Ivana Šojat Explained

Ivana Šojat
Birth Date:26 February 1971
Birth Place:Osijek, Yugoslavia (now Osijek, Croatia
Occupation:Novelist, short story writer, poet, editor
Nationality:Croatian
Period:2000 - present
Genre:Psychological realism, bildungsroman, coming-of-age, short story, poetry, horror
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    Ivana Šojat (born 26 February 1971) is a Croatian writer from Osijek. She published poetry, novellas, essays, short stories and novels, the most famous of which is Unterstadt.

    Upon its release, it won several prestigious literary awards, and was adapted and put onstage as a theatrical play.

    Biography

    Šojat graduated from high school in Osijek with a major in journalism, studied math and physics at Pedagogy Academy in Osijek, and French in Belgium. She worked as a translator, foreign correspondent, columnist, and as an editor of theatrical releases in Croatian National Theatre in Osijek. Most recently, she won the nomination of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) to run for mayor of Osijek in the 2017 local elections.[1] [2]

    For her contribution to Croatian literature, she earned distinctive honors and awards. She fought in the Croatian War of Independence.[3] [4]

    Writing

    Šojat's published works include novels, novellas, short stories, essays, and poetry. Two of her novels have been translated into Macedonian.[5] [6]

    As a literary translator, Šojat translated many books from English and French into Croatian. In her works, she often examines the less palatable aspects of human nature including concealed truth, domestic violence, rape, divorce, postwar resentment, ethnic cleansing, etc. In her view,

    "What is kept unsaid, swallowed, undigested in a human being, individual, but also in the ethnic, racial, religious and other groups, grows to some sort of a critical mass when the trauma cannot stay confined inside. Then we have shocking news like suicides of the veterans, murders, everything up to wars, massacres, aggression."[7]

    In her novel Unterstadt [Lower Town] Šojat traces the struggle of a family from a minority group during times of socio-political upheaval. She builds the plot on historical records regarding atroubled Volksdeutsche family living in Yugoslavia for four generations.[8] [9]

    The story has characteristics of realistic fiction, although sources describe it as a bildungsroman as well as a coming of age novel.[10] [11]

    The novel Ničiji sinovi [Nobody's Sons] is a story about the disintegration of a family caused by war and alcoholism. The story sheds light on a couple whose marriage falls apart.[12] [13]

    The novel Jom Kipur tells the story of a warrior with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The plot, like in the novel Šamšiel [Shamsiel], intertwines the themes of love and hatred with the horrors of wars and post-war reconciliation.[14] [15]

    In Ruke Azazelove [Azazel's Hands] and in the collection of the short stories Emet, Šojat examines the "inner person" in more depth by employing stream of consciousness, interior monologues and flashback narrative to highlight the characters' psychological conflicts exposed through the process of purifying emotions in order to reconcile with the past.[16] [17]

    The protagonists in Šojat’s stories are highly engaged in the dramatic process of catharsis.[18]

    Unterstadt [Lower Town] was adapted and put onstage in Croatian National Theatre in Osijek, and won a prestigious award as the best play in 2012.[19] [20] ZKM Theatre (Zagreb) in co-production with Academy of Dramatic Art, University of Zagreb adapted selective scenes from Unterstadt [Lower Town] and presented them on stage as a play entitled Elza hoda kroz zidove [''Elza walks through the walls] in 2015.[21] [22]

