vatican Apostolic Library (two copies), and in the Library of Congress in Washington. On the photo a monument to Gutenberg in Zagreb from cc. 1890, the first one in Europe appearing outside of German speaking area. darko@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach and Darko ®ubriniæ) Fri, 21 Feb 2020 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/11197/1/Golden-formula-of-Croatian-language-quotEA---KAJ---TOquot.html The golden formula of the Croatian language "ÈA - KAJ - ©TO" is a Croatian intangible cultural asset listed on the List of Intangible Cultural Property of the Republic of Croatia in November 2019. The author, Dr Drago ©tambuk, is proponent and author of the concept of preservation of knowledge and practices provided by the close connection of Croatian language. We also announce the Scientific Conference on Computer Linguistics and the Golden Formula of the Croatian Language, to be held on May 22 to 23, 2020 in the city of Osijek. On the photo is the Petris Glagolitic Miscellany from 1468, written in all three Croatian dialects: èakavian, kajkavian and ¹tokavian. darko@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach and Darko ®ubriniæ) Thu, 16 Jan 2020 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/11204/1/Miro-Gavran-Croatian-writer-translated-in-Paris-and-Hong-Kong-2020.html Miro Gavran is the greatest contemporary Croatian playwright, translated to as many as 40 languages worldwide. Miro Gavran: 'The Paris edition of my drama is a continuation of my rich cooperation with French translators, I had five premiers in Paris, and I also had seven books published in that extraordinary city. Regarding the Chinese publication of my comedy The Doll, I see it as a great acknowledgement to my theatre writing. So far only my novel How We Broke Our Legs was published in Beijing, and now they can finally get to know me as a dramatist." darko@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach and Darko ®ubriniæ) Sat, 11 Jan 2020 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/11184/1/Nikola-Teslas-autobiography-quotMy-Inventionsquot-published-by-Electrical-Experimenter-in-1919.html With this article, we mark the centennial of Nikola Tesla's autobiography "My Inventions" in the USA. Nikola Tesla wrote that at the age of 14, "My studies were continued at the Higher Real Gymnasium in Carlstadt, Croatia ,... I had become intensely interested in electricity under the stimulating influence of my Professor of Physics, who was an ingenious man and often demonstrated the principles by apparatus of his own invention." The name of his professor was Martin Sekuliæ, who was not only a high school teacher, but also an active scientist. During Tesla's schooling in Carlstadt (now Karlovac), Sekuliæ became an associate memeber of JAZU in Zagreb (now Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts), in the department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences. darko@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach and Darko ®ubriniæ) Sun, 15 Dec 2019 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/11182/1/Vladimir-Novak-Croatians-in-America-fascinating-photomonograph-published-in-2018.html  Vladimir Novak (1928-2016) darko@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach and Darko ®ubriniæ) Sun, 27 Oct 2019 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/11099/1/Oliver-Dragojevic-1947-2018-distinguished-Croatian-pop-musician-and-composer.html Except in Croatia, he had concerts at Olympia in Paris, Carnegie Hall in New York, Pearl Theatre in Las Vegas, Royal Albert Hall in London, Konzerthaus in Vienna, Opera House in Sydney. Umra je Oliver. Zamuèa je ra¹pavi glas koji smo svi volili. Michael Bolton iz Vela Luke. Zamuèala je Dalmacija, zamuèali smo smi mi koji smo uz njegove pisme ¾ivili. Resli, jubili, pivali, gu¹tali, sièali se, sanjali. ... Ne znan kako vaman, ali meni je ona najtipiènija slika Dalmacije zalaz sunca iza otoka, bonaca, i zvuk èetverotaktnog motora na trabukulu negdi u kanalu. A najtipièniji glas Dalmacije voljene je Oliver. Bog ga blagoslovija! Maja. Written by Maja Cioni (b. Buliæ), Paris. darko@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach and Darko ®ubriniæ) Sun, 29 Jul 2018 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/11072/1/Miro-Gavran-to-have-premieres-in-Cuba-the-Netherlands-Romania-Macedonia-and-Kosovo-May--June-2018.html Miro Gavran: "It is a great pleasure to have five foreign premieres in such different cultures in short period of time. I am very happy to have my first premiere in Cuba which I can thank Zeljka Lovrencic. I am also happy to have another Dutch premiere after 30 years which wouldn't be possible without the help from Sanja Kregar who published several books of my prose in Amsterdam in last few years. Premieres in Romania, Macedonia and Kosovo and extension of successful cooperation so far. ..." With these performances Miro Gavran confirmed that he is the most performed Croatian writer in Croatia and abroad. His work has been translated into 40 languages. darko@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach and Darko ®ubriniæ) Tue, 29 May 2018 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/11068/1/Ivana-Marija-Vidovic-translated-into-Croatian-the-verses-written-in-1876-in-honor-of-Franjo-Krezma-in-Verona.html In 1876, young Croatian violinist Franjo Kre¾ma (on the photo), then at the age of 14, had a series of three consecutive concerts at the Ristori Theatre in Verona, on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th December. The concerts have been announced by beautiful verses written by anonymous Italian author G.D. The verses have been translated into Croatian in 2018 by Ivana Marija Vidoviæ, distinguished Croatian pianist, poetesse and writer. Franjo Kre¾ma was a violin prodigy: he earned his diploma at the Conservatory of Vienna at the age of 13! He died very young, at the age of 19. ivanamarija.vidovic@gmail.com (Ivana Marija Vidoviæ) Wed, 16 May 2018 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/11059/1/Miro-Gavrans-plays-quotThe-Dollquot-and-quotDeath-of-an-Actorquot-published-in-Hindi-in-Jaipur-India-2018.html "The Doll" and "Death of an Actor" - two popular plays written by Miro Gavran were published as two books in hardcover in Hindi in Jaipur, India. Publisher is Bodi Prakash. Both of these were translated into hindi by Saurabh Srivastava. Gavran's plays had performances all around India - from Mumbai to Puni and Hyderabad, Assam and Bangalore in the last 15 years. This is first time that his texts were published as books in India. darko@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach and Darko ®ubriniæ) Tue, 17 Apr 2018 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/11042/1/Senoa-House-in-Zagreb-The-Museum-of-August-Senoa-described-by-Lady-Jadranka-Beresford-Peirse.html Lady Jadranka Beresford-Peirse, b. Njer¹, of Croatian origin, lives in London, and is a founder of The International Trust for Croatian Monuments already in 1991. Since then, she has organized numerous humanitarian and cultural events and undertakings. Here we reproduce her very interesting article published in London by "The Bridge", a journal of Croatian community in England, which deals with The ©enoa House, which is a private museum in the city of Zagreb, directed by Mrs. Jasmina Reis. August ©enoa is significant Croatian writer from the 19th century, one of the trademarks of Croatian literature. darko@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach and Darko ®ubriniæ) Thu, 01 Feb 2018 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/11029/1/Miro-Gavran-the-greatest-contemporary-Croatian-writer-received-Dr-Alois-Mock-Europapreis-2017-award.html The greatest contemporary Croatian writer Miro Gavran is the winner of this year's prestigious international 'Dr Alois MockEuropapreis 2017' award. As soon as it arrived, the announcement of this year's selection was signed by Michael Spindelleger, the president of the 'Dr Alois Mock' Foundation and former Austrian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, on behalf of the Foundation. The plays of Miro Gavran have been translated into as many as 40 languages worldwide. Congratulations to Mr. Gavran! darko@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach and Darko ®ubriniæ) Mon, 20 Nov 2017 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/11023/1/Miro-Gavran-will-have-premieres-in-India-Russia-and-Germany-in-October-2017.html Croatian writer Miro Gavran will have three premieres across the globe in October 2017. Ensemble Theater from Augsburg, Germany, will have premire of comedy "The Doll" on October 28th. On the same day theatre "M-ART" from Moscow, Russia, will have premiere of Gavran's play "My Wife's Husband". WeMove theatre from Bangalore, India, will have premiere of Miro Gavran's comedy "All About Women" in Kannada langauge. Miro Gavran so far had more than 300 premieres all around the world which were seen by more than 3 million viewers. His plays were translated into 40 languages! darko@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach and Darko ®ubriniæ) Sun, 29 Oct 2017 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10983/1/International-conference-in-Biograd-and-Zadar-on-the-phenomenon-of-glagolitic-script-in-May-12-13th-2017.html Thirty three scientists from Croatia, Austria, Italy, Japan, Russia and Slovenia participated at the Conference. It has been superbly organized by the city of Biograd and the University of Zadar (which the oldest Croatian university, founded in 1396), as well as by Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Old Slavonic Insitute, Matrix Croatica Zadar. The Conference was held under auspices of the President of the Republic of Croatia. On the photo Dr. Keiko Mitani from Tokyo, one of the participants and contributors to the Conference. She speaks Croatian, and completed her PhD at the University of Zagreb, Croatia. darko@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach and Darko ®ubriniæ) Mon, 15 May 2017 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10971/1/Hrvojka-Mihanovic-Salopek-presenting-Croatian-Mariological-Heritage-of-the-Varazdin-Bishopric.html Dr. Hrvojka Mihanoviæ-Salopek prepared already her tenth DVD covering various aspects of extremely rich mariological heritage among Croatians. This DVD refers to the Vara¾din Bishopric on Croatian north. Numerous baroque churches, lavishly decorated by Ivan Ranger and other Baroque artists, provide a special touch into the architecture of the city of Vara¾din and surrounding towns and villages. A special emphasis is placed on the natural beauties of the region, liturgical and folk melodies, as well as on centuries old Croatian literature. darko@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach and Darko ®ubriniæ) Fri, 07 Apr 2017 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10968/1/Miro-Gavrans-seventh-Festival-in-Prague-5-10th-April-2017.html   The festival was initiated in 2003 at the Theater of Jan Palarik in Trnava, Slovakia, where it ran four times until 2009 before relocating in 2013 to Theater LUDOWY