Stanka Gjurić
Stanka Gjurić (pronounced [Stanka d͡ʑurit͡ɕ]; born 20 January 1956) is a Croatian poet,[1] essayist, actress, filmmaker and ex model. She is a member of the Croatian Writers' Association and Croatian Academy of Science and Art in Diaspora (Basel, Switzerland).[2] She has also acted in seven feature films.[3]
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Born | Čakovec, FNR Yugoslavia | 20 January 1956
Occupation | Poet, essayist and filmmaker |
Nationality | Croatian |
Biography
Stanka Gjurić was born in Čakovec, FNR Yugoslavia (modern-day Croatia). Today she lives in Zagreb. She has published nineteen books (mainly poems, philosophical and lyrical essays). Since 2006 has also worked as a film maker, gaining worldwide acclaim with her short film Ubojite misli (Battle Thoughts).[4] Her short films have been screened in film festivals in France, Italy, Greece, Spain, Portugal, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, India, Egypt, and Switzerland, and she has won five awards.[5]
Poetry
- Sedmi pečat, 1981
- Treći čin, 1983
- Dječak, 1986
- Ključarev san, 1990
- Il sogno del guardiano, 1994
- Protuotrov ili njegovanje ludila, 1994
- Protuotrov ili njegovanje ludila, 1998
- Sve što sja, 2005
- Kažnjavalac dobrih navika, 2005
- Bešćutnost akvarela, 2008
- Protuotrov ili njegovanje ludila/Contravveleno o coltivazione della follia, 2017
- Nepremostiva, 2020
Essays
Opinion piece
- Otpovijed, 2014
- Otpovijed (II dio), 2015
Diary prose
- Dnevnik vodonoše/The Diary of an Aquarian, 2010
Filmography
Acting roles
- That Summer of White Roses, as White Rose(1989)
- Vjetar u mreži, as A Woman in a Dream (1989)
- Školjka šumi, as Barmaid (1991)
- Vrijeme za, as Daughter in Law (1992)
- Tu, as Nurse (2003)
- Kad zvoni?, as Nurse (2005)
- S druge strane, as The old man's daughter (2016)
- Koja je ovo država! as Faruk's wife Enisa (2018)
Directing
- Ubojite misli (Battle Thoughts, 2006) - short
- Sleeping and dreaming (Spavanje i sanjanje, 2006) - short
- Susret s egzibicionistom (Exhibitionist, 2006) - short
- Strast za knjigom nije nestala (Passion for book has not disappeared, 2007) - short
- Eleven (Jedanaest, 2007) - short
- Happy boat (Sretan brod, 2007) - short
- Courtyard window (Dvorišni prozor, 2007) - short
- Luka's prophecy (Lukino proročanstvo, 2007) - short
- Aleksandrijski pjesnici (Alexandrian poets, 2008) - short
- Zvuci života (The sound of life, 2008) - short
- Bast (2009) - short
- Bon Appétit!(Dobar tek!, 2009) - short
- Noon Shot (Zagrebačko podne, 2009) - short
- Lullaby (Uspavanka,2010) - short
- Bread (Kruh, 2013) - short
- Immoral Manual (Nemoralna čitanka, 2013) - short
- Lust and the Heart (O požudi i srcu, 2013) - short
- Lioncity (Lavograd, 2015) - short
- Perfect Tattoo (2016) - short
- Ritam (Rhythm, 2019) - short
- Once upon a time (2020) - short