News
April, 2010
- Miro Gavran’s novel PONTIUS PILATE will be published in German translation by SEIFERT VERLAG from Vienna, Austria. The translation into German has been done by Klaus Detlef Olof, while the editor is Maria Seifert.
- His novel THE ONLY WITNESS TO BEAUTY is to be published in English by the ITG publishing house from Zagreb. Nina H. Kay-Antoljak has translated it into English.
- Miro Gavran’s novel HAPPY DAYS is coming out in its 6th edition in Croatian. The publisher is MOSAIC BOOKS from Zagreb, and the editor Zoran Maljković.
March, 2010
- Gavran’s drama ALL ABOUT WOMEN will be premiered on March 24 by the Italian Drama Company of the Ivan von Zajc CROATIAN NATIONAL THEATRE. in Rijeka. Silvio Ferrari has translated it into Italian, while Neva Rošić is the director.
- Miro Gavran’s comedy HEN-PECKED HUSBANS (My Wife’s Husband and The Return of My Wife’s Husband) will have its opening night at the CROATIAN THEATRE in Pécs, Hungary, directed by Želimir Orešković.
- The ITG publishing house has published the English version of Gavran’s THE TEACHER OF MY DREAMS. Nina H. Kay-Antoljak translated it into English.
February, 2010
- Miro Gavran’s play NIGHT OF THE GODS will be premiered on February 16 at the TEATRO ALLO SCALO in Rome, directed by Gorjana Ducic, who translated this drama into Italian.
- MOSAIC BOOKS from Zagreb will be publishing the 9th edition in the Croatian language of Gavran’s novel CLARA.
- The 8th edition of Miro Gavran’s novel ALL SORTS OF THINGS IN MY HEAD in Croatian will be published by MOSAIC BOOKS, Zagreb.
January, 2010
- Miro Gavran’s play PARALLEL WORLDS will be premiered on January 29 at the National Theatre in Osijek, with Robert Raponja directing.
- The second edition in Croatian of THE ONLY WITNESS TO BEAUTY, Miro Gavran’s novel, has been published by MOSAIC BOOKS from Zagreb, only three months after the first edition came out.
December, 2009
- Gavran’s comedy My Wife’s Husband will be premiered on December 13 at the Slezska Divadlo Opava in the town of Opava in the Czech Republic. The play has been translated into the Czech language by Jiri Vobecky, while the director is Blanka Fišerova.
- Gavran’s drama How To Kill the President will be premiered in a stage reading on December 16, organised by the Japanese Centre of ITI, at the IWATO Theatre in Japan. Ayako Funakawa has translated the play into Japanese, while the director of the reading is Yoshiko Nozaki.
- All About Women, Gavran’s play, will have its first night at the CLASIC IOAN SLAVICI Theatre in the town or Arad in Romania on December 18. Catalina Latu did the translation into Romanian, and Felix Crainicu is directing.
- Gavran’s monodrama THE CRAZIEST SHOW ON EARTH has been published in the Marin Držić Prize collection.
DISPUT is the publisher and the editor is Josip Pandurić.
November, 2009
Miro Gavran's novel How We Broke Our Legs is being published in Beijing, PR of China by World Affairs Press.
The translation into Chinese has been done by Kewein Yan. The prefaces to the novel have been written by Chen Haosu and Ante Simonia. To date, this novel has come out in five editions in Croatian.
November 6 The GAVRAN Theatre in Zagreb will premiere the monodrama The Craziest Show in the World. The author is Miro Gavran, while the monodrama is being directed by Mladena Gavran, who is also playing the 12 different roles.
October, 2009
Miro Gavran's novel The Only Witness to Beauty was published by MOSAIC BOOKS from Zagreb. The editor was Zoran Maljkovia.
Gavran's drama Chekhov Says Good-bye to Tolstoy was premiered by the Tešin Theatre (a Polish-language theatre) in Eešky Tešin, Czech Republic. The play was translated into Polish by Anna Wierszowska, and Malgorzata Siuda directed it.
A collection of Miro Gavran's plays in English, Parallel Worlds & Other Plays, was published by the Croatian Writers' Association. Nikola Djuretia was the editor and the plays were translated into English by Nina Kay-Antoljak and Ellen Elias-Bursaa. There are four of Gavran's plays in the book: Parallel Worlds, Chekhov Says Good-Bye to Tolstoy, George Washington's Loves and Laughter Prohibited.
September, 2009
The DOMINO TEATAR from Vilnius in Lithuania will give a premiere performance of Miro Gavranus comedy MY WIFEuS HUSBAND, directed by Kostad Dmorginas, on September 9. The leading roles will be played by: Jolanta Dapkunaite, Juozas Gai3auskas and Vytautas apranauskas.
August, 2009
MOSAIC BOOKS will be publishing the 5th edition in Croatian of Miro Gavranus novel THE TEACHER OF MY DREAMS.
July, 2009
MOSAIC BOOKS will be putting out the 7th edition in Croatian of Miro Gavranus novel HEAD OVER HEELS.
June, 2009
MOSAIC BOOKS in Zagreb published the 5th edition of Miro Gavranus novel PONTIUS PILATE.
May, 2009
A premiere performance of Miro Gavran's comedy MY WIFE'S HUSBAND took place at the KAMCHATKA DRAMA AND COMEDY THEATRE in the town of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatka in Russia. Sergei Girin did the translation into Russian, while Valentin Zverovski was the director of the play.
Miro Gavranus drama ALL ABOUT WOMEN was premiered by the SPISSKA THEATRE in the town of Spisska Novoj Vesi in Slovakia. Jan Jankovic translated the play, which was directed by Jan Sledacek.
There was a premiere performance by the POWSZECHNY THEATRE in Radom, Poland of Miro Gavran's play ALL ABOUT WOMEN. Anna Tuszynska translated the play into Polish and Krzystof Olichwiera directed it.
April, 2009
The FREIS TEATAR AUGSBURG from Augsburg in Germany premiered Miro Gavran's drama ALL ABOUT WOMEN. Ljerka Hermann Ore1kovia's translated the play and Berislav Vrane!i§ directed it.
The SPI SKO THEATRE in Spi!!ka Nova Ves in Slovakia premiered Miro Gavranus play ALL ABOUT MEN. Jan Jankovi did the translation and Emil Spi!ka was the director.
The JAZAVAC CITY THEATRE in Banja Luka in Bosnia-Herzegovina gave a premiere performance of Gavranus drama DR FREUDuS PATIENT. Aleksandar Pejakovi§ was the director.
Miro Gavran was awarded the MARIN DR1I¦ Prize by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia for his monodrama THE CRAZIEST SHOW IN THE WORLD.
The L. SOLSKIEGO THEATRE in the town of Tarnov in Poland gave a premiere performance of Miro Gavranus play ALL ABOUT WOMEN. Anna Tuszynska translated the play into Polish and it was directed by Krzystof Prus.
The LUDOWY THEATRE in Krakow, Poland gave the 200th jubilee performance of Gavranus comedy MY WIFEuS HUSBAND, translated into Polish by Anna Tuszynska, while Tomasz Obara directed the play.
March, 2009
Miro Gavran's drama FORGET HOLLYWOOD was premiered at the BRETT Theatre in Vienna, Austria, in a translation into German by Yvonne Strujia and Nika Brettschneider, the latter also having directed the play.
MOSAIC BOOKS published the 8th edition in Croatian of Miro Gavran's novel JUDITH.
MOSAIC BOOKS published the 5th edition in Croatian of Miro Gavran's novel HOW WE BROKE OUT LEGS.
Miro Gavran's novel FORGOTTEN SON was published in English by ITG Publishers from Zagreb. Nina H. Kay-Antoljak translated the novel into English.
The publishers, MOSAIC BOOKS from Zagreb published the 6th edition in Croatian of Miro Gavran's novel JOHN THE BAPTIST.
February, 2009
Since 2003, the Jan Palarik Theatre from Trnava, Slovakia has organised a theatre festival that is unique in Europe, at which only the dramas and comedies of the Croatian author, Miro Gavran, are performed.
This year's GAVRANFEST is the fourth to be organised and it will be held between February 23 and 27, with theatres from five countries taking part: Slovakia, Austria, the Czech Republic, Poland and Croatia.
The festival performances of Gavran's plays will be scheduled as follows:
Feb 23: Henpecked Husbands, GAVRAN Theatre, Zagreb, Croatia
Feb 24: All About Women, STUDIO TWO Theatre, Prague, Czech Republic
Feb 25: All About Men, LUDOWY Theatre, Krakow, Poland
Feb 26: Forget Hollywood, BRETT Theatre, Vienna, Austria
Feb 27: Greta Garbo's Secret, JAN PALARIK Theatre, Trnava, Slovakia
January, 2009
MOSAIC BOOKS publishers from Zagreb have put out the 7th edition in Croatian of Gavran's book for children, How Dad Won Mum, edited by Zoran Maljkovi§.
