Ivo Brešan
Ivo Brešan | |
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Born | Vodice, Yugoslavia (now Croatia) | 27 May 1936
Died | 3 January 2017 Zagreb, Croatia | (aged 80)
Occupation |
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Nationality | Croatian |
Citizenship | Croatia |
Alma mater | University of Zagreb |
Years active | ?–2017 |
Spouse |
Jelena Godlar (died 2016) |
Children | 1 |
Ivo Brešan (27 May 1936 – 3 January 2017)[1] was a Croatian playwright, novelist, and screenwriter, known for political satire. His work included screenplays written with his son Vinko.[2]
Personal life
Born in Vodice in 1936, he attended Antun Vrančić High School in Šibenik. He was married the late Croatian writer Jelena-Jela Brešan (née Godlar), a Jew from Slavonia. In February 1964, they got a son Vinko, today the film director. Ivo's wife Jelena, died on 20 September 2016, while he died after long and severe illness, on 3 January 2017 in Zagreb.[3]
Screenplays
- 1973 - Predstava Hamleta u selu Mrduša Donja
- 1976 - Izbavitelj
- 1980 - The Secret of Nikola Tesla
- 1986 - Obećana zemlja
- 1989 - Donator
- 1996 - How the War Started on My Island
- 2000 - Marshal Tito's Spirit
- 2004 - Libertas
References
Helena Pericic, Hamlet Between the Characters of Bukara and Učitelj/Teacher: On the Most Famous Play by Ivo Brešan, International Journal of Literature and Arts, Science Publishing Group, Volume 8, Issue 4, July 2020, 217-223.
External links
- Ivo Brešan at IMDb
- Ivo Brešan at film.hr
- ^ "Ivo Brešan". hciti.hr (in Croatian). Croatian Centre of ITI - UNESCO. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
- ^ Kelly, Laura (2001) "COMMUNISM AS VACATION DESTINATION", South Florida Sun-Sentinel, 1 June 2001.
- ^ "UMRO IVO BREŠAN Jedan od najvećih suvremenih europskih dramatičara preminuo u 81. godini, nekoliko mjeseci nakon supruge". www.jutarnji.hr. 3 January 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2020.