Ivo Brešan

Ivo Brešan (27 May 1936 – 3 January 2017)[1] was a Croatian playwright, novelist, and screenwriter, known for political satire. His work included screenplays written with his son Vinko.[2]

Ivo Brešan
Brešan at the première of the film Nije kraj in 2008.
Born(1936-05-27)27 May 1936
Vodice, Yugoslavia
(now Croatia)
Died3 January 2017(2017-01-03) (aged 80)
Zagreb, Croatia
Occupation
  • Playwright
  • novelist
  • screenwriter
NationalityCroatian
CitizenshipCroatia
Alma materUniversity of Zagreb
Years active?–2017
Spouse
Jelena Godlar (her death 2016)
Children1

Personal life

Born in Vodice in 1936, he attended Antun Vrančić High School in Šibenik. He was married the late Croatian writer Jelena-Jela Brešan (née Godlar), a Jew from Slavonia. In February 1964, they got a son Vinko, today the film director. Ivo's wife Jelena, died on 20 September 2016, while he died after long and severe illness, on 3 January 2017 in Zagreb.[3]

Screenplays

References

  1. "Ivo Brešan". hciti.hr (in Croatian). Croatian Centre of ITI - UNESCO. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
  2. Kelly, Laura (2001) "COMMUNISM AS VACATION DESTINATION", South Florida Sun-Sentinel, 1 June 2001.
  3. "UMRO IVO BREŠAN Jedan od najvećih suvremenih europskih dramatičara preminuo u 81. godini, nekoliko mjeseci nakon supruge". www.jutarnji.hr. 3 January 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
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