December, 2008
The Jan Palarik Theatre from Trnava, Slovakia will premiere Gavran's new play GRETA GARBO'S SECRET on December 11. Jan Jankovi has translated the play and it is being directed by Jan Zeman.
On December 13, the Antonin Dvouák Theatre from Prybram in the Czech Republic will give a premiere performance of Gavran's comedy OTHELLO FROM SUSAK ISLAND in Helena and Franti!ek Karoch's translation, with Milan Schejbal directing.
November, 2008
On November 28, the Liepaja Theatre in Liepaja, Latvia will premiere Gavran's play ALL ABOUT MEN in Edit Tisheizera's translation, directed by Rolandas Atkoiunas.
October, 2008
The GAVRAN Theatre will perform the premiere of Gavran's comedy CUCKOLDS in Zagreb on October 4. The comedy is made up of two of Gavran's plays, MY WIFE'S HUSBAND and THE RETURN OF MY WIFE'S HUSBAND. Zoran Muzi? is directing the play while the leading roles will be played by Siniša Popovi?, Žarko Savi? and Vlasta Ramljak.
September, 2008
MOZAIC BOOKS from Zagreb brought out the 7th edition of Miro Gavran's novel ALL SORTS OF THINGS IN MY HEAD. The editor was Zoran Maljkovi?.
July, 2008
7th July in Prague, Theater STUDIO DVA will perform premiere of Gavran's play ALL ABOUT MAN. Czech translate are made by Blanka Kucerova, dramaturg are Blanka Fišerova and director are Jana Janekova.
June, 2008
Publisher “Mosaic books” from Zagreb was published three Gavran's books on Croatian language: 6.th edition on novel HEAD OVER HEELS IN LOVE, 4.th edition of novel THE TEACHER OF MY DREAMS and second edition of his book FOUR DIFFERENT PLAY.
May, 2008
For two days running this month, the Croatian writer Miro Gavran will have two premieres in two important European culture centers.
On May 16, the APOLLO Theatre in Bratislava, Slovakia will give a premiere performance of his play ALL ABOUT WOMEN, in Jana Jankovic's translation. The play is being directed by Minim F. Otzow, and the leading roles will be played by Andrea Karnasova, Dagmar Bruckayerova and Andrea Zimanyi-Profantova.
The next day, on May 17, his play ALL ABOUT MEN, in Anna Tuszynska's translation and Tomasz Obara's direction, will be premiered by the LUDOWY Theatre in Krakow, Poland. Krzysztof Gorecki, Piotr Pilitowski and Tomasz Obara, also the director, will be playing the leads.
The Slovakian premiere of ALL ABOUT WOMEN will be exactly the twenty-first premiere of Gavran's play since the Zagreb premiere that took place at the EPILOG Theatre in Zagreb in the Autumn of 2000. The Polish premiere of ALL ABOUT MEN will be the seventh premiere performance of the play, starting from October, 2006, when the world premiere was held at the JANA PALARIKA Theatre in Trnava, Slovakia.
Miro Gavran has had more than 160 premieres of his theatre texts all over the world, and his plays have been seen by more than two million theatre-goers.
April, 2008
ITG publisher from Zagreb publish Gavran's book GRETA GARBO'S SECRET like book on english and croatia language. English translation was maded by Nina H.Key-Antoljak
12th April Miro Gavran's play „All About Women“ was premiered in Theater Stefan Jaracz in city Olsztyn. Play is translated into polish by Anna Tuszynska, and director is Giovanny Castellanos
19th April Slovenian City Theater from Ljubljana, performed 150. reprise of Gavran's play „All About Women“
March, 2008
7th March „Theater San Giuseppe“ from city Camoglia from Italia was premiered Gavran's play ALL ABOUT WOMEN. Italian translation was maded by Silvio Ferrari, and director of play was Mario Peccerini.
11th Marc Akvarious Production from Mumbyi, India, premierly performed Gavran's play ALL ABOUT WOMEN. Director of play is Hidayet Sami.
SEIFERT VERLAG from Vienna will be publishing Gavran's novel JOHN THE BAPTIST in German. The translation is by Klaus Detlef Olof and Maria Seifert is the editor.
AKVARIOUS PRODUCTIONS from Mumbai, India will perform the premiere of Gavran's play ALL ABOUT WOMEN on March 11. The play will be directed by Hidaayat Sami.
February, 2008
MOZAIC BOOKS from Zagreb, Gavran's publishers, will put out the 2nd edition in Croatian of his novel, TRY TO FORGET.
Mozaic Book from Zagreb will put out 5th edition in Croatian of Gavran's novel HAPPY DAYS.
January, 2008
Gavran's Zagreb publisher, MOZAIC BOOKS, will be putting out the 7th edition in Croatian of his novel FORGOTTEN SON, the 4th edition of PONTIUS PILATE, the 8th edition of his novel KLARA, and the 5th edition of SMALL UNUSUAL PEOPLE, a collection of short stories. The editor of all four books is Zoran Maljkovic.
December, 2007
The comedy WANTED – A NEW HUSBAND by Miro Gavran was premiered on December 2 at the JAK Theatre in Mali Lošinj, directed by Denis Brižic. Michael Schaf did the scenography, and Lorina Starc was the costume designer. The leading roles were played by Boris Šegota, Lucano Nikolic and Lorina Starc.
The KLAIPEDA DRAMA THEATRE from Klaipeda in Lithuania gave a premiere performance on December 13 of Miro Gavran's ALL ABOUT MEN directed by Arvydas Lebeliunas. The players were Edvardas Brazys, Rimantas Pelakauskas, Igoris Reklaitis and Kezimieras Žvinklys.
The LIEPAJA TEATAR from Liepaja, Latvia premiered Gavran's ALL ABOUT MEN on December 14. Edite Tisheizere translated the play into Latvian and it was directed by Rolandas Atkociunas. The cast: Kaspars Gods, Leons Lešcinskis and Egons Dombrovskis.
On December 31 the TEATR NOWY from Zabrze in Poland will premiere two of Gavran's plays: ALL ABOUT WOMEN and ALL ABOUT MEN. Anna Tuszynska has translated the play into Polish, Bartlomiej Wyszomirski is the director, and the scenography is by Iza Toronewicz. The players will be Aleksandra Gajewska, Danuta Lewandowska, Joanna Falkowska, Krzysztof Urbanowicz, Marcin Kocela and Norbert Kaczorowski.
Miro Gavran's novel JUDITH was published in the Catalonian language by EDITORIAL ENSIOLA from Muro-Mallorca in Spain. The translation into Catalonian was done by Iris Radetic and Jaume Moragues Farras.
November, 2007
Miro Gavran's comedy MY WIFE'S HUSBAND was premiered on November 4 in Tirana, Albania, in an ALBANIAN EUROPEAN INSTITUTE production. The play was translated into Albanian and directed by Kastriot Cipi, Rudin Coci was the scenographer, while Anila Zajmi Katanoli designed the costumes. The cast: Rajmonda Bulku, Medih Malka and Vangjel Toce.
Gavran's novel for children HEAD OVER HEALS IN LOVE came out in its 5th edition in Croatian. It was published by MOSAIC BOOKS from Zagreb, while the editor was Zoran Maljkovic.
The GAVRAN THEATRE premiered Gavran's new comedy HENPECKED HUSBANDS in Zagreb on November 11. The play was directed by Nina Kleflin, Marta Crnobrnja was the scenographer, Djurdja Janeš the costume designer, while the main roles were played by Zvonimir Zoricic, Ivica Joncic and Mladena Gavran.
Gavran' novel JUDITH was published in the Czech language by NAKLADATELSTVI DAUPHIN from Prague, Czech Republic, in Jaroslav Otcenašek's translation.
Gavran's play DR FREUD'S PATIENT had its premiere on November 6 at the KOMORNI CINOHRA in Prague. Dagmar Ruljancic translated the play into Czech, the director was Jiri Babek, and the costumographer Ljubica Babek Malcerova. The cast: Lukaš Kral, Matouš Rumi and Šarka Mukova.
October, 2007
Gavran will be conducting a literary get-together at the Gradišcanski [Burgenland] Centre in Vienna on October 19 at 20:00 hrs. Mladen Martic and Marija Seifert will be talking about his drama and prose work, and the get-together will be bi-lingual, in Croatian and German.