in Krakow, Poland. As of 2016, GavranFest takes place in Prague, Czech Republic. Gavran is the only living writer in Europe who has a theater festival dedicated to him, that continuously operates outside his homeland. His books and plays have been translated from Croatian into as many as 38 languages throughout the world. darko@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach and Darko ®ubriniæ) Sat, 01 Apr 2017 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10965/1/Days-of-the-Croatian-Language-celebrated-11-17th-March-each-year.html Days of the Croatian Language (in Croatian, Dani hrvatskoga jezika) is an annual week-long cultural event established by Matica hrvatska (Matrix Croatica) which celebrates the Croatian language. It is held from March 11 to March 17. It was first organized upon Croatian independence in 1991. In 1997 the Croatian Parliament (Sabor) declared that this week would officially commemorate the Declaration on the Status and Name of the Croatian Standard Language published exactly thirty years earlier, in 1967. We provide an interesting article about Croatian language by Armenian scholar dr. Artur Bagdasarov, living in Moscow, who is an expert in Croatian language and author of a dozen of books and dictionaries. darko@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach and Darko ®ubriniæ) Fri, 17 Mar 2017 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10961/1/Croatian-Tales-and-Stories-for-Russian-readers-published-in-2016.html This wonderful and simple book will help the Russian reader enter into the world of Croatian language. The texts composing the book are provided without any simplifications with respect to the Croatian original. The book is supplied with the translation into Russian and with indispensable lexical and grammatical explanations, using the method of Ilja Franko. The front cover page has the following motto: Let us learn a language by reading interesting books! darko@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach and Darko ®ubriniæ) Tue, 29 Nov 2016 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10837/1/Nikola-Tesla-Croatian-citizen-advised-the-City-Hall-of-Croatias-capital-Zagreb-in-1892-about-electrification.html In 1892, Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) has been invited by Milan Amru¹, Mayor of the city of Zagreb, to visit the City Hall in order to give advice about future electrification. An interesting article from 1892 has been published in the Zagreb newspapers, which we provide for the first in English translation from Croatian original. We cite the following significant sentence from this 1892 article: Mr. Tesla considers it his duty, as a native son of this country [Croatia], to assist the Zagreb City Council in this matter offering his advice and helping in every way he can. The country he meant here is without any doubt Croatia. As a Croatian citizen, Nikola Tesla possessed the passport issued in the city of Zagreb in 1883. On the photo Nikola Tesla in 1941 with Fritzie Zivich, known as the Croat Comet, the then welter-weight boxing world champion. vesnablazina@hotmail.com (Vesna Bla¾ina and Darko ®ubriniæ) Thu, 05 May 2016 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10821/1/Mia-Negovetic-Croatian-teen-singing-prodigy-participating-in-the-Steve-Harvey-NBC-show-2016.html As part of NBC's new midseason shows in 2016, Little Big Shots follows Steve Harvey as he showcases the nation's most extraordinary young people. Among them is Mia Negovetiæ, very beautiful 13 year old lady from Croatia, who is an unusual singing talent. However, her major interest for the future is cooking, so she plans to becom a singing cook. The show is superbly directed by Steve Harvey, who learned his first Croatian words from Mia - "Bog, kako si?" (Hello, how are you?). Mia spent 9 days in Los Angeles filming for the show which has just started to air in the U.S. darko@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach and Darko ®ubriniæ) Wed, 23 Mar 2016 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10796/1/Traditional-celebration-in-Subotica-Prelo-sicanja--to-be-organized-on-7th-February-2016.html CROWN is very proud to announce a traditional celebration of Prelo 2016 in the city of Subotica. The whole region of Baèka where the city is situated is one of the trademarks of Croatian culture, especially via beautiful songs and dances of Bunjevci Croatians in Baèka. At the beginning of the 20th century, the city of Subotica was the largest Croatian city (larger than Croatian capital Zagreb). Also, the oldest Croatian soccer club called Baèka has been founded there, and its trademark was the Croatian Coat of Arms. The celebration of Prelo siæanja starts on 7th Feb 2016 at 5pm near the Franciscan church and continues at the Croatian Cultural Center Bunjevaèko kolo at 7pm. Traditional Bunjevci suits are obligatory. darko@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach and Darko ®ubriniæ) Fri, 29 Jan 2016 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10788/1/Croatian-writer-Miro-Gavran-nominated-for-the-2016-Hans-Christian-Andersen-Award.html Croatian writer Miro Gavran has been nominated for the 2016 Hans Christian Andersen Award, the most significant prize for children's literature in the world.  This prize has been awarded every two years to authors since 1956, and to illustrators since 1966. Works by Miro Gavran have been translated into 38 languages. Gavran has published ten books for children and teenagers, eagerly read by young and old alike: "How Dad Won Mum", "Try to Forget", "All Sorts Of Things In My Head", "Head Over Heels", "Happy Days", "The Teacher Of My Dreams", "A Summer To Remember" ... miro.gavran@zg.t-com.hr (Miro Gavran) Mon, 11 Jan 2016 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10778/1/Merry-Christmas-and-a-Happy-New-2016-accompanied-with-beautiful-Croatian-Christams-carols.html Croatia has as many as 500 traditional Christmas carols, the oldest ones dating from the 12th century, and sung also today. This number is probably greater than in the case of any other nation in the Christian world. We provide several video recordings to illustrate this important religious and musical heritage of the Republic of Croatia, which was a source of inspiration for numerous composers. On the photo a Christmas detail from the wooden portal of Andrija Buvina in the Split Cathedral, dating from 1214, of 530 cm of height. This is a top monument of Croatian culture. darko@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach and Darko ®ubriniæ) Fri, 25 Dec 2015 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10779/1/Croatian-dialects-interactive-atlas-project-directed-by-Dr-Velimir-Piskorec.html The atlas of Croatian dialects has the aim to describe the living speech heritage in various parts of the Republic of Croatia and outside of it. About seventy typical sentences have been chosen as an illustration. The project is directed by Dr Velimir Pi¹korec, professor at the University of Zagreb, at the Faculty of Arts and Letters. The project is far from being completed, and native speakers from various parts where the Croatians live are invited to participate. The project is a part of the effort to present global linguistic diversity of Mankind using Internet. darko.zubrinic@gmail.com (Darko ®ubriniæ) Sat, 19 Dec 2015 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10755/1/Miro-Gavrans-play-quotAll-About-Womenquot-premiered-in-Moscow-on-27th-Sep-2015.html Croatian writer Miro Gavran will have premiere of his play "All About Women" on 27th October 2015 in famous Russian theater "Et Cetera" in Moscow. Director of Gavran's play is young and talented Viktorija Pecernikova. The play was translated from Croatian into Russian by Sergej Girin. Actors are Angela Belian Skaya, Natalija Zhitkova, Olga Belova, Elizabeta Ryzhikh, Katarina Buylova and Anastasia Kormilitsyana. Gavran's play "All About Women" had 41 premieres in Europe, North and South America and India so far. Miro Gavran's plays were translated into 38 languages, there have been 300 world premieres and more then 3 million people around the world saw them. darko@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach and Darko ®ubriniæ) Tue, 27 Oct 2015 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10747/1/Miro-Gavrans-play-quotAll-About-Womenquot-had-100th-performance-in-Bratislava-Slovakia-in-2015.html Theater Divadlo v Podpalubi from Bratislava, Slovakia had 100th performance of Miro Gavran's play "All About Women" with author attending on September 30th, 2015. Translation into Slovak was done by Jan Jankovic while director is Minim F. Otzow. Main roles are performed by Andrea Profantova, Andrea Karnasova and Bibiana Ondrejkova. Miro Gavran is a Croatian playwright and novelist, whose works have been translated into thirty-five languages. His plays have had more than two hundred first nights worldwide and have been seen by more than two million theatregoers. darko@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach and Darko ®ubriniæ) Sun, 04 Oct 2015 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10724/1/Mia-Negovetic-interpreting-Croatian-National-Anthem-on-the-occasion-of-the-Victory-Day-on-5th-August-2015.html Mia Negovetiæ is only 12 years old girl from the city of Rijeka, Croatia, who had the honor to interpret Lijepa Na¹a (Our Beautiful), the most beautiful national anthem, accompanied with Klapa Sv Juraj of the Croatian Military Marine, during the celebration of the 20 years of Humanitarian and Liberation Operation Storm in 1995. Mia is from the family of musicians, her favorite subject in school is mathematics, and she would like to become a cook and have a family. darko@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach and Darko ®ubriniæ) Thu, 06 Aug 2015 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10717/1/Vladimir-Bubrin--Vinko-Grubisic-The-Glory-and-Fame-Croatian-Renaissance-Reader-NY-2015.html Vladimir Bubrin & Vinko Grubisic (on the photo) have prepared an important and extensive book dealing with Croatian Reanaissance literature.  