Julijana Matanović was born on April 6, 1959. She is a Bosnian Croat who writes short stories and novels. She is a professor at the University of Zagreb's Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. There, she teaches modern Croatian literature.
Life
She was born in Gradačac. She attended primary school in Đurđenovac and then high school in Našice. After that, she went to the University of Osijek, where she received a degree in Yugoslav languages and literature in 1982. In 1998, she completed her doctorate at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb. Her thesis was titled Povijesni roman u hrvatskoj književnosti XX. stoljeća (English: The historical novel in 20th-century Croatian literature). Her books have been translated into German, Hungarian, Serbian, and Slovenian.
Selected works
- Why I Lied to You (1997)
- Note on the Author (2000) ISBN 9789531421089 , OCLC 1019247496
- Good Customs (2000)
- As If We Were Father and Daughter (2003) ISBN 9789532008517 , OCLC 57736760
- Krsto and Lucijan (2003)
- Laura Is Not Just an Anecdote (2005)
- Who Is Afraid of the Likeness Still (2008) ISBN 9789531208314 , OCLC 302231264
- A Book of Women, Men, Cities, and Partings (2009)