The Croatian National Theatre from Varaždin will be giving a guest performance of Gavran's play NORA IN OUR TIME at the AKZENT Theatre in Vienna, Austria on October 20 at 19:00 hrs. The play will be simultaneously translated into the German language.
HOW TO KILL THE PRESIDENT AND OTHER PLAYS, a book of selected Gavran plays, will be promoted at the NOWY W ZABRZE Theatre in the Polish town of Zabrze at the Festival of Comedy. Anna Tuszynska, the translator, and Anna Wierzchowska, the editor, will be speaking about the book. An exhibition of posters of Gavran productions from theatres all over the world will also be opened as part of the occasion.
MY WIFE'S HUSBAND, Gavran's comedy, was premiered in Moscow. It was directed by Aleksander Ogarjev, a distinguished Russian director on "Amurska Jesen" festival. It was awarded three times: GRAND-PRIX for the best play, Aleksandar Ogarjev was awarded for best direction, and Leonid Roberman was awarded as the best theatre producer.
September, 2007
The Spanish edition of Miro Gavran's novel JOHN THE BAPTIST was launched in Buenos Aires, Argentina at the EL ATENEO EDITORIAL bookshop on September 4. Marcel Birmajer, the writer, was the promoter of the book and, along with the author, Mladena Gavran, the actress, and the writer Dunja Ozanic also took part. Domagoj Prosoli was also present as the representative of the Croatian Embassy in Argentina.
The Spanish version of Gavran's JOHN THE BAPTIST was launched at the National Library in Santiago de Chile, Chile on September 12. Antonio Skarmeta, was the promotor, and, along with Miro Gavran, the actresses Paola Bravo and Mladena Gavran, and the editor Arturo Infante, also took part. Refik Šabanovic and Tuga Tarle were also there as representatives of the Croatian Embassy in Chile. They were also organizers of this event.
Miro Gavran's book of plays DRAMAS AND COMEDIES III was published in the Slovakian language in Bratislava, in Jan Jankovic's translation, with a Preface by Michal Babiak. Four of Gavran's plays are included in the book: NORA IN OUR TIME, ALL ABOUT MEN, LAUGHING PROHIBITED, and HOW TO KILL THE PRESIDENT.
August, 2007
Miro Gavran's novel JUDITH was published by FAKEL EXPRESS in Sofia, Bulgaria in Lyudmila Mindova's translation into Bulgarian.
Gavran's short story IN THE RIVER'S EMBRACE was published in Russian in Moscow. It came out in the literary journal Ruska Zvono No. 3, which is published by the Society of Authors of Russia, in Larissa Savelyeva's translation. The Society also published it in their newspaper Moskovski Literat.
Gavran's novel PONTIUS PILATE was adapted and broadcast by Croatian Radio in Zagreb as a radio-serial in 5 episodes.
ALL ABOUT WOMDEN, Gavran's play, was premiered at the Valjevo Cultural Hall in Valjevo, Serbia. It was directed by Ksenija Krnajski, and the leading roles were played by Nela Mihailovic, Katarina Vicentijevic and Angelina Lukic.
MOSAIC BOOKS from Zagreb published the 5th edition in Croatian of Gavran's book HOW DAD WON MUM.
July, 2007
Gavran's play CREON'S ANTIGONE will be premiered on July 6 in Avignon, France, at the International Theatre Festival AVIGNON OFF. The play will be performed by the ROSEAU THEATER Company in the French language in Andrea Pucnik's translation and will be played every day at the Festival until July 28. The directors are MF and JC BROCHE, while the main roles will be played by Mathier Barbier and Marie Broche.
Gavran's drama ALL ABOUT WOMEN will be premiered at the Teatar STUDIO DVA in Prague, the Czech Republic on July 9, 2007. The play has been translated into Czech by Jiri Vobecky and Vlatka Soucek- Kapetanovic. The director is Jana Janekova while the players are Anna Siskova, Jana Krausova and Jitka Schneiderova.
June, 2007
Gavran short story IN THE RIVER'S EMBRACE was published as a book in five languages: Danish, Swedish, Romanian, Japanese and Croatian. The translations were done by: Peter Gronfeldt, Tena Kotvas, Andra Sorina Besliu and Yumiko Yasue.
May, 2007
Gavran was awarded a SPECIAL PRIZE for his novel THE TEACHER OF MY DREAMS at the International Festival of Literature for Children and Young People in Sofia, Bulgaria. Authors from some ten countries took part at the Festival, which was held under the auspices of the 'European Union Cultural Programme 2000'.
April, 2007
Gavran's novel JOHN THE BAPTIST came out in Spanish, published by the well-known Argentinean publishing house, El Ateneo Editorial from Buenos Aires.
Mosaic Books from Zagreb published the 4th edition in Croatian of Gavran's novel HOW WE BROKE OUR LEGS.
Polish National Radio will be giving a premiere broadcast of Gavran's play CREON'S ANTIGONE. The leading roles will be played by Adam Ferency and Maja Hirsch. Karolina Brusic did the translation into Polish.
Panga Pank Publishers from Cracow will be publishing Miro Gavran's book HOW TO KILL THE PRESIDENT AND OTHER PLAYS. The plays have been translated into Polish by Anna Tuszynska, and the book contains 6 of Gavran's plays: GEORGE WASHINGTON'S LOVES, NIGHT OF THE GODS, ALL ABOUT MEN, HOTEL BABYLON, PARALLEL WORLD and HOW TO KILL THE PRESIDENT.
The second edition in the Albanian language of Gavran's novel for children, HAPPY DAYS, has come out, published by Andersen Publishers from Tirana. Shpresa Vreto translated the novel into Albanian.
March, 2007
The premiere of Gavran's play CHEKHOV SAYS GOOD-BYE TO TOLSTOY will be held at the SILVIA MONFORT Theatre in Paris on March 7.
Andrea Pucnik translated the play into French, Marie-France Lahore is the director with Pascal J. Mercier as asst. director. The scenography is by Marielle Spalony, costumes by Catherine Caldray, and lighting design by Daniel Molnier. The Players: Camille Cottin, Thomas DeWinter, Jean-Claude Drouot, Vincent Primault and Marie-France Santon.
The 5th edition in Croatian of Miro's book JOHN THE BAPTIST will be coming out in March, published by Mosaic Books, Zagreb.
February, 2007
The 6th edition in Croatian of Gavran's novel ALL SORTS OF THINGS IN MY HEAD was published by Mosaic Books, Zagreb.
Mosaic Books from Zagreb published Gavran's book, FOUR VARIOUS PLAYS.
Zoran Maljkovic was the editor, and the following four plays are included: NORA IN OUR TIME, ALL ABOUT MEN, HOW TO KILL THE PRESIDENT and PARALLEL WORLDS.
The novel HOW DAD WON MUM came out in its 5th edition, published by Mosaic Books, Zagreb.
January, 2007
Gavran's play ALL ABOUT WOMEN was premiered at the WANDY SIEMASZKOWEJ Theatre in the Polish town of Rseszowie on January 13. The translation into Polish was done by Anna Tuszynska, Krzysztof Jaworski was the director and scenographer, while Justyna Kolodziej, Malgorzata Machowska and Beata Zarembianka were the players.
ITG from Zagreb published Miro Gavran's book PLAYS in English. Seven of his plays are included: ALL ABOUT MEN, ALL ABOUT WOMEN, NORA IN OUR TIME, CREON'S ANTIGONE, HOW TO KILL THE PRESIDENT, DR FREUD'S PATIENT and NIGHT OF THE GODS. The plays were translated by: Nina H. Kay-Antoljak, Marie-Elise Zovko, Ellen Elis-Bursac and Laura Gudim.
December, 2006
Gavran's play for children, The Enchanted Violinist, was premiered in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina by the HASIJA BORIC Travelling Theatre.
Gavran's play Nora in Our Time was premiered at the Croatian National Theatre in Varaždin with Georgij Paro directing. Mladen Martic was the dramaturge, Gordana Slivka the assistant director, Dinka Jericevic the scenographer, while the costumes were designed by Marija Zarak. Davor Rocco selected the music and the cast members were: Ines Bojanic, Kristijan Potocki, Stojan Matavulj, Ljiljana Bogojevic, Zvonko Zecevic, Beti Lucic and Gordana Slivka.
The 7th edidtion in Croatian of Gavran's novel Clara was published by Mosaic Books from Zagreb.
November, 2006
Gavran's play Dr Freud's Patient in Lia Karavia's translation into Greek was published in the TEMA No. 32 literary magazine in Athens.
