The Vladimir Nazor Award is an annual award given by the Croatian Ministry of Culture

Ministry of Culture (Croatia)

The Ministry of Culture is a ministry of the Croatian government, whose work is aimed at preserving the cultural and natural heritage and overseeing its development...

 to Croatian artists for highest achievements in various artistic fields. It was established in 1959 and is named after the notable writer Vladimir Nazor

Vladimir Nazor

Vladimir Nazor was the first head of state of modern Croatia. A member of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia , he led the Croatian World War II wartime assembly, the ZAVNOH, and later served as the President of the Presidium of the People's Assembly of PR Croatia - the head of state of the People's...

. , the award is given in the following categories:

• Architecture
  Architecture
  Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art...
  
   and urbanism
  Urbanism
  Broadly, urbanism is a focus on cities and urban areas, their geography, economies, politics, social characteristics, as well as the effects on, and caused by, the built environment.-Philosophy:...
  
  
• Film
  Film
  A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
  
  
• Literature
  Literature
  Literature is the art of written works, and is not bound to published sources...
  
  
• Music
  Music
  Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
  
  
• Theatre
  Theatre
  Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
  
  
• Visual arts
  Visual arts
  The visual arts are art forms that create works which are primarily visual in nature, such as ceramics, drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, design, crafts, and often modern visual arts and architecture...
  
   and applied arts

Two awards are given in each category every year - a life achievement award (for overall contributions to their respective field) and an annual award (for notable works in the field in the past twelve months). The winners for the preceding year are announced every on 19 June, the anniversary of Nazor's death.

Life Achievement Award recipients

Note: some of the awards were shared. Source: List of winners at the ministry of culture website

Architecture and urbanism

1965 – Mladen Kauzlarić 1966 – Juraj Denzler 1967 – Stjepan Planić Stjepan Planic Stjepan Planić was a Croatian architect. His style can be described as a synthesis of functionalist and organic architecture.-Biography:... 1968 – Alfred Albini Alfred Albini Alfred Albini was a Croatian architect. He received a Vladimir Nazor Award for architecture and urban planning.... 1969 – Josip Seissel Josip Seissel Josip Seissel was a Croatian architect and urban planner, who under the pseudonym of Jo Klek was a constructivist artist, graphical designer and theatrical designer... 1970 – Stjepan Gomboš Stjepan Gomboš Stjepan Gomboš was a Croatian architect responsible for the design of many business and residential buildings throughout the city of Zagreb. Gomboš was also active in other parts of Croatia and, as a writer, contributed much to the Croatian modern architecture.-External links:*... 1970 – Lavoslav Horvat Lavoslav Horvat Lavoslav Horvat was a Croatian architect.In 1926, Horvat enrolled as one of the first students of architecture at the Department of Architecture of the Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb, under professor Drago Ibler.He was the architect of the Hotel Jugoslavija in Belgrade, Serbia.... 1971 – Antun Ulrich 1972 – Drago Galić 1973 – Marijan Haberle 1974 – Vlado Antolić 1975 – Lovro Perković 1976 – Slavko Löwy Slavko Löwy Slavko Löwy was well-known Croatian architect.-Background, family and education:Löwy was born in Koprivnica to a respectable and wealthy Croatian Jewish family, who were engaged in trade. In Koprivnica he attended the gymnasium school, and after graduation in 1923, he was enrolled in the Vienna...

1977 – Zvonimir Vrkljan 1978 – Božidar Rašica Božidar Rašica Božidar Rašica was an architect, scenographer and painter.-Career:He studied in Rome, Belgrade, Warsaw and Zagreb where he graduated in 1942... 1979 – Franjo Bahovec 1980 – Stanko Fabris 1981 – Božidar Tušek 1982 – Andre Mohorovičić 1983 – Zdenko Kolacio 1984 – Ivan Vitić 1985 – Neven Šegvić 1986 – Dragan Boltar 1987 – Aleksandar Dragomanović 1988 – Miroslav Begović 1989 – Zdravko Bregovac