It has been published in 2015 by Croatian Academy of America, NY, USA. The book has 589 pages and provides the original Croatian texts from the Renaissance period (14-17th century), their translation into contemprary Croatian langague, as well as into English. Large portions of the book have already been published in the Journal of Croatian Studies, issued by the same Academy. Now, by publishing the book this valuable material has been made available for broad public - for students, experts, as well as to all those interested in Croatian literature. Professors Grubi¹iæ and Bubrin live in Canada, employed at the University of Waterloo and the Univeristy of Toronoto, respectively. darko@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach and Darko ®ubriniæ) Wed, 22 Jul 2015 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10725/1/Miro-Gavran8217s-play-All-About-Women-to-be-shown-in-Avignon-France-4-26-July-2015.html Miro Gavran's play "All About Women" that had its premiere in production of "Compagnie du soir" in Le Funambule Theatre Montmartre in Paris in June of last year and was a great success will be performed on renowned international theatre festival "OFF AVIGNON" that will be held from July 4th to 26th. Play was translated into French by Anica Falamic-Brochoire and Tsolinee Vacher. Director is Etienne Chevrel while main roles are performed by Fanny Honore, Friedrique Renda and Tsolinee Vacher. The play takes place in today's Zagreb and all of the three actresses play five roles in five stories full of emotions and humour giving audience insight into intimate life of contemporary women. This Gavran's play so far had forty one performances around the world and was translated into fifteen languages. darko@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach and Darko ®ubriniæ) Mon, 08 Jun 2015 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10679/1/Artur-Bagdasarov-and-Vinicije-Lupis-creating-a-bridge-of-friendship-between-Armenia-and-Croatia.html Artur Bagdasarov (Moscow) and Vinicije Lupis (Dubrovnik) are the authors of an important book Armenija - domovina sv. Vlaha  (Armenia - Homeland of St Blaise), dealing with the history St. Blaise tradition in the city of Dubrovnik, going back to the 10th century. St. Blaise, known in Croatia as Sveti Vlaho, is an Armenian saint who lived in 3rd and 4th centuries. The monograph provides a detailed account of historical contactcts between Croatians and Armenians. Dr. Artur Bagdasarov is an expert in Croatian linguistics, while Dr. Vinicije Lupis is a distinguished Croatian historian. darko@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach and Darko ®ubriniæ) Sat, 25 Apr 2015 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10678/1/Hrvojka-Mihanovic-Salopek-and-her-Stella-Maris-Croatiae-project.html Hrvojka Mihanoviæ Salopek, PhD, of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, is the director of important cultural project Stella Maris Croatiae, the aim of which is to present the most important examples of the veneration of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Croatia, including noted Marian shrines and an anthological selection of Marian works from the theological, artistic and musical heritage. Dr. Mihanoviæ Salopek and her team deserve our deep gratitude for her project and for their fantastic achievement, this time concentrated on the Southern Croatian islands and on Slavonian wheat fields. darko@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach and Darko ®ubriniæ) Sat, 25 Apr 2015 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10655/1/Frank-Westermans-book-about-the-Lipik-Lipizzaners-translated-into-Croatian.html Frank Westerman's book about Lipizzaner horses, with emphasis on their destiny in the 20th century, especially during the Serbian aggression on Croatia in 1990-1995, originally published in Dutch, has been translated into 15 languages and has 40 editions until 2015. As stressed by Frank Westerman in his book, the CROWN (Croatian World Network) and Nenad Bach had an important role in launching the international media campaign aiming to return from Serbia the stolen Croatian Lipizzaners from back to their homeland. Mr. Westerman visited on many occasion the town of Lipik, in which numerous noble Lipizzan horses have been mercilessly assassinated during the aggression. darko.zubrinic@gmail.com (Darko ®ubriniæ) Wed, 11 Mar 2015 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10649/1/Nikola-Tesla-distinguished-Croatian-American-inventor-and-his-high-school-education-in-Croatia.html Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) attended the high-school (High Real School) in Rakovac, Croatia, in the period of 1870-73, where the subjects were taught in German language. One of the compulsorly subjects that young Tesla had, was Croatian language (Kroatische Sprache), which was his mother tongue. Martin Sekuliæ, high school professor of Mathematics and Physics, was probably the most important among Tesla's professors during his entire education, since he enthused him for electricity, magnetism and polar light. Sekuliæ was an active researcher and a member of the Academy of Sciences in Croatia's capital Zagreb, in the Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences. darko.zubrinic@gmail.com (Darko ®ubriniæ) Sat, 28 Feb 2015 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10641/1/Nenad-Hancic-created-new-font-inspired-by-the-Vinodol-Code-written-in-Croatian-Glagolitic-Script-in-1288.html Nenad Hanèiæ, living in Duesseldorf, Germany, has created a superb new computer font representing the famous Vinodol Code, a very old and important legal document written in Croatian Glagolitic Script, dating from the 13th century, more precisely, from 1288. This is the first font representing the most important Croatian Middle Age legal document. The Vinodol Code was written more than two hundred years before the discovery of America. Congratulations to Nenad Hanèiæ for great job! darko@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach and Darko ®ubriniæ) Fri, 16 Jan 2015 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10620/1/Cedomir-Antolic-distinguished-Croatian-spiritual-singer-composer-and-songwriter.html Èedomir Antoliæ is distinguished spiritual singer, composer and songwriter in Croatia, active since the early 1970s, a person of unique vocal color and of rare musicality. He is usually accompaning himself with his guitar, singing his beautiful verses and. Mr. Antoliæ founded several spiritual music groups in the city of Zagreb, and for the last several years he had very successful collaboration with ®eljka Marinoviæ. Mr. Èedo Antoliæ also had several public appearances with Nenad Bach. His music style ranges from butterfly tenderness to volcanic force. Equally impressive are his colorful improvizations as a background vocal accompaning other singers. darko@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach and Darko ®ubriniæ) Sun, 12 Oct 2014 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10619/1/Faust-Vrancic-1551-1617-Memorial-Center-on-the-island-of-Prvic-near-the-town-of-Sibenik-in-Croatia.html Faust Vranèiæ was a distinguished Croatian inventor and encyclopaedist during Renaissance 16/17th centuries. Among his most important inventions we mention the parachute as we use today (very different from Leonardo da Vinci'c), suspension bridge and wind turbine. He wrote an important five language dictionary of the most noble Eureopan languages, which included Latin, Italian, German, Croatian and Hungarian. Faust Vranèiæ, born in the town of ©ibenik, now has a superb Memorial Center on the nearby island of Prviæ, where he was burried according his last wish. darko.zubrinic@gmail.com (Darko ®ubriniæ) Wed, 08 Oct 2014 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10574/1/Gavrans-premiere-of-quotAll-About-Womenquot-in-Paris-and-hundredth-performance-of-quotCreons-Antigonequot-in-Avignon.html Miro Gavran will have the premiere of his drama "All About Women" in Paris on July 6th. The premiere will happen in LA FUNAMBLE THEATRE MONTMARTRE in the production of  "Compagnie du soir", and the show will play every day until July 29th. As luck would have it, on that same July 6th at the Theater Festival in Avignon, the formal 100th performance of Gavran's drama "Creon's Antigone" is to be performed by the ROSEAU Theater, which will then in Avignon be played 20 times in a row for the duration of the festival. darko@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach and Darko ®ubriniæ) Fri, 13 Jun 2014 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10565/1/Ljubo-Krasic-director-of-Croatian-Ethnic-Institute-in-Chicago-USA.html The Franciscans established the Croatian Ethnic Institute in 1975, with headquarters in Chicago, for the purpose of preserving and promoting the Croatian heritage in the United States and Canada. This foundation was established with one far-sighted goal, namely, that all which is valuable and in any way related to the Croatians could be found in one place and used for various kinds of research. An additional goal of the Institute was to promote Croatian history, culture, literature, and heritage. The current director of the Croatian Ethnic Institute is fra Ljubo Krasiæ. darko@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach and Darko ®ubriniæ) Thu, 22 May 2014 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10547/1/Vuprem-oci-an-old-traditional-Croatian-song-very-popular-among-French-vocal-choirs.html Vuprem oèi is a very tender and poetic Croatian folk song from the region of Meðimurje on the north of Croatia. Its simple melody follows a pentatonic pattern, so typical for this part of Croatia. We express our deep gratitude to Professor Kre¹imir Veseliæ, distinguished Croatian mathematician, who informed us about popularity of this song in France. We also owe our sincere gratitude to numerous French choirs and their conductors for their exceptional perfomances. Moreover, they all sing this song in Croatian! This song is a jewel of the European cultural landscape. On the photo Mrs. Pascale Scarabin from France, fantastic solo interpretor of Vuprem oèi. darko.zubrinic@gmail.com (Darko ®ubriniæ) Thu, 17 Apr 2014 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10542/1/Branko-Istvancic-Croatian-filmmaker-recipient-of-the-Liliane-Stewart-Award-for-Design-Arts-in-Montreal-Canada.html Branko I¹tvanèiæ is recipient of a highly praised award at the The International Festival of Films on Art (FIFA) 2014 in Montreal, Canada, for his very beautiful and poetic documentary film "Straw-Girls." The “straw girls” are anonymous Croatian artists of Bunjevci ethnicity who live in the province of Baèka. They found straw to be the “green” medium of choice for creating paintings, sculptures and applied art objects as an antidote to their difficult life on the vast Pannonian plain. In 2013 Mr Branko II¹tvanèiæ already won the Gold Camera Award for best documentary in Los Angeles, USA. darko@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach and Darko ®ubriniæ) Tue, 01 Apr 2014 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10525/1/Dr-Svyetlana-Vyalova-Russian-expert-in-Croatian-Glagolitic-Script-writes-about-the-Bercic-Collection.html Svyetlana Olegovna Vyalova is distinguished expert in Croatian Glagolitic Script, working in the Russian National Library in St. Petersburg, which the Russians claim to be the largest in the world. The library is in possession of the Berèiæ Collection, which is the largest collection of Croatian Glagolitic manuscripts and books kept outside of Croatia, purchased by the Russian Imperial Academz already in 1865. It contains 228 items, and among them is extremely rare 1483 Croatian Glagolitic incunabulum, which is considered as one of the greatest valuables of the Library. According to her own words, Dr. Vyalova dedicated her best scientific years to the research of the Croatian Glagolitic heritage. wialova@gmail.com (Svyetlana Olegovna Vyalova) Sun, 23 Feb 2014 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10500/1/-Miro-Gavrans-world-premiere-of-quotHOW-TO-STEAL-A-WIFEquot-in-Vilnius-in-Lithuania-adapted-from-his-comedy.html