Mladen Urem
Encyclopedia
Mladen Urem is a literary critic, author and editor.
Urem was born in Rijeka
, Croatia
, where he received his B. Sc. in radiology from the Medical School in Rijeka and also a B. A. in the Croatian language and literature from the Faculty of Philosophy.
During 1980-82, he was a singer and a guitarist with a new-wave & punk rock group Istočni izlaz (The Eastern Exit). His name appears in The Little Encyclopaedia of Croatian Pop and Rock Music (1994).
He was the literary editor of the Val journal (The Wave, 1985–1989), founder and editor-in chief of the Rival literary magazine (1988–2000) and also of the Biblioteka Val — an original titles series (since 1987). He co-founded the philological magazine Fluminensia (1989), founded and served as the editor-in-chief in the Sušačka revija culture magazine (1993–1995) and as the editor-in-chief of the journal called Dometi (1996).
In the war-edition of the Rival (1-4/1991), Urem published the first retrospection of the Croatian literary works written on the frontlines at the beginning of the Croatian War of Independence
(1991–1995).
During its thirteen years of existence, the Rival featured 800 authors and their works from the fields of Croatian and world literature and arts. During that period, the magazine presented many of the phenomena in the 90s world culture, as well as the authors that would later receive important awards and honours (the Nobel Prize
for V. S. Naipaul
and many other authors and prizes) and was considered one of the most significant Croatian journals. The Rival magazine also published the English translations of the Croatian literary texts and developed a substantial collaboration with various world magazines and journals published in English.
He has authored the following titles: Riječki krug redom (1987), Pogledom u riječ (1987), Janko Polić Kamov — Selected Short Stories and Poems (1997), Dan velikih valova (prose and poetry by the Rival-generation, with the complete Rival bibliography 1988-2000, as well as the 1987-2001 series, co-authored with Goran Ušljebrka and Milan Zagorac, 2001), Pavica Julija Kaftanić (co-authored with Boris Zakošek, Lovorka Ruck and Igor Žic, 2005), Southerly Thoughts and Other Stories (An Anthology of Croatian Short Stories by Ksaver Šandor Gjalski
, Janko Polić Kamov
, Miroslav Krleža
, Vladan Desnica
, Ranko Marinković
, Slobodan Novak
, Ivan Aralica
, Ivan Slamnig
, Antun Šoljan
and Nedjeljko Fabrio — selection by Mladen Urem, Damir Biličić and Želimir Galjanić, 2005) and Janko Polić Kamov, Dora Maar i hrvatska avangarda (Janko Polić Kamov, Dora Maar and Croatian Avantgarde, 2006).
Many of his essays and studies concerning the topics from the contemporary Croatian literature, especially studies of writer Janko Polić Kamov
(Rijeka 1886 – Barcelona 1910), his life and work, have appeared in various American and Croatian periodicals. In collaboration with Dolores Čikić and Boris Zakošek, he explored Dora Maar
's genealogy for the Parisian Andriveau, also publishing the findings in the Croatian daily Večernji list
, as well as in the book Dora Maar - zatočenica pogleda (Dora Maar: Prisonniere du regard) by Alicia Dujovne Ortiz (Zagreb, 2004).
Urem is frequent a contributor to the US literary journals Grand Street (New York
), Partisan Review
(Boston
), World Literature Today
(Norman, Oklahoma
) and Corner
(Oakland, California
), in which he has also published various works by the Croatian writers Janko Polić Kamov
, Miroslav Krleža
, Ivo Andrić
and Ivan Goran Kovačić
. He has collaborated with the famous US authors and editors Deborah Treisman (1971), William Phillips
(1907–2002), Robert Bingham (1966–1999) and others, as well as with the esteemed British historian Lucy Hughes Hallett (1953).
Urem has published almost 200 texts concerning the field of Croatian literature, and edited as many books. On more than one occasion has he been a member of the jury for the literary awards Drago Gervais and Nagrada grada Rijeke (The City of Rijeka Award). He is a member of the Croatian PEN Center in Zagreb and works at the Rijeka State Archives, managing its Library and Publishing Department.
Urem was born in Rijeka
Rijeka
Rijeka is the principal seaport and the third largest city in Croatia . It is located on Kvarner Bay, an inlet of the Adriatic Sea and has a population of 128,735 inhabitants...
, Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
, where he received his B. Sc. in radiology from the Medical School in Rijeka and also a B. A. in the Croatian language and literature from the Faculty of Philosophy.
