Stanka Gjurić

Stanka Gjurić
Born (1956-01-20) 20 January 1956
Čakovec, FNR Yugoslavia
Occupation Poet, essayist and filmmaker
Nationality Croatian

Stanka Gjurić (pronounced [Stanka d͡ʑurit͡ɕ]; born 20 January 1956) is a Croatian poet, essayist, actress, filmmaker and ex model. She is a member of the Croatian Writers' Association and Croatian Academy of Science and Art in Diaspora (Basel, Switzerland).[1] She has also modeled and acted in six feature films.

Biography

Stanka Gjurić was born in Čakovec, FNR Yugoslavia (modern-day Croatia). Today she lives in Zagreb. She has published eighteen books (mainly poems, philosophical and lyrical essays). Since 2006 has also worked as a film maker, gaining worldwide acclaim with her short film Ubojite misli (Battle Thoughts). Stanka is an independent producer and the creator of her own films.[2] Her short films have been screened in film festivals in France, Italy, Greece, Spain, Portugal, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, India, Egypt, and Switzerland,[3] and she has won five awards for her films.[4]

Poetry

  • Seventh seal, 1981
  • Third act, 1983
  • A boy, 1986
  • A Dream of Turnkey, 1990
  • Il sogno del guardiano, 1994
  • Antidote or fostering Insanity, 1994
  • Antidote or fostering Insanity, 1998
  • All That Glitters, 2005
  • Punisher of good habits, 2005
  • Insensitivity of Aquarelle, 2008
  • Protuotrov ili njegovanje ludila/Contravveleno o coltivazione della follia, 2017

Essays

  • The Lesson of Impudence, 2000[5]
  • The Art of Living, 2015[6]
  • Through Eros and Thanatos, 2017
  • Unveiling Reality, 2018
  • Truth about happiness, 2018

Opinion piece

  • The Answer, 2014
  • The Answer (II volume), 2015

Diary prose

  • The Diary of an Aquarian, 2010

Filmography

Acting roles

  • That Summer of White Roses, as White Rose(1989)
  • The Widhunter, as A Woman in a Dream (1989)
  • The Shell Roars, as Barmaid (1991)
  • The Right time, as Daughter in Law (1992)
  • Here, as Nurse (2003)
  • When it rings?, as Nurse (2005)
  • On the Other Side, as The old man's daughter (2016)

Directing

  • Ubojite misli (Battle Thoughts, 2006)- short
  • Sleeping and dreaming (Spavanje i sanjanje, 2006)- short
  • Susret s egzibicionistom (2006) - short
  • Eleven (2007)- short
  • Happy boat (2007) - short
  • Luka's prophecy (Lukino proročanstvo, 2007)- short
  • Bast (2009)- short
  • Bon Appétit!(2009) - short
  • Noon Shot (Zagrebačko podne, 2009)- short
  • Lullaby (2010) - short
  • Bread (Kruh, 2013)- short
  • Immoral Manual (Nemoralna čitanka, 2013)- short
  • Lust and the Heart (O požudi i srcu, 2013)- short
  • Perfect Tatoo (2016) - short

References

  1. ↑ "HAZUD.ch - Hrvatska Akademia Znanosti i Umjetnosti u Diaspori (Basel)". www.hazud.ch.
  2. ↑ "Redatelji "Zaljeva" i "Pet metara od slave" u službenom programu Sundancea". 5 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "Culturenet.hr - Naslovna". www.culturenet.hr.
  4. ↑ "Accueil".
  5. ↑ hr:Lekcija o drskosti
  6. ↑ hr:Umijeće življenja

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