    Honors

    Awards

    Bibliography

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. https://www.vecernji.hr/vijesti/dragovoljka-i-knjizevnica-hdz-ov-je-adut-za-sefa-osijeka-1141143 Šojat news
    2. http://www.glas-slavonije.hr/322153/1/Ivana-Sojat-Prihvacam-izazov-jer-zelim-nesto-uciniti-za-Osijek Šojat, news
    3. http://underpass.co/Home/LoadFullPageAuthor/17 Šojat biodata
    4. http://dhk.hr/clanovi-drustva/detaljnije/ivana-sojat-kuci Šojat biodata
    5. Ničiji sinovi [''Nobody's Sons''] translated into Macedonian by Ermis Lafanazovski
    6. Unterstadt [''Lower Town''] translated into Macedonian by Aleksandar Prokopiev;
    7. http://arteist.hr/ivana-sojat-kuci-da-sam-htjela-biti-komercijalna-bila-bih-dio-hrvatskog-jet-seta/ Interview with Srđan Sandić, Artist
    8. http://www.matica.hr/vijenac/438/Velika%20tema:%20raskrinkavanje%2020.%20stoljeća Review of Unterstadt, by Strahimir Primorac in Vijenac MH 438/2010
    9. http://www.booksa.hr/kolumne/kritike/kritika-88-ivana-sojat-kuci Review of Unterstadt, by Boris Postnikov, Booksa.hr
    10. http://www.mvinfo.hr/clanak/ivana-ojat-kuci-unterstadt Review of Unterstadt, by Helena Sablić Tomić in Moderna vremena 2010
    11. http://www.fraktura.hr/knjige/product.aspx?p=3245 Ivana Šojat, books Fraktura (publisher)
    12. http://www.matica.hr/vijenac/499/%C4%8Ciji%20su%20ni%C4%8Diji%20sinovi/ Article, by Strahimir Primorac in Vijenac MH 499/2013
    13. http://www.jutarnji.hr/kultura/knjizevnost/novi-roman-drukciji-pogled-na-zivot-branitelja/597028/ Article by Jagna Pogačnik
    14. http://www.novilist.hr/Kultura/Knjizevnost/Jom-Kipur-Ivane-Sojat-Kuci-roman-snazne-energije-i-zestoke-kritike Review by Marinko Krmpotić
    15. http://www.booksa.hr/kolumne/kritike/rat-kao-opce-mjesto Review by Vladimir Arsenić, Booksa.hr
    16. http://www.jutarnji.hr/kultura/knjizevnost/u-ovom-malom-katalogu-obiteljskog-uzasa-glavne-uloge-imaju-starci-i-djeca/1634613/ Review by Jagna Pogačnik in Jutarnji list, 2012
    17. http://www.oslobodjenje.ba/kun/kultura/osvrt-bunar-kosmara/180383 Review by Đorđe Krajišnik
    18. https://www.express.hr/kultura/prikaz-nacista-s-ljudskim-licem-ledi-krv-u-zilama-3817 Review of Unterstradt onstage by Mia Mitrović
    19. http://www.hnk-osijek.hr/hnk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=582&Itemid=368 Unterstadt onstage
    20. https://www.vecernji.hr/kultura/najbolja-drama-unterstadt-a-zlatko-sviben-redatelj-479275 Unterstadt award
    21. http://www.hrt.hr/286238/magazin/premijera-predstave-elza-hoda-kroz-zidove Elza premiere
    22. http://www.zekaem.hr/predstave/elza-hoda-kroz-zidove/ Elza onstage
    23. http://www.glas-slavonije.hr/319257/1/Medju-odlikovanima-Ivana-Sojat-i-Ruza-Maric Danica hrvatska medal, Glas Slavonije, 2016, accessed on April 30, 2017
    24. http://poslovniportal.hr/predsjednica-rh-urucila-odlikovanja-zasluznima-u-kulturi-umjetnosti-znanosti-sportu/ Danica hrvatska medal, Poslovni portal, 2016, accessed on April 30, 2017
    25. Web site: Stamp of the City of Osijek, 2011, record accessed on April 30, 2017 . May 5, 2017 . July 28, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170728024217/http://www.osijek.hr/index.php/cro/Osijek/POPIS-DOBITNIKA-JAVNIH-PRIZNANJA-GRADA-OSIJEKA . dead .
    26. Web site: Literary award Ksaver Šandor Gjalski, 2010 . 2017-05-05 . 2013-08-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130826073904/http://danigjalskog.com/2010/10/gjalski-ivani-sojat-kuci/ . dead .
    27. https://galoviceva-jesen.eu/nagrada Literary award Fran Galović, 2010
    28. Web site: Literary award Josip i Ivan Kozarac, 2010, accessed on April 30, 2017 . May 5, 2017 . March 24, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190324173716/https://radio.hrt.hr/radio-osijek/clanak/ivana-sojat-kuci-predstavlja-jom-kipur/75443/ . dead .
    29. http://www.min-kulture.hr/default.aspx?id=5897 Literary award Vladimir Nazor, 2009, accessed on April 30, 2017
    30. Web site: Literary award Blaženi Ivan Merz, 2005, accessed on April 30, 2017 . May 5, 2017 . March 15, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170315034912/http://nasice.com/index.php/tree/121-ustanove/citaonica/4533-predstavljen-roman-jom-kipur . dead .
    31. Web site: Plaque for successful literature, Kozarčevi dani, 2002, accessed on April 30, 2017 . May 5, 2017 . March 15, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170315034912/http://nasice.com/index.php/tree/121-ustanove/citaonica/4533-predstavljen-roman-jom-kipur . dead .

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