His play All About Men in the Croatian language was premiered at the GAVRAN Theatre in Zagreb. It was directed by Mladena Gavran and the roles were played by Dražen Bratulic, Ivica Pucar and Robert Ugrina. The scenographer was Marta Crnobrnja and Djurdja Janes designed the costumes.
The 5th edition in Croatian of Gavran's novel for young people, All Sorts of Things in My Head, was published by Mosaic Books from Zagreb.
Gavran's novel Pontius Pilate was nominated for the INTERNATIONAL IMPAC DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD FOR 2007 in Dublin, Ireland. It was nominated by the City Library in Rijeka, and the Oton Zupancic Library from Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Gavran's novel Pontius Pilate was published in Serbia by MOST ART from Zemun.
Gavran's novel Forgotten Son was published in its 6th edition in Croatian by Mosaic Books, Zagreb.
Gavran's novel Judith came out in its 6th edition in Croatian, published by Mosaic Books, Zagreb.
Gavran's novel for young people, The Teacher of My Dreams, was nominated for the KIKLOP Award in the category of this year's best book for young people in Croatia.
Gavran's play All About Men was premiered by the State Theatre company in Kosice, Slovakia. It was translated into Slovakian by Dr Jan Jankovic and was directed by Dusan Bajin.
October, 2006
Gavran's comedy, My Wife's Husband, will be premiered in Moscow on October 16 and 17 by the Art Partner XXI company at the the Taganyka Actors Society theatre. Sergei Girin has done the translation into Russian, the play is being directed by Alexander Ogarev, and the players are Olga Prokofieva, Valeri Garkalin and Semyon Strugacev.
The Jan Palarik Trnova Theatre is organising the Third GAVRANFEST in the Slovakian city of Trnava between October 21 and 24. Only Gavran's plays are performed at this Festival. The organisers, Emil Nedielka and Michal Babian, have invited seven theatre companies from five countries (Slovakia, Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovenia and Croatia) to this year's GAVRANFEST. The patron of the Festival is the County Prefect of the Trnava County, Tibor Mikus, grad. engineer, and it is being sponsored by POTOMAC d.o.o. – CROATA KRAVATA.
The Festival will open with the world premiere of Gavran's play, All About Men, performed by the host theatre, the Jan Palarik... The play has been translated into Slovakian by Jan Jankovic, is being directed by Michal Babiak, Jan Zavarsky has done the scenography, the costumes are by Eva Farkasova, while the players are Peter Kocis, Jozef Bujdak and Gregor Holoska.
September, 2006
Miro's novel Judith was published in Serbia by Most Art from Zemun. Dragan Stojkovic was the editor.
Mosaic Books from Zagreb published the 4th edition of Gavran's novel for children, How Dad Won Mum. It was edited by Zoran Maljkovic.
Mosaic Books published the 3rd edition of Gavran's novel for children, Head Over Heels in Love, edited by Zoran Maljkovic.
The Kladno Central Czech Theatre from the town of Kladno in the Czech Republic will be giving a premiere performance of Miro's play All About Women on September 21. Vlatka Soucek-Kapetanovic and Jiry Vobecka have translated the play into the Czech language, while Stepan Chaloupka is directing it.
Gavran's play, Wanted – a New Husband, will be premiered in German on September 23 at the German-Serbian National Theatre in Bautzen.
The play has been translated by Lubina and Dusan Hajdukveljkovic and will be directed by Jasa Jamnik from Slovenia. The players are Petra Wenzel-Bulankec, Jan Mikan and Torsten Schlosser.
August, 2006
The 'Und So Fort' Theatre from Munich premiered Gavran's play How to Kill the President on August 7. This play was very successfully premiered in March, 2006 by the Sensemble Theatre from Augsburg, and the Munich theatre decided to include the show in its repertoire. It was directed by Heiko Dietz, and the players were Daniela Nering, Sandra Lenhmann, Johannes Haag and David Scholz.
A stage reading of Gavran's play Chekohov Says Good-bye to Tolstoy, directed by Robert Pobleta, was given as a premiere at the Festival of Contemporary European Drama in Santiago de Chile. Jasna Bulat translated the play into Spanish.
July, 2006
Mosaic Books from Zagreb published the 2nd edition of Gavran's novel for young people, The Teacher of My Dreams. The book was edited by Zoran Maljkovic.
The 'Studio K' Theatre from Katowic in Poland gave a premiere performance of Gavran's comedy My Wife's Husband in the city of Gorzow on July 30. The text was translated into Polish by Anna Tuszynska, the director was Jerzy Krol, and the players were Saniwoj Krol and Marcin Roj.
June, 2006
The Jonas Zaborsky Theatre premiered Gavran's play Death of an Actor in the town of Presovo in Slovakia on June 2. It was translated into Slovakian by Jan Jankovic and directed by Michal Vajdicka, while the main roles were played by Jozo Strazan and Kveta Strazanova.
Thirty-two playwrights from the 32 countries competing in the World Cup were invited to present their work at the Festival of Contemporary German Drama in Mülheimer in Germany between June 2 and 6. Miro was the invitee from Croatia and he presented his play Chekhov Says Good-bye to Tolstoy.
The Croatian National Theatre from Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina, premiered Gavran's play All About Women on June 15. It was directed by Robert Raponja and the players were Sandra Krgo, Jelena Kordic and Ivana Zupa.
May, 2006
Gavran's play „ALL ABOUT WOMEN“ premiered on 11.May in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, on TEATRO LEBLON, in Marcelo Mello translation. Directing by Tiziana Studart, players were Beth Goulart, Marina Lima and Ines Viana.
The 4th edition in Croatia of Gavran's novel „JOHN THE BAPTIST“ was published Mozaik knjiga in Zagreb.
The 3rd edition in Croatia of Gavran's novel „PONTIUS PILATE“ was published Mozaik knjiga in Zagreb.
April, 2006
Miro's publishers Mozaik Books from Zagreb published his new novel THE TEACHER OF MY DREAMS,. Zoran Maljkovic edited the book.
Miro Gavran's play „It's hard to say Good-By“ was published in literary magazine BALKANI number 1 for 2006 in Sofia.Translation on bulgarian language was done by Alexandra Liven.
Gavran's play WANTED A NEW HUSBEND is to be premiered on March 21. in Bratislava,Slovakia, in Theatre „WEST“ in Jan Jankovic translation. Ljubo Roman is directing, and players will be Zuzana Tluckova, Joža Procko and Marian Labuda. Author will be present on premiere.
On March 28. in Athene,in Dythiramvos Theatre, will be premiere of Gavran's play „Dr. Freud patient“ in Lia Karavia translation.Directing by Mihalis Zografidis, playing by Mihalis Zografidis, Yannis Katsambas and Efi Nihoriti.
March, 2006
Gavran's play, How to Kill the President, will be published in book form in Paris by Theatron Noctuabundi in March. It has been translated into French by Yves-Alexandre Tripkovic, who is also the editor of the book.
The theatrologist, Sanja Nikcevic, has written the Preface.
Miro will be the representative of Croatia at the Leipzig Book Fair, and will be launching the German edition of his novel Judith there at 14:45 (2.45 pm) on March 16, as part of the Small Languages – Great Literature programme. Andreas Maloris, the writer from Cyprus, will also be presented.
Alida Bremer will be the moderator, and extracts from the work will be read by the German actor, Thorsten Giese.
Gavran's play How to Kill the President will be premiered at the Theatre S'Ensemble in Augsburg in Germany on March 18, directed by Heiko Dietz. The play has been translated into German by Berislav Vranesic, and the players are: Sandra Lehmann, Daniela Nering, Johannes Haag and David Scholz.
The Croatian Theatre in Pécs, Hungary will premiere Gavran's comedy, The Cheerful Rectangle on March 20, directed by Stjepan Filakovic.
The cast: Stjepan Djuric, Slaven Vidakovic, Tatjana Bertok-Zupkovic and Nela Kocis.
A stage reading will be given of Gavran's play George Washington's Loves for World Theatre Day (March 27) at the “Theatron tis Imeras” in Athens, Greece.
The play has been translated into Greek and will be directed by Lia Karavia. Mirna Milion will be playing Silvia, while the role of Martha Washington will be played by Lia Karavia. The International Playwright's Forum, Hellenic Centre of the International Theatre Institute and the Association of Greek Playwrights has organised this presentation as part of the celebration of World Theatre Day in Greece.
February, 2006
Gavran's drama Chekhov Says Goodbye to Tolstoy is to be premiered on February 25 in Washington in a Rockville Little Theatre production in Ellen Elias-Bursac's translation. Alexander Fraser is directing, and the players will be Stephen Rourke (Tolstoy), Melissa Leebaert (Sofya), Michael Harris (Chekhov) and Jessica Hansen (Olga).