During 1980-82, he was a singer and a guitarist with a new-wave & punk rock group Istočni izlaz (The Eastern Exit). His name appears in The Little Encyclopaedia of Croatian Pop and Rock Music (1994).
He was the literary editor of the Val journal (The Wave, 1985–1989), founder and editor-in chief of the Rival literary magazine (1988–2000) and also of the Biblioteka Val — an original titles series (since 1987). He co-founded the philological magazine Fluminensia (1989), founded and served as the editor-in-chief in the Sušačka revija culture magazine (1993–1995) and as the editor-in-chief of the journal called Dometi (1996).
In the war-edition of the Rival (1-4/1991), Urem published the first retrospection of the Croatian literary works written on the frontlines at the beginning of the Croatian War of Independence
Croatian War of Independence
The Croatian War of Independence was fought from 1991 to 1995 between forces loyal to the government of Croatia—which had declared independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia —and the Serb-controlled Yugoslav People's Army and local Serb forces, with the JNA ending its combat...
(1991–1995).
During its thirteen years of existence, the Rival featured 800 authors and their works from the fields of Croatian and world literature and arts. During that period, the magazine presented many of the phenomena in the 90s world culture, as well as the authors that would later receive important awards and honours (the Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
for V. S. Naipaul
V. S. Naipaul
Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad "V. S." Naipaul, TC is a Nobel prize-winning Indo-Trinidadian-British writer who is known for his novels focusing on the legacy of the British Empire's colonialism...
and many other authors and prizes) and was considered one of the most significant Croatian journals. The Rival magazine also published the English translations of the Croatian literary texts and developed a substantial collaboration with various world magazines and journals published in English.
He has authored the following titles: Riječki krug redom (1987), Pogledom u riječ (1987), Janko Polić Kamov — Selected Short Stories and Poems (1997), Dan velikih valova (prose and poetry by the Rival-generation, with the complete Rival bibliography 1988-2000, as well as the 1987-2001 series, co-authored with Goran Ušljebrka and Milan Zagorac, 2001), Pavica Julija Kaftanić (co-authored with Boris Zakošek, Lovorka Ruck and Igor Žic, 2005), Southerly Thoughts and Other Stories (An Anthology of Croatian Short Stories by Ksaver Šandor Gjalski
Ksaver Šandor Gjalski
Ksaver Šandor Gjalski, or Ljubo Babić-Gjalski was a Croatian writer and civil servant....
, Janko Polić Kamov
Janko Polic Kamov
Janko Polić Kamov was a Croatian writer and poet.He was born in Sušak, Rijeka. Rebellious by nature, he was expelled from Rijeka high school and dropped out of the school in Zagreb. Because of his participation in the demonstration against the Hungarian governor in Croatia, Khuen-Héderváry, he was...
, Miroslav Krleža
Miroslav Krleža
Miroslav Krleža was a leading Croatian and Yugoslav writer and the dominant figure in cultural life of both Yugoslav states, the Kingdom and the Republic . He has often been proclaimed the greatest Croatian writer of the 20th century.-Biography:Miroslav Krleža was born in Zagreb, modern-day...
, Vladan Desnica
Vladan Desnica
Vladan Desnica was a Croatian and Serbian writer.-Life:He was born in Zadar, then part of Austria-Hungary...
, Ranko Marinković
Ranko Marinkovic
Ranko Marinković was a Croatian author born in Komiža on the island of Vis ....
, Slobodan Novak
Slobodan Novak
Slobodan Novak is a Croatian prose writer, novelist and essayist.-Biography:Novak was born in Split on November 3, 1924, the son of father Duje and mother Marija . He was baptized in the local church as Ante Slobodan Novak. He finished elementary school in Rab, attended gymnasium in Split, then...
, Ivan Aralica
Ivan Aralica
Ivan Aralica is a Croatian novelist and essayist.Born in Promina near Knin, and having finished pedagogical school and Philosophical Faculty at the University of Zadar, Aralica had worked in post-war period as a high school teacher in the backwater villages of the rural hinterland of northern and...
, Ivan Slamnig
Ivan Slamnig
Ivan Slamnig was a Croatian poet, novelist, literary theorist and translator.Slamnig was born in Metković. He graduated from the University of Zagreb Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in 1955 and later taught at its Department of Comparative Literature.Slamnig is considered one of the most...