The world premiere of the film "How to Steal a Wife", which was adapted from Miro Gavran's theatre comedy "Henpecked Husbands", is scheduled for December 20th in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. The producer is LITL BAZ PICTURES from Vilnius. The director is the young, but exceptionally successful Donatas Ulvydas. Shortly after its release in Vilnius, the film will play in theaters in America and Europe, so screenings are already lined up in Chicago, London, Oslo, Copenhagen, Bergen ... Very recently Miro Gavran had premieres in Slovakia, Czechia and in Russia. darko@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach and Darko ®ubriniæ) Mon, 16 Dec 2013 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10477/1/Ivana-Marija-Vidovic-representing-her-native-city-of-Dubrovnik-and-Croatia-in-Italy-as-a-pianist-and-poet.html Ivana Marija Vidoviæ, distinguished Croatian pianist and poet born in the city of Dubrovnik, is a frequent guest in Italy. On the other hand, as a profound connoisseur of Italian culture, she was nominated in 2010 as an Ambassador of Italian culture in Croatia. In October 2013 she had two recitals and a master class at the Conservatory of Antonio Vivaldi in Alessandria, with emphasis on the opus of Croatian pianist Dora Pejaèeviæ. During the 2013 PianoMasters Festival in Lombardia in Palazzo Gallio, she was playing Mozart, Granados and Dore Pejaèeviæ, while during the break her verses have been recited by Italian actor Claudio Milani. At the end Ivana recited the verses in original Croatian language. darko.zubrinic@gmail.com (Darko ®ubriniæ) Fri, 01 Nov 2013 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10472/1/Jolijn-Ceelen-from-the-Netherlands-learning-Croatian-Glagolitic-Script-with-her-father-Mart-in-Sv-Filip-i-Jakov.html Ms. Jolijn Ceelen is a very young and gifted painter and designer from the Netherlands (Nijmegen), and her father Mart (Schijndel) is interested in painting as well. In September 2013 they decided to participate in the Fourth Glagolitic Workshop organized by the Society of Glagolites of Zadar, founded in 2012, in order to learn the basics of the exotic Croatian Glagolitic Script. The literature writen using this amazing script during the past centuries (from the 10th century till today) is surprisingly rich. The Ceelen's arrived to Croatia for the first time, and shared their fascination with other participants of the Glagolitic Workshop. darko.zubrinic@gmail.com (Darko ®ubriniæ) Fri, 11 Oct 2013 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10442/1/Croatia---Land-and-People-internet-project-of-the-Public-Diplomacy-Service-and-the-Lexicographic-Institute.html We are pleased to inform the readers of the CROWN that, on the occasion of Croatia's accession to the EU, a new website has been recently launched: www.croatia.eu, that is, "Croatia - Land and People“. It has been produced on the initiative of the Public Diplomacy Service of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Croatia, with the support of the Institute of Lexicography in Zagreb. The project has been initiated by Mr. Zvonimir Frka Pete¹iæ, head of the Public Diplomacy Service. darko@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach and Darko ®ubriniæ) Wed, 24 Jul 2013 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10430/1/-Marko-Marulic-1450-1524-and-Katarina-Livljanic-JUDITH-biblical-history-of-Renaissance-Croatia.html   Far from the traditional filming of a staged performance, Alpha and Katarina Livljanic offer a genuinely cinematographic work based on the epic poem Judita of the Croatian Renaissance writer Marko Maruliæ. Judita has been printed in Croatian language in 1521, and Marko Maruliæ, one of the greatest Croatian writers, expressly stated in the title of his book that the poem was written in Croatian language. Musically, this project by Katarina Livljaniæ, professor at the University of Paris - Sorbonne, is a reconstruction, using Gregorian, Beneventan and Glagolitic sources of medieval Dalmatia, as well as the study of Croatian Glagolitic chant in oral tradition. darko.zubrinic@gmail.com (Darko ®ubriniæ) Fri, 28 Jun 2013 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10421/1/GLAGOLICA-a-European-Musical-Language---project-by-Festival-Kvarner-in-Opatija-25-26-June-2013-Croatia.html The “GLAGOLICA - A European Musical Language” project, is an awarded EU project within the framework of the Culture Programme 2007-2013. We are speaking about Croatia, which will enter the European Union on 1st of July 2013. The central theme is the Croatian recension of Old Church Slavonic literary language with its Croatian Glagolitic Script. The program includes the concerts of Katarina Livljaniæ (25th June, Middle Age Music) and I.G. Kovaèiæ Choir from Zagreb (26th June, Bruckner's Te Deum) in  the city of Opatija in Istrian peninsula, both at 21:30. Croatian Glagolitic Script will be visualized by Ars Electronica from Vienna. On the photo is the logo of Festival Kvarner in Opatija, Croatia. darko.zubrinic@gmail.com (Darko ®ubriniæ) Wed, 12 Jun 2013 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10415/1/Miro-Gavrans-interviews-and-plays-to-be-shown-in-Poland-the-Czech-Republic-and-in-Belgium-in-June-2013.html Miro Gavran, the greatest contemporary Croatin playwright, will soon have several appearances with his plays and interviews in Poland, the Czech Republic, and in Belgium. His works have been translated into 35 languages worldwide, including Chinese. His play Hotel Babilon is in some way very special: it is a monodrama in which his wife Mladena Gavran (on the photo) plays as many as ELEVEN different roles. darko.zubrinic@gmail.com (Darko ®ubriniæ) Fri, 07 Jun 2013 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10405/1/Artur-Bagdasarov-author-of-Croatian-Russian-Dictionary-containing-35000-lexemes-published-in-Moscow-2013.html A special attention in this dictionary has been payed to the phraseology. Many notion from the Croatian history, culture, faith, tradition, and their way of life have been described. The dictionary will be useful to a broad audience. It can be recommended to translators, philologists, professors, students, and all those who use it in professional level. Dr. Bagdasarov is a frequent guest in free Croatian media, author of numerous articles and books, and a recipient of the INA Awarad for international promotion of Croatian culture. We congratulate Dr. Bagadasarov on this superb work. darko.zubrinic@gmail.com (Darko ®ubriniæ) Thu, 09 May 2013 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10403/1/MARULIC-DAYS-2013-in-the-city-of-Split-in-Croatia---COLLOQVIVM-MARVLIANVM-XXIII.html The 2013 COLLOQVIVM MARVLIANVM XXIII, under the title  The Heritage of Classical Antiquity in Renaissance Texts, has been organized by the Split Literary Circle - Marulianum, Split, Croatia, 19-20 April 2013. This international conference was held in the Institute of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts in Split. It was a part of a much larger cultural event, The Maruliæ Days 2013, named after Marko Maruliæ 1450-1524 (Marcvs Marvlvs), a Croatian Renaissance writer, who was living in the city of Split. darko.zubrinic@gmail.com (Darko ®ubriniæ) Mon, 06 May 2013 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10400/1/Croatian-Academy-of-America-celebrates-its-60th-anniversary-in-2013.html In 1953, a group of persons dedicated to promoting Croatian history, art and culture agreed that a formal organization needed to be established to introduce to an American and Canadian scholarly audience the importance of Croatia to civilization.  The Croatian Academy of America (CAA) resulted from the work of these dedicated persons. The Academy’s Journal of Croatian Studies made its first appearance seven years later, in 1960, and has been publishing ever since, showcasing the articles of hundreds of prominent scholars from North America and Croatia. On the photo John Kraljiæ, the current president of CAA. darko.zubrinic@gmail.com (Darko ®ubriniæ) Thu, 25 Apr 2013 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10399/1/Miro-Gavran-Croatian-writer-and-ceremonial-300th-performance-of-his-drama-in-the-Prague-in-Czech-Republic.html On Sunday, April 14th in Prague, Theater STUDIO DVA presented the ceremonial 300th performance of Miro Gavran's drama 'All About Men', translated by Blanka Kuèerova and Blanka Fi¹erova, and directed by Jana Janekova. Miro Gavran is a well-known author in the Czech Republic; so far, he has had twelve premieres there, as well as two published books - a drama book, and the novel 'Judita'. Miro Gavran's works have hitherto been translated into 35 languages, and have had over 200 permieres perfomed around the world. darko@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach and Darko ®ubriniæ) Sat, 20 Apr 2013 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10391/1/Miro-Gavran-distinguished-Croatian-writer-was-performed-in-India-in-Hindi-in-March-2013.html On March 23rd there was the premiere of  Miro Gavran’s play “Forget Hollywood” in Hyderabad, India, produced by the Theater SIFAR. The play was translated into Hindi, and directed by Feroze Ahmed, while the leading roles are played by Chandra Shekhawat and Shravant Koneru. Miro Gavran's theatrical pieces are of global popularity, translated into 35 languages. darko.zubrinic@gmail.com (Darko ®ubriniæ) Wed, 27 Mar 2013 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10364/1/Iulius-Clouius-Croatus-and-a-mistake-of-the-Kunsthistorisches-Museum-in-Vienna-and-of-the-Europeana-in-the-Hague.html Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna keeps an early self-portrait of Julije Kloviæ, a famous Croatian Renaissance miniature painter, that is, of Iulius Clouius Croatus 1498-1578, as can be clearly seen in a short description on the upper border of the self-portrait (follow the link in the title to see it). Citing this description in the accompaning web page of this institution, the name of "Croatus" has been omitted. The same mistake can be seen on the Europeana web page http://pro.europeana.eu/. We are asking for explanation and the correction. darko.zubrinic@gmail.com (Darko ®ubriniæ) Mon, 04 Feb 2013 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10362/1/Gavrans-novel-quotThe-Only-Witness-to-Beautyquot-translated-from-Croatian-language-into-Bulgarian.html Miro Gavran's novel "The Only Witness to Beauty" has been published in the Bulgarian language in Alexandar Liven's translation. The publisher is "The Foundation for Bulgarian Literature" from Sofia. After its publlication in Croatian in 2009, the novel was met by a warm welcome from readers and the critics, and it will be published in The Netherlands by the end of 2013.  