Gavran's play All About Women is to be premiered on February 3 at the Ludowy Theatre in Cracow, Poland. The play has been translated into Polish by Anna Tuszynska, Pawel Szumiec is directing, and the actors are: Marta Bizon, Magdalena Niec and Beata Schimscheiner.
January, 2006
The Zagreb publishers Mosaic Books published the second edition in Croatian of Gavran's novel for young people, Head Over Heels in Love, and the third edition of his novel for young people How Dad Won Mum. Both novels were edited by Zoran Maljkovic, while Niko Barun did the illustrations. The books came out in Mosaic's collection, Miro Gavran for Young People.
December, 2005
Gavran's novel TRY TO FORGET was published in Bulgarian by „Balkani Publishers“, Sofia. The translation into Bulgarian was done by Aleksandra Liven.
November, 2005
Miro's comedy WANTED – A NEW HUSBAND was premiered in the Lusatian- Sorbian language at the „Lusation-Sorbian National Theatre“ in Bautzen in Germany on November 5. Lubina Hajduk-Veljkovicowa translated the play, Jasa Jamnik directed it, the dramaturge was Dorothea Solcina, and the lead parts were played by Petra Wenzel-Bulankec, Jan Mikan and Torsten Schlosser.
October, 2005
At the 57th International Book Fair, Frankfurt, on 21st October (Friday) at 12 noon, the promotion will take place of:
„MIRO GAVRAN'S NOVEL „JUDITH“ – IN TEN LANGUAGES (Croatian, Catalan, English, Norwegian, Esperanto, German, Slovakian, Slovenian, Russian, French)
CROATIAN EXHIBITION STAND: Hall 5.0, C 956
At the promotion will speak about Gavran's novel „Judith“.
SRECKO LIPOVCAN, Zajednica nakladnika Hrvatske, Zagreb
JASEN BOKO, literary critic, Split
MARIA SEIFERT, „Seifert Verlag“, Vienna
ALEXANDER GUZMAN, „Azbooka Publishers“, Petrograd
KIRSTEN ENGELSTAD, „Engelstad Forlag“, Oslo
MIRO GAVRAN, author , Zagreb
In the first week of October, Miro Gavran's novel „John The Baptist“ will be published in pocket edition by Mozaik Knjiga, Zagreb. The editor is Zoran Malkovic. This is the third Croatian edition of this book, the previous two being hardbacks.
September, 2005
During the last week of September, Miro Gavran's novel „Judith“will be published in Vienna, Austria in German. The publisher is SEIFERT VERLAG, it was translated into German by Hans-Joackim Lanksch, and the editor was Maria Seifert.
In the National Theatre of Brno, Czech Republic, the premier of Miro Gavran's drama George Washington's Loves will take place. It was translated into Czech by Hana Drozdova- Nejezchlebova, director: Roman Groszmann, dramatic advisor: Jan Sotkovsky, set and costumes: Sylva Markova, actors: Tereza Grygarova (Martha) and Zuzana Scerbova (Silva)
The GAVRAN theatre of Zagreb will on the 24th of September perform the first night of Gavran's drama „Creone's Antigone“ in the Gradsko Kažalište in Karlovac „Zorin dom“: director: Georgij Paro, costumes: Irena Sušac, scene director: Aljoša Paro, actors : Zvonimir Zoricic ( Creon ) i Dora Fišter ( Antigone ).
August, 2005
Miro Gavran's play „Nora in Our Time“ was published in theater magazine KAZALISTE 21/22.
July, 2005
Miro's comedy Drivers for All Seasons or Herzegovinians at the Wheel will be premiered on July 2, 2005 in Zagreb in the Histrion Acting Company's production, with Zoran Mužic directing. Arsen Dedic has composed the music, Elvira Ulip has designed the costumes, and Marta Crnobrna is the scenographer. The actors: Zvonimir Zoricic, Slavica Kneževic, Siniša Popovic, Marija Boric and Ivica Purcar.
June, 2005
Gavran's drama How to Kill the President was premiered on June 13 at the Kamerni [Chamber] Theatre 55 in Sarajevo, directed by Gradimir Gojer. Irena Žic designed the sets and costumes, while Zehra Kreho was the dramaturge. Admir Glamocak, Alen Muratovic, Jasna Ornela Bery and Sabina Bambur made up the cast.
May, 2005
Mosaic Books published the 5th edition in Croatian of Gavran's novel Judith
Mosaic Book published the 3rd edition in Croatian of Gavran's novel Happy Days
April, 2005
It was announced that Miro Gavran had been awarded the Ministry of Culture's Marin Držic Prize for his play Nora Today. The award was given to him at the Marul's Days Theatre Festival in Split, where the ensemble of the Croatian National Theatre in Split gave a stage reading of the play, directed by Ivan Leo Lemo.
The 4th edition in Croatian of Gavran's novel All Sorts of Things in My Head was published by Mosaic Books.
March, 2005
March 21 – The premiere performance of Gavran's play Dr Freud's Patient, translated into Greek and directed by Lia Karavia, was given at the Theatro tis Imeras in Athens, Greece.
Before the curtain went up, the critic Jasen Boko spoke about Miro Gavran's place in the Croatian theatre context, and the author aswered questions from audience members after the performance.
February, 2005
February 23 – THE THEATRE PLAYS OF MIRO GAVRAN, a book by Prof. Gordana Muzaferija from Sarajevo University, Bosnia-Herzegovina, was launched at the Villa Arko in Zagreb. On 300 pages, she writes about all the 34 plays that Miro has written to date. The book was published by the Croatian Centre of ITI-UNESCO. The author, Gordana Muzaferija, the book's editor Sanja Nikcevic, Željka Turcinovic, president of the Croatian Centre of ITI-UNESCO, and the theatrologist Boris Senker spoke at the book's launching.
February 6 - Gavran's play All About Women, in Czech translation by Jiri Vobecky and Vlatka Soucek-Kapetanovic, directed by Jane Janekova, was premiered at the Šlesko Theatre in Opava, Czech Republic.
February 5 – The premiere of Gavran's play, Shakespeare and Elizabeth, directed by Jiri Vobesky and translated into Czech by Vlatka Soucek-Kapetanovic and Jiri Vobesky, was held at the Horacko Theatre in Jihlava, Czech Republic.
Mozaic Books, Zagreb published the 4th edition of Miro Gavran's short stories entitled Small Unusual People.
January, 2005
The drama by the Croatian author Miro Gavran "All about Women" will have two premieres abroad, one day after the other. The first premiere will take place on 14th January in Buenos Aires in the renowned theatre "Teatro del Nudo" and will be directed by the leading Argentine director Manuel Jedwabny. The actors in the play will be Ana Yovino, Stella Matute and Maria Comesana. The drama was translated into Spanish by Alejandra Sanchez, Maria Rosa Pfeiffer i Nicolas Costa.
The following day, 15th January, in the Mestno gledališce in Ljubljana, the Slovenian premiere of Gavran's drama, directed by Barbara Hieng - Samobor, with the actors Bernarda Oman, Karin Komljanec i Jette Ostan - Vejrup. Alenka Klabus - Vesel translated the drama into Slovenian.
This unusual Gavran drama, in which each of three actresses plays five roles,has had premieres in Zagreb, Sarajevo and in the Slovakian towns of Košice and Trnava.
December, 2004
Miro Gavran's comedy "My Wife's Husband" had a first night on December 21st, 2004 in "Saranda Cultural Centre", in Saranda in Albania. Kastriot Cipi translated play into Albanian language and Spiro Duni is director.
November, 2004
November 30 - The GAVRAN Theatre gave the gala 100th performance of Gavran's monodrama Hotel Babylon.
November 15 – It was officially announced in Dublin that Miro Gavran's novel John the Baptist, translated into English by Laura Gudim, had been nominated for the INTERNATIONAL IMPAC DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD FOR 2005. Nominated writers have included leading names in world literature, such as: Günter Grass, Paul Auster, Anita Brookner, J.M. Coetzee, Mario Vargas Llosa . . .
November 8 to 20 – Gavran's novel, Forgotten Son, was broadcast as a radio-novel in 5 episodes on Croatian Radio.
November 4 - the FX Saldy Theatre in Liberec, Czech Republic performed Miro Gavran's play George Washington's Loves in the Czech language.
November 3 – the BRETT Theatre in Vienna, Austria performed Gavran's play How to Kill the President in the German language.
Mosaic Books from Zagreb published the 6th edition in Croatian of Miro's novel Clara.