1990 – Zdenko Sila 1991 – Boris Magaš 1992 – Vjenceslav Richter Vjenceslav Richter Vjenceslav Richter was a Croatian architect. He was also known for his work in the fields of urbanism, sculpture, graphic arts, painting and stage design.-Career:... 1993 – Grozdan Knežević 1994 – Ivo Radić 1995 – Zoja Dumenagić 1996 – Bruno Milić 1997 – Sena Sekulić-Gvozdanović 1998 – Ivo Geršić 1999 – Jerko Marasović 1999 – Tomislav Marasović 2000 – Silvana Seissel 2001 – Julije De Luca

2002 – Ante Marinović-Uzelac 2003 – Andrija Mutnjaković 2004 – Slavko Jelinek 2005 – Mirko Maretić 2006 – Ante Rožić 2007 – Ante Vulin 2008 – Nikola Filipović 2009 – Boris Krstulović 2010 – Dinko Kovačić

Film

1967 – Oktavijan Miletić Oktavijan Miletic Oktavijan Miletić was a Croatian cinematographer and director. His avant-garde work in the period from 1928 to 1945 remains as one of the foundations of Croatian film.... 1970 – Branko Marjanović Branko Marjanović Branko Marjanovic was a Croatian film director and editor.He graduated from drama school in Zagreb, a movie experience gained in Prague and work on educational film in Zagreb.... 1973 – Fedor Hanžeković Fedor Hanžeković Fedor Hanžeković was a Croatian film director.Hanžeković had studied art history and English language at the University of Zagreb Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences before starting his filmmaking career in the years following the end of World War II... 1974 – Branko Blažina 1975 – Antun Nalis Antun Nalis Antun Nalis , aka Tonči Nalis, was a Croatian actor.Antun Nalis was born in Zadar, which was part of Austria-Hungary at the time. After World War I Zadar became part of Italy, which later helped Nalis to play in Italian movies and portray Italian characters.Nalis began to build his film career... 1976 – Rudolf Sremec Rudolf Sremec Rudolf Sremec was a Yugoslav and Croatian film director. He is regarded as one of the most important Croatian authors of short documentary films... 1977 – Branko Majer 1978 – Obrad Gluščević Obrad Gluščević Obrad Gluščević was a Yugoslav and Croatian film director. He wrote and directed around twenty documentaries, five feature films and two television series.... 1979 – Branko Belan 1980 – Branko Bauer Branko Bauer -Early life:Bauer became interested in cinema as a school boy, influenced by a Jewish girl, a piano player, who was hiding from Ustaše in his parents' home. After World War II, he began working in the Zagreb-based Jadran Film studio as a documentary filmmaker... 1981 – Aleksandar Marks

1982 – Mate Relja 1983 – Krešo Golik Krešo Golik Krešimir "Krešo" Golik was a Yugoslav and Croatian film and television director and screenwriter. In a creative career spanning five decades between the late 1940s and late 1980s Golik directed a number of critically acclaimed feature films, short subjects and television series.Working almost... 1984 – Fadil Hadžić Fadil Hadžić Fadil Hadžić was a prominent Croatian film director within the former Yugoslavia, screenwriter, playwright and journalist, mainly known for his comedy films and plays.Hadžić was born in Bileća, Bosnia-Herzegovina... 1985 – Nikola Tanhofer Nikola Tanhofer Nikola Tanhofer was a Croatian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. His film It Was Not in Vain was entered into the 7th Berlin International Film Festival.-Filmography:* Plavi 9... 1986 – Vatroslav Mimica Vatroslav Mimica Vatroslav Mimica is an award-winning Croatian film director and screenwriter.Mimica had enrolled at the University of Zagreb School of Medicine before the outbreak of World War II. In 1942 he joined Young Communist League of Yugoslavia and in 1943 he went on to join the Yugoslav Partisans,... 1987 – Ante Babaja Ante Babaja Ante Babaja was a notable Croatian film director and screenwriter.Babaja finished high school in Zagreb before going on to enrol at the University of Zagreb where he studied law and economy... 1988 – Tomislav Pinter Tomislav Pinter Tomislav Pinter was an award-winning Croatian cinematographer, regarded as the most significant cinematographer in Croatian cinema due to the artistic quality of his work and his prolific career spanning almost five decades.... 1989 – Frano Vodopivec Frano Vodopivec Frano Vodopivec was an award-winning Croatian cinematographer.Vodopivec first began working with film and photography in high school and during World War II he worked at Hrvatski slikopis, the state-sponsored film company which produced propaganda shorts for the short-lived fascist regime of the... 1990 – Antun Vrdoljak Antun Vrdoljak Antun Vrdoljak is a Croatian screenwriter, film director and former actor and political appointee.-Life:Antun Vrdoljak was born in Imotski, Kingdom of Yugoslavia . He studied acting at the Academy of Drama Arts at the University of Zagreb. His acting debut was in 1957 film Nije bilo uzalud... 1991 – Fabijan Šovagović Fabijan Šovagovic Fabijan Šovagović was a Croatian actor.Fabijan Šovagović was born in the village of Ladimirevci, in the Slavonia region of Croatia. He began acting in his youth and from late 1950s he appeared in many films, becoming one of the most recognisable faces of Croatian cinema... 1992 – Zvonimir Berković Zvonimir Berković Zvonimir Berković was a Croatian film director and screenwriter.Berković had studied film directing at the Zagreb Academy of Drama Arts...

