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Dubravka Ugrešić
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Dubravka Ugrešić

1949 – 2023 · aged 74

Croatian writer (1949–2023)

Born
27 Mar 1949 · Kutina
Died
17 Mar 2023 · Amsterdam
Part ofCroatia321 CE – todayKingdom of the Netherlands1772 – todaySocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia1892 – 1963

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 85 years
  1. 27 Mar 1949BornBorn in Kutina
  2. 1988AwardKsaver Šandor Gjalski Award
  3. 1988AwardMeša Selimović Prize
  4. 1988AwardNIN Prize
  5. 1989AwardCity of Zagreb Award
  6. 1996AwardPrix Européen de l'Essai Charles Veillon
  7. 1997AwardVerzetsprijs van de Stichting Kunstenaarsverzet
  8. 1998AwardAustrian State Prize for European Literature
  9. 1998AwardPreis der SWR-Bestenliste
  10. 2000AwardHeinrich Mann Prize
  11. 2010AwardOtherwise Award
  12. 2011AwardIvan Goran Kovačić Award
  13. 2012AwardJean Améry award
  14. 17 Mar 2023DiedDied in Amsterdam

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1949 – 2023).

  1. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  2. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  3. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  4. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  5. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  6. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  7. 1956Suez Crisis
  8. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  9. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  10. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  11. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  12. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  13. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  14. 1968Prague Spring
  15. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  16. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  17. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  18. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  19. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  20. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  21. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  22. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  23. 1985Schengen Agreement
  24. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  25. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  26. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  27. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  28. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  29. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  30. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  31. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  32. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  33. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  34. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  35. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  36. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  37. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  38. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  39. 20112011 Norway attacks
  40. 2011Libyan civil war

Biography

Dubravka Ugrešić (Croatian: [dûbraːvka ûgreʃit͡ɕ]; 27 March 1949 – 17 March 2023) was a Yugoslav-Croatian and Dutch writer. A graduate of University of Zagreb, she was based in Amsterdam from 1996 and continued to identify as a Yugoslav writer.

Text from the Wikipedia article Dubravka Ugrešić, CC BY-SA 4.0

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