First, there is a contribution in remembrance of the poet who has recently passed away, Umberto Matteoni. He lived in Pula and belonged to the Italian community, here in Istria.
Nova Istra
Literary and Cultural Journal
Pula, Croatia, No. 3-4/2011
SUMMARY
First, there is a contribution in remembrance of the poet who has recently passed away, Umberto Matteoni. He lived in Pula and belonged to the Italian community, here in Istria.
The section focused on the contemporary literature includes a couple of middle-aged Croatian authors who write poetry and fiction. We do hope that, soon, one of them will be more widely recognised – also due to our journal.
The essay section is devoted to Zvane Črnja (1920-1991), the best-known Croatian writer from Istria, who was active in the national literature during the second half of 20th century. The essays on his life, work, and visionary ideas promoting the native culture beyond its immediate environment have resulted from 8th Pula Essay Days, last year’s symposium on literary and scientific issues.
The new translations into Croatian refer to American, Italian, French, and Iranian (in exile) literatures. We particularly emphasise the selected contemporary texts, written by the four distinguished Chilean authors.
Apart from one interview, the following section presents some contributions on classical and contemporary Croatian writers; additionally, there is a study on the archetypical meanings of fairytales.
In the current issue, the history section is related to our native region, Istria, i.e. diplomatic and territorial issues between Yugoslavia (Croatia and Slovenia being independent countries today) and Italy after the Second World War. ‘From the Peace Agreement to the London Memorandum, 1947-1954’ contains the second, final part of the study.
From time to time, we are going to portray our contemporary literary reviewers, asked to choose some of their own recent texts. The first portrait presents one of the women reviewers.
Finally, the reviews in this issue cover some new literary titles.
Translation:
Renata Šamo, Pula
Stjepan Čuić, Zagreb
Diana Rosandić, Rijeka
Tomislav Kovačević, Crikvenica
Dr. Nastjenka Supić, Rovinj
Dr. Vinko Brešić, Zagreb
Albino Crnobori, Zagreb
Mr. Irena Grubica, Poreč/Rijeka
Dr. Irvin Lukežić, Rijeka
Dr. Jelena Lužina, Rijeka
Mr. Božidar Petrač, Zagreb
Milan Rakovac, Zagreb
Dr. Helena Sablić Tomić, Osijek
Dr. Milorad Stojević, Rijeka
Akademik Petar Strčić, Zagreb/Rijeka
Mr. Boris Domagoj Biletić, Rovinj/Pula
Irena Skrt, Zagreb
Natalija Grgorinić, Ližnjan/Pula
Ognjen Rađen, Ližnjan/Pula
Bosiljka Brlečić, Zagreb
Dr. Željka Lovrenčić, Zagreb
Lorena Monica Kmet, Buje
Sanja Kovačević, Zadar
Mr. Josip Krajač, Opatija
Saša Došen, Osijek
Dr. Davor Mandić, Pula
Mario Kolar, Molve
Dr. Vlado Vladić, Zagreb
Darija Žilić, Zagreb
Božidar Alajbegović, Rijeka
Ljiljana Tadić, Brčko
Lidija Pavlović-Grgić, Mostar
Dr. Renata Šamo, Pula