1993 – Radojka Tanhofer 1994 – Pavao Štalter 1995 – Željko Senečić Željko Senečić Željko Senečić is an acclaimed Croatian film and television production designer, film director and screenwriter.... 1996 – Mia Oremović Mia Oremović Mia Oremović was a Croatian theatre, film and television actress.-Selected filmography:*It Was Not in Vain *H-8 *I Have Two Mothers and Two Fathers *One Song a Day Takes Mischief Away... 1997 – Tea Brunšmid 1998 – Boris Dvornik Boris Dvornik Boris Dvornik was a Croatian actor.Born in Split to the family of a carpenter, Boris Dvornik discovered acting talent at an early age, while performing in children's plays. After studying to become an electrician, he began to pursue a full-time acting career... 1999 – Ante Peterlić 2000 – Duško Jeričević 2001 – Ernest Gregl 2002 – Borivoj Dovniković 2003 – Ilija Ivezić Ilija Ivezic Ilija Ivezić is a Croatian film actor. He has appeared in over 55 films since 1961. He was born in Ričice, Gračac, Croatia.-Selected filmography:* Last of the Renegades * Die Rechnung - eiskalt serviert...

2004 – Vladimir Tadej 2005 – Zoran Tadić 2006 – Krsto Papić Krsto Papic Krsto Papić is a Croatian screenwriter and film director whose career spans several decades.... 2007 – Arsen Dedić Arsen Dedic Arsen Dedić is a Croatian singer-songwriter who has been prominent in the Croatian as well as former Yugoslav music scene. Dedić writes and performs chansons as well as film music... 2008 – Bogdan Žižić Bogdan Žižić Bogdan Žižić is a Croatian film director and screenwriter. Žižić is regarded as one of the most prolific Croatian directors of short documentary films, and is also known for several critically acclaimed feature films made in the 1970s.Žižić had graduated from the University of Zagreb Faculty of... 2009 – Veljko Bulajić Veljko Bulajic Veljko Bulajić , today is a Croatian film director and actor of Montenegrin descent, most of his life working in Croatia... 2010 – Božidarka Frajt Božidarka Frajt Božidarka Frajt is a Croatian actress. She performed in more than fifty films and television serials since 1959. In 1972 she won the Golden Arena for Best Actress and in 2010 the Vladimir Nazor Award for lifetime achievement.-Selected filmography:- External links :...