Miro Gavran's works have been translated from Croatian into 35 different languages to date. darko.zubrinic@gmail.com (Darko ®ubriniæ) Thu, 31 Jan 2013 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10347/1/Croatie---la-voici-Lalphabet-glagolitique-croate-en-France.html Croatia - here it is! Croatian Glagolitic Alphabet will be exhibited in France in the Museum of Tau in Reims, France. A famous Evangel of Reims, Croatian Glagolitic book ,is kept in the City Library of Reims since 16th century as a special tresure. The book has an amazing biography: handwritten in 1395 in the Prague, tied with an even older Cyrillic Evangel from Kiev, Ukraine, from 11th century, it is a significant symbol of European cultural landscape, connecting Western and Eastern Christianity. An exhibition entitled THE CROATIAN GLAGOLITIC SCRIPT will be open 13 Dec 2012 - 24 Feb 2013 in Palais du Tau, in Reims. darko.zubrinic@gmail.com (Darko ®ubriniæ) Mon, 10 Dec 2012 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10344/1/Nenad-Bach-Band-spectacular-concert-in-Croatias-capital-Zagreb-Nov-30-2012.html The Nenad Bach Band appeared for the first time in Croatia, in Nenad Bach's native city of Zagreb, in the Vatroslav Lisinski concert hall. Nenad Bach Band is composed of high class professional musicians, with a very specific, recognizable sound, interwoven with elements of Croatian folk music, enriched with Nenad's beautiful verses. Some of greatest stars of Croatian music participated as Nenad's special guests: Arsen Dediæ, Radojka ©verko, Miroslav ©koro, Marko Tolja and Klapa Sinj. For the first time Nenad's song entitled VUKOVAR has been performed, in which the names that will never be forgotten are mentioned: Jean Michel Nicolier, Sini¹a Glava¹eviæ, Vesna Bosanac, and Blago Zadro. darko.zubrinic@gmail.com (Darko ®ubriniæ) Sat, 01 Dec 2012 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10339/1/Petar-Janjic---Tromblon-defendor-of-Vukovar-and-Croatia--in-1991-and-twenty-years-after.html Petar Janjiæ nicknamed Tromblon, was an active participant of the defense of Vukovar in 1991, and survived infamous concentration camps in Serbia. He is speaking about his life and about Croatian defenders in his important and unique autobiographic book about the 1991 Vukovar tragedy, entitled "®edni krvi gladni izdaje" (Those Thirsty of Blood and Hungry of Treason). He is openly and very courageously describing some of the current problems of contemporary Croatia. darko.zubrinic@gmail.com (Darko ®ubriniæ) Sun, 18 Nov 2012 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10326/1/Dr-Borislav-Arapoviae-A-Remarkable-Address-Given-by-a-Croatian-Minister-to-Those-Going-to-War-1778.html An amazing anti-war, pacifist sermon was given in 1778 by an anonymous Croatian preacher to Croatian soldiers, immediately before the battle between Austrian and Prussian troops in Bohemia. While the Croatian original is still unknown, that same year eight translations were published in German in 1778, Dutch in 1778 (in the Hague (sic!), Amsterdam, and Leeuwarden), in Swedish in 1778 and 1779, and in Latvian in 1804 and 1805. The existing documents have been published by Dr. Borislav Arapoviæ, Croatian scholar living in Stockholm, honorary president of the Biblical Institute in the capital of Sweden, foreign member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. darko.zubrinic@gmail.com (Darko ®ubriniæ) Sun, 07 Oct 2012 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10311/1/-Learn-Croatian-8211-in-person-or-over-Skype.html Many Croats speak English, German, or other languages well enough to make guests feel comfortable. But for those wanting a closer connection to the country - travelers, rather than tourists; professionals with business in the country; second- or third-generation overseas Croats with family ties; or new residents, for example - learning Croatian is the key to feeling at home. New students are invited to witness the benefits of our e-learning courses via Skype by testing the program with a free 90-minute lesson. For additional information, please visit www.learning-croatian.com . darko@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach and Darko ®ubriniæ) Tue, 21 Aug 2012 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10309/1/Miro-Gavrans-comedy-to-be-premiered-in-Hyderabad-in-India-August-19th-2012.html The Croatian writer Miro Gavran's comedy, My Wife's Husband, will be premiered in the SIFAR Theatre's production in the Indian city of Hyderabad on August 19th 2012, 7:30 pm. The play has been translated into the Hindi language by Feroze Ahmed, and the leading roles will be played by Prakash Phadnis and Feroze Ahmed. The city of Hyderabad is cultural and political centre of the focal Indian federal state of Andhra Pradesh. Miro Gavran's works have been translated into 35 languages, his plays have had over 200 premieres, and his shows have been seen by more than two million theatre-goers. darko.zubrinic@gmail.com (Darko ®ubriniæ) Sun, 12 Aug 2012 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10299/1/Livio-Marijan--Ivica-Dundovic-of-Zadar-Croatia-won-gold-medal-at-the-European-Folklore-Festival-in-Bulgaria.html Ivica Dundoviæ and Livio Marijan are winners of a prestitigious European Folklore Festival organized from 10th to 20th July 2012 in Bargas in Bulgaria, under the auspices of UNESCO. Besides the gold medal they also won the black orpheus, a prize of the public, the recommendation for the World Folklore Festival, and are recipients of a special diploma "Revelation of the Festival". They were singing old, almost forgotton Croatian songs from Dalmatia, including traditional Glagolitic songs from the town of Kali on the island of Ugljan. darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Mon, 23 Jul 2012 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10252/1/Nenad-Bach--Miro-Gavran-hosted-by-Branimir-Bilic-on-Croatian-TV-2010.html Nenad Bach, distinguished Croatian-American musician, and Miro Gavran, distinguished Croatian writer, both of worldwide reputation, were guests on the Croatian Television show Lica nacije (Faces of the Nation) hosted by Branimir Biliæ on the photo and directed by ®eljko Musiæ. This very interesting interview discussed strategic issues of the global promotion of Croatian culture, as well as fundamental human values nourished within family. darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Sun, 22 Apr 2012 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10251/1/Miro-Gavrans-comedy-quotMy-Wifes-Husbandquot-will-be-premiered-in-Mumbai-India-28-April-2012.html On April 28 Miro Gavran's comedy, "My Wife's Husband" will be premiered in Mumbai, India in the Hindi language.  The Performers Theatre Group and the National Centre for Performing Arts in Mumbai are handling the production side. The play has been translated into Hindi and is being directed by Munish Sharma, while the main roles are being played by Aditi Pohanker, Munish Sharma and Abhimanyu Pandey. darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Sun, 22 Apr 2012 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10239/1/Dr-Artur-Bagdasarov-congratulates-all-Croatians-the-Holiday-of-Croatian-Language-11-17-March.html Dr. Artur Bagdasarov is distinguished expert in Croatian language working in Moscow, of Armenian origin. He published nine books dealing with various aspects of Croatian language. Here is his message, written in Croatian: Dragi Hrvati! Svima vama u domovini Hrvatskoj, svima vama raseljenima diljem svijeta, mojim kolegama hrvatskoga jezika èestitam blagdan Hrvatskoga jezika! U Hrvatskoj se svake godine, od 11. do 17. o¾ujka, slavite Dane hrvatskoga jezika. Ta kulturna manifestacija utemeljena je odlukom Hrvatskog sabora 1997. godine, na spomen Deklaracije o nazivu i polo¾aju hrvatskoga knji¾evnoga jezika. ... darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Sun, 11 Mar 2012 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10238/1/Professor-Artur-Bagdasarov-published-a-quotShort-Croatian-Grammarquot-in-Russian-language-in-Moscow-2012.html Prof. Dr. Artur Bagadsarov is a well known Russian expert in Croatian language. He was the first one to have published a Croatian-Russian Dictionary and several scientific books about Croatian literary language for the Russian readers. The "Short Croatian Grammar" is his ninth book dealing with various aspects of Croatian language, and is intended for a broad audience. The book is printed on 96 pp in 3000 copies. Our sincere congratulations to professor Bagdasarov for his newest book. darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Sun, 04 Mar 2012 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10229/1/Katarina-Livljanic-presenting-Judith-by-Marko-Marulic-a-famous-Croatian-Renaissance-writer-from-15-16th-ct.html Ms. Katarina Livljanic enacted the ancient drama with splendidly pure singing in Croatian, urgent narration, a penetrating gaze and expressive hands. (...) What makes “Judith” seem almost startlingly modern and metaphysical at times is Ms. Livljanic’s incorporation of other 16th-century texts dealing with inner dialogues at climactic moments in the story. The New York Times, USA. Marko Maruliæ 1450-1525 was Croatian Renaissance writer, one of the most important European spiritual writers of his time. He wrote the Biblical epic in Croatian, and stated expressly on the title of the book that the book was written in Croatian verses - u versih harvatski. darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10223/1/Miro-Gavrans-play-All-About-Women-will-be-premiered-in-New-York-on-February-17.html Dear Friends! If you happen to be in New York on 17th February, I would love to see you at my premiere.  I am forwarding more detailed information on the play from the Presscut Agency. With good wishes, Sincerely, Miro Gavran. PS The play is premiered by STOREFRONT PRODUCTION at the Gallery MC in the West End.The play 'All About Women' is set in contemporary Zagreb, Croatia and portrays fifteen female characters of all ages in five different stories that are intertwined. darko@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach and Darko ®ubriniæ) Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10197/1/Georges-dEsclavonie-Croatian-professor-at-Sorbonne-in-Paris-and-French-spiritual-writer-around-1400.html Georgius de Sclavonia or Georges d'Esclavonie wrote his book Le chasteau de viriginte in 1411. With this article we mark 600 years since its appearance in France, at the Beaument Benedictine Abbey in the city of Tours. This Croatian scholar studied at the famous Sorbonne in Paris, where he became professor at the beginning of the 15 century. The Municiapl Library of Tours keeps his texts written in the Croatian Glagolitic Script (see on the left), which he expressly calls Alphabetum Chrawaticum. This texts constitute the earliest known Croatian handwritten manual for children, which he reproduced at Sorbonne in Paris, accompanied with his commentaries in Latin. darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Mon, 12 Dec 2011 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10202/1/Argentinean-Croats-presented-on-YouTube-by-Studia-Croatica.html Joza Vrljièak, indefatiguable director of Studia Croatica society in Buenos Aires, sent us a set of 39 videos describing rich cultural activities of Argentinean Croats. On the photo the logo of Jorgovan,  which is one of very active and successful Croatian cultural societies in Argentina. We also provide a few recepies of Croatian