October, 2004
The renowed AZBOOKA publishing house from St Petersburg, Russia, published Miro Gavran's novel Judith in its Russian translation by Natalija Vagapova.
Miro's Zagreb publishers Mozaik Books from Zagreb published his new novel Pontius Pilate, whose hero is the man who sentenced Jesus Christ to death. The entire novel is in the first person, with Pontius Pilate himself narrating his life story from early childhood to ten years after Christ's cruxifiction.
Zoran Maljkovic edited the book and the Introduction was written by the literary critic, Mladen Urem.
THE SECOND GAVRANFEST IN SLOVAKIA
The J. Kocanowski Theatre in Czestochowa in Poland will premiere the comedy My Wife's Husband, directed by Monika Kekus, on October 9. Anna Tuszynska translated the play into Polish.
The GAVRAN Theatre will be giving the first performance of Miro Gavran's new comedy, LAUGHING PROHIBITED, in Zagreb on October 3. Zoran Mužic is the play's director and the leading roles will be played by: Tomislav Martic, Mladena Gavran and Antonija Stanišic. The sets are by Marta Crnobrnja, and the costumes by Djurdja Janes.
September, 2004
Mozaik Books from Zagreb published the 5th edition of Miro Gavran's novel Forgotten Son and the 3rd edition of his novel How We Broke Our Legs.
August, 2004
Miro Gavran's novel "Happy Days" will be published in Albanian language in Tirana, in translation of Shpresa Vreto and publish by "Andersen Publishing House".
July, 2004
Miro Gavran's play "Death of an Actor" will have a first night by "Theatre Unit" on July 27th in Bombay in "The Space Theatre". Director of a play is Satyadev Dubey, who's also acting main character named Tom, while Sonali Kulkarni is acting Eve.
On July 27th there will be a first night of a monoplay "Judith" in Beijing, based by the Miro Gavran's same named novel in performance by "Theatre group Ponto". Monoplay will be played in Esperanto language at 89th world congress of Esperanto. Main actress is Vida Jerman and adaptation of a novel is made by Maja Gregl. Director is Mario Kovac.
June, 2004
On June 16th "Theatroom noctuabundi" had a first night in Paris in Theatre de Nesle of a Gavran's play "Creon's Antigone" in translation of Caroline Dukic. Yves-Alexander Tripkovi directs itc, while the main actors are Mathieu Barbier and Marie Broche.
On June 17th it was a first night of a Gavran's play "Checkov Says Good-Bye to Tolstoy" in "Ecole Florent" in Paris, in translation of Caroline Dukic and direction of Andrea Pucnik. The actors are Regis de Closets, Thomas Dewynter, Samuel Ferret, Virgine Niclase and Andrea Pucnik.
May, 2004
Miro Gavran's play "Forget Hollywood" will be performed for the first time on 8th May in the Slovakian Chamber Theatre, Martin, Slovakia. The translator was Jan Jankovic, the director Michal Nahlik and the actors Martin Hornak and Marek Geisperg.
April, 2004
Miro Gavran's novel "Judith" was published in the Norwegian language in Oslo by "Engelstad Forlag". The translator was Britt Bakker Haugen, and the editor Kirsten Engelstad.
For the comedy "Laughing Forbidden" Miro Gavran received the "Marin Drzic" Award of the Croatian Ministry of Culture.
The comedy "My Wife's Husband" was performed for the first time in the Ludovy Theatre in Krakow, Poland. The translator was Anna Tuszynska, the director Tomasz Obara, and the actors Andrzej Franczyk and Jacek Strama.
March, 2004
Miro Gavran's novel "Forgotten Son" will be published in Vienna, Austria in German with the title "Angel from Omorina". The publisher is SEIFERT VERLAG, it was translated into German by Hans-Joachim Lanksch, and the editor was Marija Seifert.
Miro Gavran's new drama, "How to Kill the President" in which the main hero is an antiglobalist, has its Croatian premiere on 6th March in ITD in Zagrebu. The producer is Zoran Muzic, and the actors are: Marko Torjanac, Luka Dragic, Mladena Gavran and Natalija ?ordevic.(Djordjevic). The music is composed by Mate Matišic, the set designer is Aleksandar Bezinovic, and the costume designer is ?urda Janeš (Djurdja).
February, 2004
The publishing house Mozaik knjiga in Zagreb published the 5th edition of Gavran's novel "Clara" in the Croatian language.
January, 2004
Gavran's drama "Death of an Actor" was performed in India in the Marathi language in the"Centre of Performing Arts" in the city of Pune.
December, 2003
The 4th edition of Miro Gavran's novel "JUDITH" os published in Croatian by the publishing house "Mozaik knjiga", Zagreb.
November, 2003
The "Jana Palarika" Theatre, from Trnav, Slovakia, was a guest performer with Miro Gavran's drama "NIGHT OF THE GODS", directed by Michal Babiak, in Slovenia and Croatia, where they gave three performances in Varaždin, Zagreb and Celje.
October, 2003
The "Jana Palarika" Theatre, in Trnav, Slovakia, performed the premiere of Miro Gavran's "All About Women", translated by Jan Jankovic, and directed by Michal Babiak. The dramaturge at the performance was Mirka Cibenkova, the scenographer Jan Zavarsky, and the costume designer Eva Farkašova. The actors were Dagmar Bajnokova, Andrea Karnasova, Nina Kocanova, Tatiana Kuliškova and Zuzana Šebova.
September, 2003
Miro Gavran took part in the 3rd International Literature Festival in Berlin, at which he introduced his novel "Forgotten Son" to the public in several literary performances.
August, 2003
In Zagreb, the 4th Croatian edition of Gavran's novel "Forgotten Son" is published by Mozaik Books. - In Kiev in the journal "Young Ukraine", two of Gavran's dramas are published: "All About Women" i "Dr. Freud's Patient". Translation into Ukranian was done by Jurij Lysenko.
Juli, 2003
In Tehran, Iran, Gavran's drama "George Washington's Loves" is published in Persian, in the journal AZ NAMAYESH, no.2.
June, 2003
Miro Gavran's book "FIVE DRAMAS" was published in Paris, translated by Philippe Gelez, Yves-Alexandre Tripkovia and Caroline Dukia. In the book, Gavran's dramas Creon's Antigone, Chekhov Says Good-bye to Tolstoy, Death Of An Actor, Shakespeare and Elizabeth, Night of the Gods are presented. The publisher is Theatroom Noctuabundi, and the editor is Yves-Alexandre Tripkovia.
May, 2003
Miro Gavran's book "Dramas and Comedies II" was published in Slovakian in Bratislava. In the book, six of Gavran's theatrical texts are presented: Creon's Antigone, Night of the Gods, Chekov Says Good-bye to Tolstoy, All About Women, Forget Hollywood, How to Kill The President. The dramas have been translated into Slovakian by Jan Jankovie.
April, 2003
Miro Gavran's novel “JUDITH” was translated into Russian in the eminent literary journal “Inozemna literatura” in the 4th edition for April in Moscow. Natalija Mihaljovna Vagapova did the translation.
March, 2003
The novel “CLARA" by Miro Gavran was released in Turkish, and published by the Dharma publishing house in Istanbul.
Gavran's play “DEATH OF AN ACTOR” was included in an anthology called “Different Voices - Eight Contemporary Croatian Plays” arranged by dr. Boris Senker, from the Croatian Centre of ITI - UNESCO in Zagreb, in the “Mansioni” Library.
The literary journal MOST/THE BRIDGE in its first edition for this year, is dedicated to the literary work of Miro Gavran, so that in the first part of the journal we have an interview in English with Miro Gavran, conducted by Srecko Lipovcan, and in the second part of the journal, the French translation of Gavran's play "DEATH OF AN ACTOR" by Yves -Alexandre Tripkovic and Philippe Gelez is published.
The literary journal “Republika” which comes out in Zagreb in the edition "The Croatian Writers Association" dedicated its third edition this year to the prose and drama work of Miro Gavran. Gordana Muzaferija, Milovan Tatarin, Antun Paveskovic and Ivan J.Boskovic write about him.
February, 2003
The first theatre festival in Europe to be dedicated to the work of a living author was held in Trnava, Slovakia under the name GAVRANFEST. Since six theatres in Slovakia are currently producing Gavran's dramas and comedies (in Bratislava, Trnava, Pre±ovo, Ko±ice, Zvolen, and Banska Bistrica), the dramaturge Michal Babiak and the theatre director Emil Nedielka organised the GAVRANFEST at the Divadlo Jana Palavika in Trvnavo on February 24 and 25. Along with Miro Gavran, there were guests at the Festival from a number of countries. The Festival was officially opened by the Croatian Ambassador, Her Excellency Andrea Gustovia-Ercegovac. A symposium, Contemporary Central European Drama, was held as an adjunct to the Festival. The GAVRANFEST attracted considerable interest among the Slovakian theatre-going public, and in the media in Slovakia, Croatia and other countries.
