Irena Vrkljan

Irena Vrkljan was a Croatian writer and translator.
She was born in Belgrade and was educated at Zagreb University and the Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin. She lived in both Zagreb and Berlin, writing in both Croatian and German. Vrkljan wrote scripts for film and radio. She also translated works by Croatian authors into German. In 1964, she toured the United States, sponsored in part by American Women in Radio and Television.
In 2006, she was awarded the Vladimir Nazor Award.

Selected works

Source:Paralele, poetry Doba prijateljstva, novel Soba, taj strašni vrt, poetry U koži moje sestre, poetry Svila, škare, autobiography, translated as The silk, the shears, and Marina, or, About biography, received the Ksaver Šandor Gjalski PrizeMarina ili o biografiji, autobiography, translated as Marina or On MemoryDora, ove jeseni, novel Pred crvenim zidom: 1991-1993, novel 1994Posljednje putovanje u Beč, mystery novel