Predrag Matvejević

Predrag Matvejević was born in Mostar in 1932 to a Croatian mother and a Ukrainian [His father was born in Russian Empire, and so, he was said to be “Russian”. His mother was born in Bosnia-Herzegovina, and she is said to be ethnic Croat.] father, but prefers to be known as Yugoslavian. He is now a naturalised Italian citizen.

He is known for his writing as well as for his political activism. His book "" has been a bestseller in many European countries, and was translated into more than 20 languages. Matvejević emigrated to France in 1991, but from 1994 to 2008 he lived in Italy. He taught at the (New Sorbonne) in Paris as well as in the Sapienza in Rome, and is an honorary Vice-President of the International PEN Center. He is a member of the advisory board of "Novi Plamen".

Works (incomplete)

(Most of his books have appeared in Croatian, Italian and French editions)

* Sartre (essay, 1965)
* Razgovori s Krležom (1969, with several reprints up to 1987)
* Prema novom kulturnom stvaralaštvu (1975)
* Književnost i njezina društvena funkcija (1977)
* Te vjetrenjače (1977)
* Jugoslavenstvo danas (Beograd,1984)
* Otvorena pisma (1985)
* "Mediteranski brevijar" (1987) [Written in Croatian, this book has been reprinted many times and translated into more than twenty languages]
* Istočni epistolar (1995)
* Gospodari rata i mira (with V. Stevanović and Z. Dizdarević, 2000)
* Druga Venecija (2002)

* Le monde «ex» - Confessions (Paris, 1966)
* Pour une poétique de l'événement (Paris, 1979)
* La Méditerranée et l'Europe - Leçons au College de France (Paris, 1998)
* L'Ile-Méditerranée (Paris, 2000)

* Epistolario dell’altra Europa (Garzanti, Milan 1992)
* Sarajevo (Motta, Milan 1995)
* Ex Jugoslavia. Diario di una guerra (Magma, Milan 1995)
* Tra asilo ed esilio (Meltemi, Rome 1998)
* Il Mediterraneo e l’Europa (Garzanti, Milan 1998)
* I signori della guerra (Garazanti, Milan 1999)
* Un’Europa maledetta (Baldini e Castoldi, Milan 2005)

ources

* [http://www.giardini.sm/matvejevic/ Official homepage]