Creon's Antigone and Other Dramas (including the plays Creon's Antigone, Shakespeare and Elizabeth, Chekhov Says Good-bye to Tolstoy, My Wife's Hunband, and All About Women) was published by the Kseigarnia Akademicku (Institute for Polish Studies) in Cracow, Poland.
January, 2003
Gavran's Night of the Gods was premiered in the Slovakian language at the Trnavski Divadlo Theatre in Trnavo, Slovakia. It was directed by Michal Bubink.
A Samll Unusual Man (Fossil), Gavran's radio monodrama, broadcast on Croatian Radio on January 25, 2003
December, 2002
The novel John the Baptist came out in its second edition, published by Mosaic Books from Zagreb
Gavran's play Chekhov Says Good-Bye to Tolstoy was published in the Macedonian language in the Anthology of Croatian Drama. The plays were selected by the eminent Croatian theatrologist, Sanja Nikeevia, PhD, who wrote the Foreword to the book, published by the Faculty of Dramatic Art in Skopje, Macedonia.
November, 2002
November 26 - The JAK Theatre from Mali Lo±inj gave its first night performance of Miro Gavran's comedy Tycoons with Ivica Kuneevia directing
Miro's short story In the River's Embrace was included in the Anthology of 20th Century Croatian Short Stories compiled by Ivan Dorovski. The Czech language translation of the Anthology... was published by "Boskovic: Albert". The story was translated by Marek Neubauer.
November 11 - The Loves of George Washington was premiered in Bratislava, Slovakia at the "V - Divadlo" Theatre, directed by Michel Babiuk and translated by Jan Jankovia. Scenography and costumes: Eva Farkasova; Dramaturgy: Jana Liptakova; Leading Roles: Katarina Mrazova and Katarina Strbakova
November 2 - All About Women was premiered by the "Statna divadlo Ko±ice" in Ko±ice, Slovakia. The play was translated into Slovakian by Jan Jankovia. Director: Du±an Bajin; Dramaturgy: Monika Michnova; Sets: Alena Agricolova; Costumes: Anita Szokeova; Cast: Beata Drotarova, Dana Kosicka, and Alena Duranova
November 8 - Hotel Babylon, a monodrama with eleven characters, was premiered in a GAVRAN Theatre production in Zagreb. Aida Bukvia was the director, and Mladena Gavran played all 11 roles.
Miro Gavran's novel Judith was nominated in Dublin, Ireland for the highly regarded INTERNATIONAL IMPAC DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 2003. Nominated writers have included leading names in world literature such as Mario Vargas Llosa, V.S. Naipaul, Nadine Gordimer, Hanif Kureishi, Nick Hornby, David Lodge, Laura Esquivel, John Irving, Doris Lessing... Over the last twenty months, Gavran's Judith has gone through 3 editions in the Croatian language and it has been published in Slovenian, English, French and Slovakian, with the Russian translation coming out soon.
October, 2002
October 30 - The play George Washington's Loves was premiered at the "Ars Longa" Theatre in Sofia, Bulgaria, directed by Miroslav Mindov.
October 23 - the first night of Night of the Gods at the "Sofia" Theatre in Sofia. The play was translated by Alexandra Liven and directed by Ivan Urumov. The Cast: Do±i Do±ev, Ivailo Geresakov and Ljubomir Mladenov.
ARISTEJ from Maribor, Slovenia published Gavran's novel for children Happy Days in Emica Antoneia's translation into Slovenian.
October 5 - The Marin Drµia Theatre company from Dubrovnik gave a premier performance of Gavran's comedy It's Time for Comedy, directed by Nina Kleflin.
September, 2002
"Dr. Freud's Patient" had a first night at the Theatre ARGO in Sombor on August 11th. Olivera ?or?evia directed it. Produced by Lidija Eerfelj. The actors are Biljana Keskenovia, Radoje Eupia and Vladimir Tintor
"George Washington's Loves" had a first night at "Slovenian National theatre Celje" from Celje. Translated into Slovenian: Alenka Bole Vrabec Directed by: Marjan Berk Dramatised: Tina Kosi The actors: Manca Ogorevc and Jagoda Jagoda
"Creon's Antigona" had a first night at Slovenian National Theatre Celje in Celje. Stane Potisk translated it into Slovenian. Marjan Berk directed the play. Dramatised: Tina Kosi. The actors: Mario ©elih and Barbara Vidovie
"THE BAPTIST", Miro Gavran's latest novel was published in Zagreb by MOSAIC BOOKS. Zoran Maljkovic was the editor. In a big format hard cover book over 300 pages, a story about Salome and two pupils of John the Baptist and Salome. One of the heroes is Jesus Christ himself.
August, 2002
The 3rd edition of the novel "Judith" was published by MOSAIC BOOKS from Zagreb
June, 2002
My Wife's Husband premiered at the Jona± Zaborski Theatre in Pre±evo, Slovakia on June 29. The play was directed by the well-known Slovakian director Matu± Olha. Dr Jan Jankovia translated the play into Slovakian.
The animated film, The Monument, for which Miro Gavran wrote the script (director and animator: Jurinko Raia), was premiered in Zlin, Czech Republic, at the International Children's Film Festival.
May, 2002
The 3rd edition of the novel, Clara, was published by MOSAIC BOOKS from Zagreb. Zoran Maljkovia was the editor.
April, 2002
EDIP, Zagreb published Three Comedies containing three of Miro Gavran's plays: It's Time for Comedy, Tycoons, and Drivers for All Times. The editor was Ivo ®igia.
February, 2002
VETRNE MLYNY , the publishers from Brno, Czech Republic, published a selection of Miro's plays - Chekhov Says Good-Bye to Tolstoy, Dr Freud's Patient, and Night of the Gods - under the title TRANSFORMATIONS. They were translated into the Czech language by Dagmar Ruhancic.
MOSAIC BOOKS from Zagreb published the 3rd edition (hard-cover) of Miro Gavran's All Sorts of Things in My Head
January 2002
At a press conference held on January 30 at the Croatian Centre for Children's Books, it was announced that Miro Gavran's novel Forgotten Son had been selected for the IBBY 2002 Honour List. Dr Milovan Tatarin spoke about the novel, emphasising its literary quality and human character, since the author had managed in an exceptionally warm way to present his hero, a mildly mentally retarded twenty-year- old. Ranka Javor, director of the Centre, said that the IBBY Honour List award ceremony would take place in Basel, Switzerland in September 2002 during the IBBY Congress which would be held there, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the organisation's existence.
December 2001
Dr Boris Senker, author of the Anthology of Recent Croatian Drama - Part II, selected two of Miro Gavran's plays for inclusion in the book: Creon's Antigone and Chekhov Says Good-bye to Tolstoy
The play Chekhov Says Good-bye to Tolstoy was broadcast on Croatian Radio.
Slovakian Radio in Bratislava broadcast Miro's novel Judith in episodes. The translation was done by Dr Jana Jankovic.
November, 2001.
November 21 - Miro Gavran gave a lecture about his work and Croatian literature at the Sorbonne University in Paris. He was invited there by Prof. Zoran Bundyk, and Luka Tripkovia helped with the organisation of the visit. As part of the lecture, Miro launched the French version of his novel Judith in the translation by Philippe Gelez, Edi Milo± and Yves-Alexandre Tripkovia. Both Judith and the play Night of the Gods (the latter translated by Philippe Gelez and Yves-Alexandre Tripkovia) have been published by Theatroom Noctuabundi. On the second day of his visit, Miro attended a theatre performance of the adaptation of his Night of the Gods performed by Slavic Studies students, directed by Prof. Sava Andjelkovia.
Novemeber 27 - the first night of Gavran's comedy The Merry Rectangle re-entitled Sex, Lies and Strudl, at the ZARES ZAHES TEATER in Ljubljana, Slovenia, translated by Meta ©tular
November 29 - four hundred young fans of Miro Gavran's writing came together in Nova Gradi±ka in Slavonia, Croatia to found the Miro Gavran Fan Club, the first such club in Croatia devoted to a writer. The idea for the club came from Ms Biljana Dakia, the chief librarian at the Nova Gradi±ka Library, with the City Museum and the Matija Antun Relkovia Open University also taking part. There was an exhibition of selected art work by elementary school pupils, based on themes from Miro's books for children. There was also an exhibition at the Open University's foyer, presenting a cross section of his work, showing his books published in Croatia and abroad, theatre posters, family photos and press articles - and a great time was had by all. October, 2001. The first night on October 5 at the Epilog Theatre in Zagreb of the second version of Miro Gavran's play It's Hard to Say Good-bye. Directed by: Robert Raponja The Players: Edita Majia, Zlatko Oµbolt, Matija Prskalo/Dora Polia
October, 2001.