sweets that are popular in Argentina, hoping that they could be useful for your family for the celebration of the forthcoming Christmas and New Year. darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Fri, 25 Nov 2011 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10194/1/Incorporating-the-Diaspora-in-Contemporary-Croatian-Studies--The-Harriman-Institute.html This series of short presentations will introduce the exciting and dynamic developments at the University of Rijeka’s new campus, as well as outline the university’s goals for expanding international cooperation, exchange, and Croatian language education. There will also be a focus on how to strengthen cooperation and exchange between the University of Rijeka and Croatian émigré communities in the United States, including knowledge transfer, student exchanges, contributions of returning scholars, and development opportunities. letters@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach) Sat, 22 Oct 2011 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10174/1/Suncica---Sunny-Way-of-the-Cross-of-Croatian-women-and-children-in-Serbian-concentration-camps-1991-1995.html Sunèica - Sunny was only eight months old when she was taken prisoner with her mother in Vukovar 1991. Twenty years later, Sunny is a grown girl and knows what was done to her and her mother. Croatia is interwoven with the strength of countless Sunnies. Sunèica - Sunny is the title of a bilingual Croatian-English book written against the crime of silence and suppression still being commited against her and her mother today. The book was published by the Society of former detainees of Serbian concentration camps in 2011. darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Tue, 20 Sep 2011 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10172/1/Epidaurus-Festival-in-Croatia-for-littlest-residents-of-Dubrovnik-region-in-Pridvorje-16-Sep-2011-at-8pm.html The most precious things begin and end at home; all else is secondary. Je¾urka Je¾iæ, the popular character from Branko Æopiæ's “Je¾eva kuæica” (The Hedgehog's Home), understood this.  So shall we, and our children; I'm not afraid for the children - they will understand if they have a chance. A beautiful interpretation of this timeless text takes the form of a musical in the enchanted surroundings of Konavle's Pridvorje on Friday, September 16th 2011 at 8pm. This lovely and important presentation is a gift from the Epidaurus Festival to the kindergarten in Konavle. darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Thu, 15 Sep 2011 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10164/1/Nenad-Hancic-created-a-new-high-quality-Croatian-Glagolitic-font-for-Windows.html Nenad Hanèiæ from Germany, Duesseldorff, created a new Croatian Glagolitic font for Windows. The lower case letters of the font “Glagolica Missal DPG” are oriented on the “Missal from 1483”, the first Croatian printed book (incunabulum), while the capital letters are oriented on those of “Transit of St. Jerome”, a book printed in Croatian Glagolitic characters in the town of Senj in 1508. We owe our deep gratitude to Nenad Hanèiæ: his work will be immensly useful both for amateurs and professionals. darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Sun, 28 Aug 2011 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10156/1/University-School-of-Croatian-Language-and-Culture.html The University School of Croatian Language and Culture offers an intensive course of the Croatian language. The School is offered to persons of Croatian background, e.g. heritage Croatian speakers, as well as to any student who want to learn (more) about the Croatian language and culture. In addition to the academic programme, students visit museums, galleries, theatre productions, see the sights of Zagreb, take a study trips, etc. The cultural programme is organised by the Croatian Heritage Foundation and it is relevant to lessons and classwork. lcvikic@gmail.com (Lidija Cvikiæ) Tue, 16 Aug 2011 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10140/1/Carmen-Verlichak-Vrljieak-Hrvati-u-Argentini---Croatians-in-Argentina.html Carmen Verlichak is distiguished Croatian writer living in Buenos Aires, Argentina, born in Madrid, Spain, expert in the history of Croatians in South America. In 2011 her publishing house Krivodol Press seated in Buenos Aires, and named after a small Croatian village of Krivodol from which her predecessors arrive, issued an extremely interesting book Hrvati u Argentina (Croatians in Argentina), in Croatian langauge. It is closely related to her previous very successful edition bearing the same title, but in Castellano: Los croatas de la Argentina. The book is is full of exceptionally interesting life stories of Croatian families, accompanied by several dozens of photos. It is a pleasure to read this book. darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Tue, 12 Jul 2011 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10137/1/Branko-Fucic-1920-1999-representative-collection-of-conference-papers-published-about-his-life-and-work.html  Sixty three conference papers from the International Scholarly Seminar on the Life and Work of Academician Branko Fuèiæ (1920-1999) have been published in 2011 in voluminous, representative monograph comprising 844 pp. Branko Fuèiæ was distinguished expert in Croatian Glagolitic Script, in the history of Croatian church art, in particular for the area of Istria, dr. honoris causa in theology, and recipient of Herder's prize in Vienna. The monograph has been edited by dr. Tomislav Galoviæ of the Faculty of Arts and Letters, University of Zagreb. darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Sat, 02 Jul 2011 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10136/1/Branka-Kandic-Splavski-and-her-Croatian-fairy-tales-as-medicine---Bajka-kao-lijek.html Branka Kandiæ-Splavski is a specialist in family medicine and in her soul, a fairy tales writer. In 2004 after her first book ANDREA'S SHELL had been published her personal and professional life took a new direction: one of her patients was dying of brain cancer. She was no longer able to move, or speak, she was laying motionless and communicated only with her eyes. In the process of catching the public ear and eye, informing and educating the society about the patients' rights and neccessity for dignified care in the lives of severely ill people the fairy tale idea once again served as a bridge. vladom@xnet.hr (Vladimir Mihajloviæ) Wed, 29 Jun 2011 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10134/1/Miro-Gavrans-play-quotAll-About-Womenquot-watched-by-theatre-lovers-in-India.html ‘All About Women' was a wonderful journey in to the lives of women. The play has been written by Croatian author and playwright Miro Gavran. It starred Mumbai-based theatre artists Ratnabali Bhattacharjee, Prerna Chawla, Nimrat Kaur, Tahira Nath, Malaika Shenoy and Shivani Tanksale. It was made up of five interwoven stories of the dreams, aspirations and the unexpressed desires of women. A few minutes into the play, the stage, the lights and the audience all melted away. Only the actors on stage remained. They were like people who lived next door!... Written by Akila Kannadasan for The Hindu. darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Wed, 22 Jun 2011 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10130/1/KAFKAS-FRIEND-and-FORGOTTEN-SON-by-Miro-Gavran-go-digital-on-Amazon.html The most frequently translated contemporary Croatian writer, Miro Gavran, has published his novels Kafka's Friend and Forgotten Son in their English translation by Nina H. Kay-Antoljak as e-books on AMAZON, making them accessible with the Kindle electronic reader. Miro Gavran's works have been translated into 35 languages, and his books have come out in 150 different editions at home and abroad. His dramas and comedies have had more than 200 theatre first nights around the world and have been seen by more than two million theatre-goers. mocnaj@gmail.com (Ratimir Mocnaj) Sun, 12 Jun 2011 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10110/1/Dr-Artur-R-Bagdasarov-author-of-Croatian-language-manual-for-Russian-readers.html  Dr. Artur R. Bagasarov, distinguished expert in Croatian language, working at the University of Moscow, published a manual for the study of basics of Croatian language for the Russian readers. The book has 256 pp, and was published in 2011 in St. Petersburg, Russia. darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Thu, 28 Apr 2011 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10105/1/Blessed-Easter-to-Mr-Gotovina-Mr-Markac-Mr-Praljak-Mr-Kordic-and-their-families.html  Happy and blessed Easter to Mr. Ante Gotovina, Mr. Mladen Markac, Mr. Slobodan Praljak, Mr. Darijo Kordiæ, and their families from Nenad Bach, Darko ®ubriniæ, CROWN Team and from the readers of the CROWN. Happy and blessed Easter to all the people of good will. darko@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach and Darko ®ubriniæ) Fri, 22 Apr 2011 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10069/1/Dr-Artur-R-Bagdasarov-promoter-of-Croatian-culture-and-language-in-Russia.html Dr. Artur Rafaeloviè Bagdasarov is a distinguished Russian linguist of Armenian origin, very active in promoting Croatian culture, in particular the Croatian language, in the Russian Federation. He is the author of numerous books, dictionaries and articles dealing with Croatian literary language. For his efforts he has been awarded with the 2010 INA Award in Zagreb. darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Mon, 31 Jan 2011 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10054/1/Lidija-Bajuk-Croatian-singer-songwriter-and-poet.html Lidija Bajuk, distinguished musician of the Croatian ethno music scene, reveals us traditional folk songs from various parts of Croatia, especially from her native Meðimurje. She writes music for film and theatre. She has also published several collections of poems and fairy tales, and has initiated The Virtual Museum of Traditional Meðimurje Music. darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Wed, 29 Dec 2010 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10046/1/Croatian-language-and-name-during-centuries.html Croatian language and name can be effectively followed at least since the 11th century. We provide a selection of relevant documents where the Croatian national name had been written in its traditional way: Hrvat (as we call it today), Horvat, and their various derivatives. Outstanding monuments include The Baska Tablet from circa 1100, The Vinodol Code 1288, Istrian Boundaries 1275 and many other. On the left Hrvatskoj in Cro Glagolitic, 15th ct., see the 2nd line. darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Thu, 09 Dec 2010 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10045/1/Croatian-Tales-of-Long-Ago-by-Ivana-B-Mazuranic-published-in-Japanese-in-2010.html Croatian Tales of Long Ago, written by Ivana Brliæ Ma¾uraniæ 1874-1938, have been published by Fusambo International publishing house in Japan in 2010, translated from Croatian by Ikuko Yamamoto. It was