Literature

1962 – 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... 1967 – Vjekoslav Kaleb 1967 – Dragutin Tadijanović Dragutin Tadijanovic Dragutin Tadijanović was a renowned Croatian poet and erudite cordially referred to as 'Bard' in Croatia.... 1968 – Dobriša Cesarić Dobriša Cesarić Dobriša Cesarić was a Croatian poet and translator born in Požega.Despite his limited output, Cesarić is considered as one of the greatest Croatian poets of the 20th century.-External links:* * *... 1968 – Gustav Krklec Gustav Krklec Gustav Krklec was a Croatian writer.Krklec was born in Udbinja near Karlovac. He studied in Vienna and Zagreb. Since 1922 he lived in Belgrade, working as a secretary at the stock exchange, and as an editor of Nolit... 1969 – Vjekoslav Majer 1970 – Nikola Šop 1971 – Miroslav Feldman 1972 – Šime Vučetić 1973 – Novak Simić 1974 – Marijan Matković 1975 – Ranko Marinković Ranko Marinkovic Ranko Marinković was a Croatian author born in Komiža on the island of Vis .... 1976 – Vladimir Popović

1977 – Drago Ivanišević 1978 – Joža Horvat 1979 – Marin Franičević 1980 – Josip Barković 1982 – Vesna Parun Vesna Parun Vesna Parun was a Croatian poet.After schooling in Zlarin, Šibenik and Split, she studied Romance languages and philosophy at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb. From 1947 she was a free artist, writing poetry, essays, criticism and children's literature. She... 1983 – Jure Franičević-Pločar 1984 – Aleksandar Flaker 1984 – Jure Kaštelan 1985 – Mirko Božić 1986 – Vojin Jelić Vojin Jelic Vojin Jelić , was a Croatian Serb writer and poet. He was born in Knin in 1921, and finished gymnasium in Šibenik, and went on to study in Belgrade, Prague, and Zagreb. He wrote about Serbian culture and stories from the Knin region and Dalmatian Zagora. He died in Zagreb.-Sources:... 1987 – Živko Jeličić 1988 – 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... 1989 – 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...

1990 – Olinko Delorko 1991 – Petar Šegedin Petar Šegedin (writer) Petar Šegedin was a Croatian writer.Šegedin was born in Žrnovo, on the island of Korčula. He graduated from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb... 1992 – Ivo Frangeš 1993 – Srećko Diana 1994 – Nikola Miličević 1995 – Rajmund Kupareo 1996 – Slavko Mihalić 1997 – Ivan Kušan Ivan Kušan Ivan Kušan is a Croatian writer.Ivan Kušan was born in Sarajevo, in the family of Jakša Kušan, bookstore owner and one of the most respected members of local intelligentsia. The family moved to Zagreb in 1939. At the age of 10 Ivan Kušan discovered his writing talent and wrote his first... 1998 – Miroslav Slavko Mađer 1999 – Vesna Krmpotić Vesna Krmpotic Vesna Krmpotić is a Croatian writer and translator.Krmpotić graduated psychology and English language on University of Zagreb and in New Delhi, India, she studied Bengali language. After marrying Radivoje Petković, a diplomat, Vesna lived across the globe: Cairo, Washington, Accra, New Delhi, etc.... 2000 – Stanko Lasić 2001 – Ivo Brešan Ivo Brešan Ivo Brešan is a Croatian playwright, novelist and screenwriter known for political satire. His work includes screenplays written with his son Vinko Brešan.-Screenplays:* 1973 - Predstava Hamleta u selu Mrduša Donja... 2002 – Gajo Peleš

2003 – Viktor Žmegač Viktor Žmegač Viktor Žmegač is a renowned Croatian musicologist and scholar. He authored a number of books, articles and essays in the areas of cultural history, literary theory, musicology, art history and German studies.... 2004 – Josip Tabak 2005 – Irena Vrkljan 2006 – Miroslav Šicel 2007 – Nedjeljko Fabrio 2008 – Zvonimir Mrkonjić 2009 – Milivoj Solar Milivoj Solar Milivoj Solar is a Croatian literary theorist and literary historian.-Biography:Solar was born on 8 April 1936 in Koprivnica. At the University of Zagreb Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences he earned a degree in philosophy and Yugoslav studies in 1959... 2010 – 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...

