Luko Paljetak
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Luko Paljetak | |
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Born | 19 August 1943 Dubrovnik |
Died | 12 May 2024 Dubrovnik |
Occupation | poet, writer, translator, comparatist, historian, director |
Language | Croatian |
Nationality | Croat |
Education | Faculty of Philosophy, Zadar Faculty of Philosophy, Zagreb |
Genre | poetry, prose, drama |
Years active | 1968–2024 |
Notable awards | Goranov vijenac (1995) Vladimir Nazor Award (2012) |
Luko Paljetak (19 August 1943 – 12 May 2024) was a Croatian poet, writer, literary translator, literary historian, theatre critic, puppet theatre director, known for his work about Dubrovnik amd literary translations from various European languages.[1] He was both member of the Croatian and Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts.[2]
Translations
[edit]Paljetak translated from English (Blake, Chesterton, Dahl, Joyce, Walcott, Wilde), Spanish (Lorca, Neruda), French (Saint-Exupéry), Slovene (Prešern), Italian and Russian.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Paljetak, Luko". Croatian Encylopedia (in Croatian). Zagreb: LZMK. 2013–2024.
- ^ "Paljetak, Luko, akademik". info.hazu.hr (in Croatian). Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
Categories:
- 1943 births
- 2024 deaths
- Writers from Dubrovnik
- 20th-century Croatian writers
- 21st-century Croatian writers
- 20th-century Croatian poets
- 21st-century Croatian poets
- Croatian translators
- Croatian theatre critics
- Croatian literary historians
- Members of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
- Members of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
- Puppeteers
- Vladimir Nazor Award winners
- Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb alumni
- Croatian writer stubs