, Antun Šoljan
Antun Šoljan
Antun Šoljan was a Croatian writer in a period of Cold War who appeared as a part of literal magazine Krugovi ....
and Nedjeljko Fabrio — selection by Mladen Urem, Damir Biličić and Želimir Galjanić, 2005) and Janko Polić Kamov, Dora Maar i hrvatska avangarda (Janko Polić Kamov, Dora Maar and Croatian Avantgarde, 2006).
Many of his essays and studies concerning the topics from the contemporary Croatian literature, especially studies of writer Janko Polić Kamov
Janko Polic Kamov
Janko Polić Kamov was a Croatian writer and poet.He was born in Sušak, Rijeka. Rebellious by nature, he was expelled from Rijeka high school and dropped out of the school in Zagreb. Because of his participation in the demonstration against the Hungarian governor in Croatia, Khuen-Héderváry, he was...
(Rijeka 1886 – Barcelona 1910), his life and work, have appeared in various American and Croatian periodicals. In collaboration with Dolores Čikić and Boris Zakošek, he explored Dora Maar
Dora Maar
Dora Maar was a French photographer, poet and painter, best known for being a lover and muse of Pablo Picasso.-Life:...
's genealogy for the Parisian Andriveau, also publishing the findings in the Croatian daily Večernji list
Vecernji list
Večernji list is a Croatian daily newspaper published in Zagreb.The newspaper was started in the 1950s and it is today one of two largest daily newspapers in Croatia...
, as well as in the book Dora Maar - zatočenica pogleda (Dora Maar: Prisonniere du regard) by Alicia Dujovne Ortiz (Zagreb, 2004).
Urem is frequent a contributor to the US literary journals Grand Street (New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
), Partisan Review
Partisan Review
Partisan Review was an American political and literary quarterly published from 1934 to 2003, though it suspended publication between October 1936 and December 1937.-Overview:...
(Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
), World Literature Today
World Literature Today
World Literature Today is an American magazine, published bimonthly at the University of Oklahoma. It was founded in 1927 by Roy Temple House as Books Abroad. In January 1977, the journal became World Literature Today...
(Norman, Oklahoma
Norman, Oklahoma
Norman is a city in Cleveland County, Oklahoma, United States, and is located south of downtown Oklahoma City. It is part of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census, Norman was to have 110,925 full-time residents, making it the third-largest city in Oklahoma and the...
) and Corner
Corner
A corner is the place where two lines meet at an angle, and a concave corner of intersecting walls is generally thought to be the least beneficial position to be in a life-or-death situation. From this notion was born the verb to corner, which is used to mean "to back into a corner" and usually...
(Oakland, California
Oakland, California
Oakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...
), in which he has also published various works by the Croatian writers Janko Polić Kamov
Janko Polic Kamov
Janko Polić Kamov was a Croatian writer and poet.He was born in Sušak, Rijeka. Rebellious by nature, he was expelled from Rijeka high school and dropped out of the school in Zagreb. Because of his participation in the demonstration against the Hungarian governor in Croatia, Khuen-Héderváry, he was...
, Miroslav Krleža
Miroslav Krleža
Miroslav Krleža was a leading Croatian and Yugoslav writer and the dominant figure in cultural life of both Yugoslav states, the Kingdom and the Republic . He has often been proclaimed the greatest Croatian writer of the 20th century.-Biography:Miroslav Krleža was born in Zagreb, modern-day...
, Ivo Andrić
Ivo Andric
Ivan "Ivo" Andrić was a Yugoslav novelist, short story writer, and the 1961 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. His writings dealt mainly with life in his native Bosnia under the Ottoman Empire...
and Ivan Goran Kovačić
Ivan Goran Kovacic
Ivan Goran Kovačić was a prominent Croatian poet and writer of the 20th century.-Early life and background:He was born in Lukovdol , a town in Gorski Kotar, to Croatian father Ivan and Jewish mother Ruža . His middle name Goran stems from that...
. He has collaborated with the famous US authors and editors Deborah Treisman (1971), William Phillips
William Phillips
William Phillips may refer to:*William Phillips , artilleryman and general officer in the British Army who served as a major-general in the American Revolutionary War...
(1907–2002), Robert Bingham (1966–1999) and others, as well as with the esteemed British historian Lucy Hughes Hallett (1953).
Urem has published almost 200 texts concerning the field of Croatian literature, and edited as many books. On more than one occasion has he been a member of the jury for the literary awards Drago Gervais and Nagrada grada Rijeke (The City of Rijeka Award). He is a member of the Croatian PEN Center in Zagreb and works at the Rijeka State Archives, managing its Library and Publishing Department.