Croatian Television gave a premiere airing to Miro Gavran's TV drama, The Loves of George Washington. Miro Me?imorec's theatre direction was adapted by Edo Galia. The Players: Branka Cvitkovia and Mladena Gavran
The presentation at the Frankfurt Book Fair in Germany of the 3rd edition of Miro's novel Judith - in three languages (Croatian, Slovenian, and Slovakian) - at the Frankfurt Book Fair in Germany at midday on October 13. September, 2001. Miro Gavran's novel "Judith" was published in Bratislava, Slovakia, by Juga Publisher, translated by Jan Jankovic
Published translations into Slovenian of two of Miro Gavran's novels were launched in Ljubljana, Slovenia at the Slovenian Writers' Association premises: Margita published by Mladinska Knjiga, and Judith, published by Orbis. The books were introduced by the editors, Ale± Berger and Andrej Poznia, the translater Janez Kajzer, with a word or two from Miro. August, 2001. Mozaik knjiga from Zagreb will print Miro Gavran's book "Selected plays". In that 440 pages long book are 12 plays written in last twenty years
August, 2001.
Mladinska knjiga – Slovenian leding publisher, will print Miro Gavran's novel "Margita" July, 2001. On World Esperando Congress in Zagreb, in Croatian national theatre Miro Gavran's play "Maria Terezia's longest day" will be premiered by theatrical group Ponto. It will be directed by Ivica Kuncevic. Actors: Vida Jerman, Ivica Pucar i Zarko Savic. June, 2001. 2nd edition of Gavran's novel "Clara" was published by Mozaik knjiga
June, 2001.
Delo – Slovenian leading daily newspaper started publishing in episodes Miro Gavran's novel "Margita" translated into Slovenian May, 2001. Miro Gavran's comedy "Drivers for All Time", premiered in Zagreb on May, 18th April, 2001. Miro Gavran's comedy It's Time for Comedy will be premiered on April 4 at the JAK Theatre on the Adriatic island of Mali Lo±inj, directed by Ivica Kuneevia.
Miro's comedy Drivers for All Time, directed by Robert Raponja, will be premiered in Pula on April 8 as a co-production between the Comedy Theatre from Zagreb and the Istrian National Theatre. March, 2001. Croatian Radio broadcast Miro's comedy The Tycoons on its first programme. February, 2001. JUDITH, Miro Gavran's latest novel, was published in Zagreb by MOSAIC BOOKS. Marinko Krmpotia wrote the introduction to the novel. January, 2001. Miro Gavran spent five days in Slovakia. On January 18th, in Bratislava, his book of plays "Dramas and comedies" was promoted in Association of Slovakian writers. About his plays spoke: Dr. Jan Jankovie, translator, Dr. Anton Kret, Mikula± Feher, chief of dramaturgy in theatre in Zvolen, and the author himself.
January, 2001.
On 19th, in Zvolen, in "Theatre of Jozef Gregor Tajovskeho", in authors presence, was premier performance of the play "George Washington's Loves". Directed by: Michal Nahlik, Dramaturgy: Michal Babiak, Scene and Costumes: Jaroslav Valek, The Players: Svetlana Sara±ova – Csudayova (Martha Washington) and Zuzana Kyzekova / Marianna ©krovinova (Washington's mistress Sylvia). December, 2000. A book, "Drames and Comedies" published in Bratislava, Slovakia, by Juga Publisher, translated by Jan Jankovic. The book contains seven texts.
Croatian television in Zagreb is filming Gavran's play George Washington's loves as a TV drama November, 2000. Croatian television in Zagreb is making a half-hour long brodcast about Miro Gavran and his literary work October, 2000. First night of the play All About Women at the Epilogue Theatre in Zagreb. Directed by: Nina Kleflin The Players: Doris ©aria-Kukuljica, Ksenija Pajia, and Mladena Gavran September, 2000 At the Kameni teatar 55 in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina - premier performance of the play Chekhov Says Good-bye to Tolstoy. Directed by: Gradimir Gojer The Players: Zoran Beeia, Kaaa Doria, Rijad Ljutovia, and Ana Vilenica, Ljubljana, Slovenia - Orbis published Gavran's novel Forgotten Son in its Slovenian translation. Editor: Andrej Poznic August, 2000. Delo, Slovenia's leading daily newspaper, will be publishing in episodes Miro Gavran's novel Forgotten Son, translated into Slovenian July, 2000. Miro Gavran is conducting the Drama Writing School at the 5th International Theatre Festival in Pula, Istria June, 2000. Miro Gavran's Margita, adapted into a radio-novel, was broadcast in episodes on Croatian Radio May, 2000 Miro Gavran Gavran's play "Forget Hollywood" performed by The Epilog Theater company is on tour from May, 4th to May, 24th in Canada and The U.S.A., visiting the following cities: Toronto, Montreal, L.A., New York...
April, 1999
From April 10 to 14 Miro Gavran was on a literary tour in Switzerland. On April 11 he gave a lecture on his literary work at the Institute for Slavic and Baltic languages in Bern. The next day, on April 12, he had a literary evening at the Croatian Embassy in Bern.
March, 2000.
The 2nd edition of Gavran's novel Margita was published by Mozaik Knjiga, edited by Zoran Maljkovic
February, 2000
Three Plays (Shakespeare and Elizabeth, Death of an Actor, Royalty and Rogues) by Gavran will be appearing in book form in English, published by The Bridge. The foreword to the book was written by Dr. Sanja Nikcevic, theatre critic and chairperson of the Croatian Centre of ITI. Edited by Drazen Katunaric
January, 2000
Croatian Television showed its production of Gavran's play Forget Hollywood on its first programme.
December, 1999
The 3rd edition of Gavran's novel Forgotten Son was published by MOZAIK KNJIGA, edited by Zoran Maljkovic.
Miro Gavran was invited to take part in the broadly-based international PAX DANUBIANA art drive in Regesburg, Germany. Artists from 9 European countries will be taking part. Gavran will participate with his story In the River's Embrace. The invitation came from Ms Regina Hellwig-Schmidt who conceived the entire manifestation. Ms Ursula Schlicher, vice-Chair of the European Parliament is the patron of this activity in the arts.
November, 1999
The Epilogue Theatre in Zagreb gave its premiere of Miro Gavran's Night of the Gods with Zoran Muzic directing. This is the 12th premiere performance of Gavran's new play. Soon after the Zagreb performance, the Epilog company set out on a major tour with the play throughout Croatia.
November, 1999
Two of Gavran's plays were published in German as Zwei Dramen (Creon's Antigone and Night of the Gods).
October, 1999
The My Theatre [Moje Gledalist'e] troupe from Ljubljana, Slovenia's capital, premiered Gavran' comedy, The Return of My Wife's Husband in Slovenian [Ljubeznik najne zene], directed by Marjan Bevk.
September, 1999
Miro Gavran went to Hungary's capital, Budapest, to receive the Best Central European Writer of the Year prize, awarded by CENTRAL EUROPEAN TIME, a non-government organisation. The ten-member jury's decision was unanimous. In the amplification of its decision, the Jury wrote: "Endeavouring to understand and justify all of his heroes, Gavran shows himself to be an artist who sketches our time and the reality which surrounds us with contemporary sensibility and an open heart. It is no accident that the central place in the majority of his dramas and plays is taken by a woman, whose richness of character and still hampered position in society are described by Gavran in a realistic and evocative manner, making his female characters likeable and understandable... Gavran is an author who manages to give universal themes the spirit of the everyday and the human, and who, when dealing with the local, speaks out in an universal language."
August, 1999
The Istrian National Theatre's and Pula Summer Festival's premiere of Creon's Antigone, directed by Robert Raponja.
July, 1999
As part of the Playwrights Conference, Miro Gavran's tragicomedy Royalty and Rogues was performed at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center in Waterford. Nina Kleflin directed, and the dramaturg was Richard Kalinoski. The members of the cast were John Seitz, Bryan Clark, Deborah Offner, Albert Macklin, Mara Lieberman, Tim Devlin, Elizabeth Anne Keiser, Sharon Freedman, Lacey Bartlett, Casey Murphy and Seth Barron.