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Smiljana Rendić

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Smiljana Rendić
Born(1926-08-27)27 August 1926
Split, Croatia
Died26 May 1994(1994-05-26) (aged 67)
Trsat, Rijeka, Croatia
NationalityCroat
Occupation(s)Journalist, translator, vaticanist, judaist scholar, poet
Notable workThe genitive exit (1971)

Smiljana Rendić (27 August 1926 – 26 May 1994) was a Croatian woman journalist, translator, vaticanist, judaist scholar, poet, notable for her reporting from Second Vatican Council and for her censorship by ruling Communist authorities of Yugoslavia due to her Catholicism and Croatian nationality.[1][2][3][4][5]

Biography

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Rendić was born in Split, Croatia in 1926, in the family of Marko and Ivana (née Ruzinović) Rendić, where she attended the gymnasium. Her family's property was confiscated by the Communist authorities due to her father's activity in Croatian Peasants' Party. Hence she was unable to finish her higher education, she was firstly employed in Jugovinil factory. Later she moved to Rijeka, where thanks to her knowledge of Italian Rendić started working in the editorial committee of La Voce del Popolo newspaper. She also wrote for Pomorstvo ('Seamanship') magazine until 1972, as well as reported for Glas Koncila[6][7][8] and other Catholic periodicals under the guise of her pseudonyms Vjera Marini and Madam Berith.[3] Rendić also published her poems (mostly sonnets[9]) in various periodicals.

Rendić was sued by the Communist authorities for her article The genitive exit or the Second Croatian revival in Kritika magazine (no. 18) in 1971, in which she criticized Yugoslav integralism and "linguistic colonisation" of Croatian language (as partially stated in Declaration on the Name and Status of the Croatian Literary Language) and endorsed intellectual and academical requests of Croatian Spring.[10] Rendić's advocate was Milan Vuković, who will later become president of the Supreme Court of Croatia. As a result of the show trial at the Supreme Court of SFRY in November 1973, Rendić was forcibly retired and sentenced to one-year prison punishment, while Kritika magazine was censored.[2][3]

She was a member of the editorial committee of the Glas Koncila 1963–1994. For hers biblistic, judaistic and journalist work, she was awarded by Croatian Bishops' Conference's unique award Zlatno pero ('Golden feather') in 1988.[3] Besides her, it wasn't awarded to anybody else.[3]

Rendić died in May 1994 in her apartment in Trsat.[3]

Works

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  • Crni šator (Black tent), Glas Koncila, 1967.
  • Crkva u getu (The Church in a ghetto), 1969. (manuscript)[11]
  • Katolički identitet i hrvatski preporod (Catholic identity and the Croatian national revival: Discussions, Criticism, Reports), Glas Koncila, Zagreb, 2012, ISBN 978-953-241-368-7.

Legacy

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The Smiljana Rendić Collection of the Archdiocesan Archives in Zagreb contains Rendić's documents, books, newspapers, articles and press clippings.[11] Founded in 1930 in Split, it was enlarged by donations of Glas Koncila in 1994 and acquistion by the Archives in 2005.[11]

References

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  1. ^ Jeličić, A., 2019: Smiljana Rendić: katolička novinarka i pratiteljica Drugoga vatikanskog sabora Crkva u svijetu 54 (2), 299–302. (in Croatian)
  2. ^ a b Bagdasarov, Artur: Jezik kojim nitko nikad nije govorio [The language nobody has spoken] Vijenac 470 (8 March 2012). Access date 15 April 2020. (in Croatian)
  3. ^ a b c d e f Umrla Smiljana Rendić [Smiljana Rendić died] Informativna katolička agencija (IKA). Published 27 May 1994. Access date 15 April 2020. (in Croatian)
  4. ^ Burilović-Crnov, S., 2019: Smiljana Rendić. Katolička novinarka i pratiteljica Drugoga vatikanskog sabora [Smiljana Rendić: Catholic journalist and reporter from the Second Vatican Council] Doctoral dissertation. Review of the dissertation: Matković-Vlašić, Lj., 2019: Ime koje valja pamtiti – Silvana BURILOVIĆ CRNOV, Smiljana Rendić. Katolička novinarka i pratiteljica Drugoga vatikanskog sabora, Katolički bogoslovni fakultet, Doktorska disertacija iz fundamentalne teologije, Split, 2019, 550 str. Nova prisutnost : časopis za intelektualna i duhovna pitanja XVII (II), 411–412. (in Croatian)
  5. ^ Dijanović, Davor: Smiljana Rendić: Primjer neustrašivosti u borbi za hrvatski nacionalni, vjerski i kulturni identitet Obnova. Access date 15 April 2020. (in Croatian)
  6. ^ Vuković, Tomislav: SDS-ov DOSJE O (NAD)BISKUPU VIKTORU BURIĆU (27) Odbijen prijedlog da se diktatoru »krvavih ruku« dodijeli Nobelova nagrada Glas Koncila. Published 27 February 2020. Access date 15 April 2020. (in Croatian)
  7. ^ Mikić, Anto (2016): Crkveno i društveno značenje Glasa Koncila od 1963. do 1972. [Ecclesiastical and Social Importance of Glas Koncila from 1963 till 1972] Doctoral dissertation, Faculty of Croatian Studies. Academical advisor: Miroslav Akmadža. (in Croatian)
  8. ^ Mikić, Anto (2017): Drugi vatikanski koncil i poslijekoncilska obnova na stranicama Glasa Koncila od 1963. do 1972. [The Second Vatican Council and Post–Conciliar Renewal on the Pages of Glas Koncila from 1963 to 1972] Obnovljeni život – časopis za filozofiju i religijske znanosti 72 (4), 443–458. (in Croatian)
  9. ^ Rendić, S., 1999: X. milost slova Jezik: časopis za kulturu hrvatskoga književnog jezika 47 (4), 161–161. (in Croatian)
  10. ^ Original text of the article published by Croatian Culture Council on 13 May 2012. Access date 15 April 2020. (in Croatian)
  11. ^ a b c COURAGE Registry, s.v. "Smiljana Rendić Collection", by Stipe Kljaić, 2018. Accessed: December 11, 2024, doi:10.24389/33248
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