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Croatian writer
Marinko Koščec (born 1967 in
Zagreb,
Yugoslavia) is a
Croatian writer.
Life and Work
Koščec studied English and French language and literature at the
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Zagreb, graduated with
diploma-
thesis on Man in search of his double - the world seen through the work of
J. M. G. Le Clézio (L'Homme en quête de son double – le monde vu à travers l’oeuvre de J. M. G. Le Clézio, 1992), then he continued his studies at the
Ohio State University (1989) and the
Institut Catholique de Paris (1990), obtained his
magister degree with thesis on Figuration of the unsaid in the contemporary novel (Figuration du non-dit dans le roman contemporaine, 1995) at
Diderot University Paris, and completed as
PhD with thesis on Poetry of
Michel Houellebecq.
Narrative,
stylistic and
contextual study of
opus (Poetika Michela Houellebecqa. Naratološka, stilistička i kontekstualna studija opusa, 2005) in Zagreb. Koščec is
assistant professor of
French literature at Department of
Romance studies of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, and he also worked as freelance editor at SysPrint
publishing from 2008 to 2011. He is author of seven novels, laureate of
V.B.Z. Award 2003, and
Croatian translator of the novels
Whatever and
Atomised, his novels A Handful of Sand and Centimetre of Happiness has been published in English (2013) and
Dutch (2014) translation.
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Bibliography
- Otok pod morem (Island Under The Sea), Feral Tribune,
Split 1999,
ISBN
953-635930-8.
- Netko drugi (Someone else), Konzor, Zagreb 2001,
ISBN
953-6317-78-8.
- Wonderland, VBZ, Zagreb 2003,
ISBN
953-201-330-X.
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- To malo pijeska na dlanu (A Handful of Sand), Profil international, Zagreb 2005,
ISBN
953-120-159-5.
- Michel H. : mirakul, mučenik, manipulator? (
Michel H.:
Miraculus, martyr, manipulator?), Izdanja Antibarbarus, Zagreb 2007,
ISBN
978-953-249-036-7.
- Centimetar od sreće (Centimetre of Happiness), Profil international, Zagreb 2008,
ISBN
978-953-120907-6.
- Četvrti čovjek (The Fourth Man), Algoritam, Zagreb 2011,
ISBN
978-953-316-534-9.
- A Handful of Sand,
Istros Books &
Peter Owen Publishers, London 2013,
ISBN
978-1-908236-07-4.
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- Een centimeter vanaf het geluk (Centimetre of Happiness), KLIN,
Amsterdam 2014,
ISBN
978-94-9216000-3.
- U potrazi za početkom kruga (In Pursuit of the Beginning of the Circle), Sandorf, Zagreb 2016,
ISBN
978-953-7715-89-2.
References
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Biography, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Zagreb, retrieved 2018-12-03.
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Biography, Croatian Literature, retrieved 2018-12-03.
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English excerpt, VBZ publishing, retrieved 2018-12-03.
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Review, Necessary Fiction, retrieved 2018-12-03.
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Review, Tony's Reading List, retrieved 2018-12-03.
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Review, Messengers Booker, retrieved 2018-12-03.
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Review, ANZLitLovers, retrieved 2018-12-03.
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Review, Parish Lantern, retrieved 2018-12-03.
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