promoted at the Embassy of the Republic of Croatia in Tokyo, and Mrs Yamanoto, Mrs Kikko Sakamoto, director of the publisher, and Dr. Drago ©tambuk, ambassador of the Republic of Croatia to Japan, described the edition. darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Tue, 07 Dec 2010 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10041/1/Croatian-Middle-Age-Poetry-by-A-Kapetanovic-D-Malic-and-K-Strkalj-Despot.html  Croatian Medieval Poetry, written by Amir Kapetanoviæ, Dragica Maliæ and Kristina ©trkalj Despot, is the first complete chrestomathy and monograph of Croatian medieval texts written in verse during the period of 14th-16th centuries, in Old Latin, Croatian Glagolitic and Croatian Cyrillic scripts. Publishing this amazing book by the Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics is a great event for Croatian culture. It has nearly 1000 pages. darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Fri, 26 Nov 2010 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10029/1/Dr-Ante-Cuvalo-PhD-dissertations-dealing-with-Croatia-and-Bosnia-Herzegovina.html By the courtesy of  Dr. Ante Èuvalo,  distinguished Croatian historian, we can offer you an impressive and yet incomplete list of recent Ph. D. dissertations dealing with Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, on various subjects, defended in the past several years throughout the world. cuvalo@gmail.com (Dr. Ante Èuvalo) Thu, 14 Oct 2010 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10026/1/4-Miro-Gavran-novels-in-4-languages-at-2010-Frankfurt-International-Book-Fair.html Miro Gavran, distinguished Croatian playwright, has appeared with four novels in four languages, Chinese, German, Spanish and English, at the 62nd Frankfurt International Book Fair, October 8, 2010, at the Croatian Exhibition Stand. His books have been translated into as many as 32 languages. Miro Gavran's play "All About Women" was premiered in Warszaw, Poland in July 2010. darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Mon, 11 Oct 2010 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9949/1/Professor-Henrik-Heger-founder-of-Croatian-studies-at-Sorbonne-in-Paris-in-1981.html  Henrik Heger, distinguished Croatian scientist, is professor at Sorbonne in Paris, one of the most prestigious universities in the world. He founded Croatian Studies at Sorbonne already in 1981. In 1983 professor Heger organized an important international symposium Les croates et la civilisation du livre  (Croatians and the Civilization of the Book). He has contributed enormously to spreading the knowledge about Croatian culture. darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Mon, 29 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9880/1/Nenad-Hancic-Matejic-from-Germany-created-a-new-Croatian-Glagolitic-font.html Nenad Hanèiæ-Matejiæ from Düsseldorf, Germany, created a new Croatian Glagolitic quickscript font called  "Croatica" available via his web site, and described in Croatian, German and English languages. It is a result of four year's hard work. It will be useful both for amateurs and professionals. darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9877/1/Miro-Gavrans-book-published-in-Chinese-language.html   Miro Gavran's novel How We Broke Our Legs is published in Beijing, PR of China by World Affairs Press. The translation into Chinese has been done by Kewein Yan. The prefaces to the novel have been written by Chen Haosu and Ante Simoniæ. To date, this novel has come out in five editions in Croatian. darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9850/1/Villa-Ruzic-in-Rijeka-and-Croatian-Tales-of-Long-Ago-by-Ivana-Brlic-Mazuranic.html Villa Ru¾iæ, situated in the city of Rijeka, is a top monument of Croatian culture. Among other things it comprises numerous editions of the famous Croatian Tales of Long Ago published by Ivana Brliæ Ma¾uraniæ in 1916. The book intended for children was translated into some fourty languages, including Chinese. The Villa Ru¾iæ is superbly directed by Mr. Theodor de Canziani Jak¹iæ on the left. darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Thu, 20 Aug 2009 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9839/1/Feri-Sucic-91-years-old-Croatian-musician-and-writer-from-Gradisce-Austria.html Feri Suèiæ was born in 1918 within a Croatian branch in Austria, in the region of Gradi¹æe - Burgenland. He composed or arranged 300 songs, and many of them are circulating as traditional songs. He is also known as prolific writer. An extensive monograph dedicated to his life and work has been issued last year on the occasion of 90th birthday. darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9836/1/Bozidar-Finka-1925-1999-distinguished-Croatian-linguist.html Bo¾idar Finka 1925-1999 was distignuished Croatian linguist, a member of Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts. This article has been published on the occasion of 10th year anniversary of his death. He is one of the authors of the Croatian orthography prepared in  1971. jasna.finka@zg.t-com.hr (Jasna Finka, prof.) Fri, 17 Jul 2009 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9825/1/Julienne-Eden-Busic-Your-Blood-and-Mine-waiting-for-Zvonko-for-32-years.html Julienne Eden Bu¹iæ's speech at the book promotion, "Your Blood and Mine", held in an overcrowded hall of the Mimara Palace in Zagreb, May 21, 2009, in the presence of her husband Zvonko, both on the photo from 1970s. They met each other again in 2008 after 32 years of separation. darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9815/1/Dr-Ante-Simonic-and-Dr-Zlatko-Matesa-captains-of-two-Chinese-football-teams.html Dr. Ante Simoniæ, ambassador of the Republic of Croatia, and Dr. Zlatko Mate¹a, head of the Croatian Olympic Committee, had the honor to be captains of two teams dressed in well known Croatian sports dresses. One team was composed of members of China Radio International Program in Croatian language, and another of former Chinese students of Croatian language in Bejing, plus Dr. Simoniæ and Dr. Mate¹a as captains. Dr. Simoniæ on the photo. darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Wed, 17 Jun 2009 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9796/1/Hrvojka-Mihanovic-Salopek-and-her-Stella-Maris-project-of-St-Marys-heritage.html  Dr. Hrvojka Mihanoviæ Salopek is the leader of an important project Stella Maris - Sea Star, devoted to centuries of St. Mary's heritage in Croatia in the broadest sense: from church architecture and sacral paintings to church music, poetry, literature and Croatian Lenten chants. Till now the project resulted in 5 excellent DVD's which describe an important part of 13 centuries of Croatian spirituality and culture in Europe. darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Sat, 23 May 2009 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9785/1/U2-legends-of-rocknroll-are-coming-to-Zagreb-on-August-9th-and-10th-2009.html The Zagreb concerts of U2 are scheduled for August 9th and 10th. The 10th of August concert was sold out in just a few hours, so organisers and the band arranged an additional concert, for which you may still buy your tickets. The concerts are to be held at Maksimir Stadium. In 1995 Bono recited a verse written in 1628 by Croatian poet Ivan Gunduliæ:  O lijepa, o draga, o slatka slobodo... (O beautiful, o beloved, o sweet liberty...). edivjak@gmail.com (Eugen Divjak) Mon, 27 Apr 2009 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9781/1/Miro-Gavrans-plays-in-Slovakia-Germany-Poland-and-Croatia.html Miro Gavran's plays tour throughout Europe in full intensity: on March 17 2009 in Spi¹ska Nova Ves in Slovakia, on March 23 in Augsburg in Germany, on May 10 in Rado in Poland, on 16 May in Ilok in Croatia, and May 22 again in Spi¹ska Nova Ves in Slovakia. darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Wed, 15 Apr 2009 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9770/1/Bratislav-Lucin-leading-expert-for-Croatian-Renaissance-classic-Marko-Marulic.html  Bratislav Luèin, distinguished Croatian scholar and director of Marulianum institute in the city of Split, has recently published two important books dealing with a famous Croatian Renaissance writer Marko Maruliæ 1450-1524. Maruliæ's books were read by St Francis Xavier, Cervantes, Thomas More, King Henry VIII, etc. Marko Maruliæ is the author of the notion of PSYCHOLOGY. darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Sat, 04 Apr 2009 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9757/1/Miro-Gavrans-200th-staging-and-new-premier-in-Poland-March-27-2009.html Croatian playwright Miro Gavran has been a frequent guest in Poland lately, where his plays saw ten theater premiers, and where he had two books of dramas and comedies published. Within the World Theater Day (March 27), the famous Teatr Ludowy in Krakow will stage the 200th performance of this comedy "My Wife's Husband", translated by Anna Tuszynska. darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Tue, 24 Mar 2009 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9722/1/International-conference-dedicated-to-the-memory-of-Branko-Fucic.html Branko Fuèiæ (1920-1999) is a distinguished historian of Croatian art and investigator of Croatian Glagolitic monuments. His work is especially important for Istrian peninsula. A three day international conference was superbly organized in Malinska on the island of Krk dedicated to the study of his life and work. More than 70 scientists have participated from seven countries: Croatia, Slovenia, Austria, Germany, Czech Republic, Russia, and Bulgaria. darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Sat, 07 Feb 2009 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9692/1/Dr-Vinko-Ribariae-Hawaiian-captain-John-Dominis-originates-from-the-island-of-Rab.html Captain John Dominis is the father of John Owen, the husband of the last Hawaiian queen Liliuokalani. Prof. Dr. Vinko Ribariæ, on the photo, has issued a monograph in 2008 proving that both John Dominis and his son John Owen have their roots from the island of Rab in Croatia. darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9684/1/Croatian-Language-in-the-Gutenberg-Galaxy-with-500-titles-in-23-languages.html The Zagreb School of Slavic Studies organized an exhibition of around 500 titles of translation of Croatian fiction and assorted titles from the field of humanities in 23 languages. The exhibition was shown in Dubrovnik and Zagreb. On the photo is a detail from a pocket book "Croatian language" published in French by Assimil. darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Wed, 31 Dec 2008 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9673/1/Petar-Zoranic-1508-1569-important-Croatian-Renaissance-writer.html In 2008 we mark 500 years since the birth of Petar Zoranic, Croatian Renaissance writer, born in the city of Zadar in 1508. He is best known for his novel Planine (The Mountains), published in 1569, the first one in the history of Croatian literature. It is considered to be the oldest novel about mountains in the world. It is also one of the earliest patriotic books in the history of Croatian literature. darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Wed, 17 Dec 2008 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9668/1/Bishop-Alejandro-Goic-Karmelic-Chile-in-ad-limina-visit-to-pope-Benedict-XVI.html Pope Benedict XVI met with a group of 33 bishops from Chile, who were in Rome on their ad limina visit. Three of them are of Croatian origin. Moreover, Msgr. Alejandro Goic Karmelic (on the left with the Pope), whose both parents come from Croatian island of Braè, is the president of the Chilean Conference of Catholic bishops. He was a guest at Croatian program of the Radio Vatican where he spoke in Croatian. darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Tue, 09 Dec 2008 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9664/1/Miro-Gavran-3-premieres-in-3-countries-in-2-weeks-Latvia-Slovakia-and-Czech-R.html Miro Gavran, the most succesful contemporary Croatian playwright, will have three premieres of his plays in three European countries in only two weeks. His three playes "All About Men", "Greta Garbo's Secret" and "Othello from Susak Island" will be performed Latvia November 28,  2008. Slovakia December 11, 2008 and Czech Republic December 13, 2008 in respective languages. darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9648/1/Stjepan-Hauser-obtained-cello-from-legendary-Bernard-Greenhaus-as-a-gift.html Legendary Bernard Greenhaus played on a very special cello made especialy for him by Cornelissen.  And he suddenly decided to give this most beautiful example of Cornelissen to Stjepan Hauser, Croatian cellist, as a gift! The Greenwich Trio, in which Stjepan plays cello, won the 1st prize at the International Music Competition "Carlo Mosso" in Alessandria, Italy. darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Tue, 04 Nov 2008 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9645/1/Croatian-Heroes-Heroes-of-Vukovar-TV-serial-by-Eduard--Dominik-Galic-part-9.html Part 9 of the Vukovar Heroes series by Eduard and Dominik Galiæ, entitled Peyton will be available on Friday 31.10.2008, at 20.10. You'll meet Vlatko Voloder, Miro and Tomislav Josiæ (on the left) and a few of their friends, who fought against more than 500 enemy soldiers. The result was incredible. They won. dominik.galic@missart.hr (Dominik Galiæ, producer) Wed, 29 Oct 2008 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9644/1/Dalmatian-dog-is-Croatian-autochthonous-breed.html Dalmatian dog is a well known breed from Dalmatia - the coastal part of Croatia. We know about organized breeding of this dog in the Djakovo bishopric already in the 14th century! The name was given in the USA in the 19th century. Recognized as Croatian autochthonous breed in 1994 (FCI-153). Croatian Post has issued a nice series of stamps dedicated to Croatian dogs. darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Mon, 27 Oct 2008 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9639/1/Ante-Gabric-the-Saint-of-Sundarban-in-India.html  Fr. Ante Gabriæ (Metkoviæ, Croatia 1915 - Bengal, 1988) lived like a  Bengali, and he worked tirelessly for the spiritual development of  the Bengali community in India. People in Bengal consider Fr. Gabriæ should be beatified like mother Teresa and all the people are praying for for this. He was very much related to Blessed Mother Teresa of Kolkata  and they worked hand in hand. nema@nema.in (Fr. Sylvester Xavier) Mon, 20 Oct 2008 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9637/1/The-CRAVAT-instead-of-a-TIE-and-NECKTIE.html On the occasion of the International Day of The Cravat on the 18th of October we invite all the English speaking individuals to call the knotted scarf around their neck by it's original name the cravat instead of tie and necktie. The earliest known cravat in history was worn by Ivan Gunduliæ from the City of Dubrovnik, a famous Croatian poet from the 17th century. Linda@croata.hr (Linda Prosenjak) Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9635/1/Ivan-Vueetiae-the-father-of-dactiloscopy---fingerprinting-as-a-method-of-identification.html Ivan Vuèetiæ (1858-1925), in Argentina better known as Juan Vucetich, introduced dactilosopy, that is, fingerprinting as a method of identification. This year we mark 150 years since his birth on the island of Hvar. On this occasion The Croatian Heritage Foundation in Zagreb has organized a series of events and issued a nice publication. muzej@matis.hr (Ljerka Galic, prof.) Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9630/1/Mirna-Brkanovic-working-on-her-debut-film.html Mirna Brkanoviæ studied at the Faculty of Philosophy in Zagreb since 1994. In 1997 she started studying  at the Academy of Television and Film in Munich, Germany. "Hidden Truth" is her graduation film. At the moment she is working on her debut film. Her motto is: "Stay true to your deepest and inmost wishes, because one day they will become your true." letters@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach) Mon, 06 Oct 2008 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9611/1/Croatians-in-America---photo-collection-by-Vladimir-Novak-part-3.html Mr. Vladimir Novak brings us a new series of exceptionally interesting photos related to life and work of Croatians in America, collected over several decades in the USA. As in previous two presentations,  much of this material is presented for the first time, exclusively for the readers of CROWN. On the left Marin Plestina, a famous wrestler. darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9601/1/Marin-Drzic-1508-1567-a-famous-Croatian-Renaissance-playwright.html Marin Dr¾iæ, a famous Croatian Renaissance playwright, was born five hundred years ago, in 1508. His native city of Dubrovnik and the whole of Croatia celebrate this year dedicated to his memory by a series of events and publications. Marin Dr¾iæ is one of the pillars of Croatian literary tradition, preceding that of Shakespeare and Moliére by more than half a century. darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Tue, 05 Aug 2008 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9592/1/Marijan-Busic---a-Croatian-visionary-with-The-Cravat.html  The name of Mr. Marijan Bu¹iæ, Zagreb, is with the unbreakable knot connected to one of the most original and the most attractive Croatian products and souvenirs worldwide, the indigenous Croatian invention - to the CRAVAT. letters@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach) Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9587/1/Cravat-is-a-trademark-of-Croatia.html Croatian soldiers gave the world something that is today unavoidable in fashion: the tie, called la cravate by the French and by the Germans die Krawatte - the expression was coined from the Croatian name, and mentioned for the first time in 1651. The name is in everyday use in many languages throughout the world. darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9577/1/China-Radio-International-in-Croatian-language-on-the-WWW.html The web site croatian.cri.cn was solemnly opened by China Radio International during a nice ceremony held in Zagreb in July 2nd 2008. It was launched in the presence of Chinese ambassador in Croatia His Excellency Mr. Wu Lianqi and other distinguished guests. It represents the first web site in Croatian language in China. darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9523/1/Velimir-Trnski-painting-the-1671-love-story-of-Petar-and-Katarina-Zrinski.html Velimir Trnski, Croatian painter, transformed the most famous Croatian love letter - Moje drago zercze, My Dear Soul, into a series of remarkable frames in which the sensual figure of the young wife is consistently kept in the foreground. One of the most deeply moving Croatian historic dramas has been presented in a most contemporary, provocative and attractive way. letters@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach) Sat, 12 Apr 2008 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9515/1/Josip-Ganza-Croatian-klapa-singing-break-out-to-Europe.html Dalmatian klapa singing is a part of Croatian identity and being such is dear to us all. Our klapas know nothing about Italian people's choirs, and Italians even less about our klapas. That was unallowable hole and Josip Ganza was intrigued by and felt the urge to fill in. iremlanik@gmail.com (Irena Nikoliæ) Sat, 29 Mar 2008 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9510/1/Vladimir-Devide-and-Haiku-poetry-in-Croatia.html Professor Vladimir Devidé, Croatian mathematician, is better known as outstanding Japanologist and tireless promoter of haiku poetry. Croatia is one of the most successful nations in haiku in the world, counting the number of prizes won at various international competitions. darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Sun, 16 Mar 2008 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9457/1/Croatian-Educational-Club-in-St-Louis-Missouri-1910.html Croatian Educational Club Zrinski - Frankopan was founded in St. Louis, Missouri, already in 1910. On the left is the photo from that time with Croatian Coat of Arms. We invite you to enjoy the Croatian langauge spoken 100 years ago. cuvalo@gmail.com (Dr. Ante Èuvalo) Fri, 01 Feb 2008 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9432/1/Tess-Gallaghers-speech-at-a-presentation-of-Drago-Stambuks-poetry-in-Pula.html Once I heard Drago read to a Croatian immigrant audience in Vancouver, Canada. It was so tender, the timbre of his voice, that it was as if he were speaking to the listeners in a clearing in the woods, surrounded by mystery and wildness and beauty, but giving them comfort too... - Tess Galagher (left) letters@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach) Mon, 14 Jan 2008 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9345/1/Miro-Gavrans-comedy-available-as-Croatian-English-parallel-text.html Miro Gavran, outstanding Croatian playwright, generously contributed his brilliant comedy "Laughter Prohibited" to our project of on-line school of Croatian language via parallel text method. Furthermore, If you want to produce this comedy anywhere in the world, please contact the author directly for rights and support. miro.gavran@zg.t-com.hr (Miro Gavran) Fri, 16 Nov 2007 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9343/1/Learn-Croatian-and-English-via-parallel-text-method.html We have in mind numerous Croatians and their friends throughout the world  who are eager to improve their Croatian. We also want to help tourists and those interested in Croatian culture in general. Croatian citizens will hopefully have at their disposal an easy mean to improve their English, or some other language. darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Sat, 10 Nov 2007 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9202/1/Josip-Hanj---world-champion-in-stenography-in-Prague.html  Josip Hanj¹ won the title of world champion in stenography (in category shorthand / capturing, mothertongue; seniors), among 44 competitors from nine countries, during the 46th Intersteno Congress held in Prague. darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Sun, 12 Aug 2007 07:00:00 +0000