Music

1960 – Svetislav Stančić 1963 – Josip Križaj 1964 – Jakov Gotovac Jakov Gotovac Jakov Gotovac was a Croatian composer and conductor of classical music. He is the author of the most famous Croatian opera, the comic Ero s onoga svijeta , which first played in Zagreb in 1935.... 1965 – Antonija Geiger-Eichhorn 1965 – Ančica Mitrović 1968 – Boris Papandopulo Boris Papandopulo Boris Papandopulo , Croatian composer and conductor. He was the son of Greek nobleman Konstantin Papandopulo and Croatian opera singer Maja Strozzi-Pečić.... 1969 – Vilma Nožinić 1970 – Ivo Tijardović Ivo Tijardovic Ivo Tijardović was a Croatian composer, writer, and painter.... 1971 – Nada Tomčić 1972 – Marijana Radev 1973 – Stjepan Šulek Stjepan Šulek Stjepan Šulek was a Croatian composer and conductor.- Biography :Born in Zagreb in 1914, Šulek began his music study very early by learning piano, violin, and composition. In 1936 he received his diploma from the Zagreb Academy of Music. Until 1952 Šulek was an active soloist who gave numerous... 1974 – Ivan Brkanović 1975 – Bruno Bjelinski Bruno Bjelinski Bruno Bjelinski was a Croatian composer.Bjelinski was born into a Jewish family. He doctored in law at the University of Zagreb and later studied music at the Zagreb Academy of Music under Blagoje Bersa and Franjo Dugan. Bjelinski started composing in 30's with two sonatas for violin and piano...

1976 – Milo Cipra Milo Cipra Milo Cipra was a Croatian composer, member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts , dean of the Zagreb Music Academy .-Major works:*Sonatina u D-molu, with piano, 1930... 1977 – Ivo Maček Ivo Macek Ivo Maček was a Croatian pianist.From 1939-45 he performed as part of the Maček-Šulek-Janigro Trio. He taught at the Hochschule für Musik "Franz Liszt", Weimar in Germany.-References:... 1978 – Branimir Sakač 1979 – Slavko Zlatić 1980 – Dora Gušić 1981 – Rudolf Matz Rudolf Matz Rudolf Matz was born September 19, 1901 in Zagreb, Croatia he died in 1988 and he had written more than 300 instrumental and vocal compositions.... 1982 – Natko Devčić 1983 – Milko Kelemen Milko Kelemen Milko Kelemen is a Croatian composer.- Life :Milko Kelemen studied under Stjepan Šulek in Zagreb, under Olivier Messiaen in Paris and Wolfgang Fortner in Freiburg amongst others.... 1984 – Jeronim Noni Žunec 1985 – Emil Cossetto 1986 – Milan Horvat Milan Horvat Milan Horvat is a Croatian conductor. From 1969 until 1975, he was head of the newly created Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra... 1987 – Rudolf Klepač 1988 – Miljenko Prohaska Miljenko Prohaska Miljenko Prohaska is a notable Croatian composer, music arranger and orchestra conductor.His is mainly known for founding a number of prominent Croatian orchestras and for his longtime service as the conductor of the Radio Zagreb Dance Orchestra .Prohaska first began learning the violin at a...

1989 – Dragutin Bernardić 1990 – Tomislav Neralić 1991 – Adalbert Marković 1992 – Nada Puttar-Gold 1993 – Jurica Murai 1994 – Stjepan Radić 1995 – Anđelko Klobučar Anđelko Klobučar Anđelko Klobučar is a Croatian composer, organist and professor of music. He was awarded the 2002 Porin Lifetime Achievement Award. Klobučar is a full member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts since 1992.-Sources:*... 1996 – Ruža Pospiš-Baldani Ruža Pospiš-Baldani Ruža Pospiš-Baldani is a Croatian operatic mezzo-soprano.Baldani made her professional opera debut in 1961 at the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb as Konchakovna in Alexander Borodin's Prince Igor. She remained active at that theatre and at the National Theatre in Belgrade throughout the 1960s... 1997 – Mladen Bašić 1998 – Igor Gjadrov 1999 – Ljiljana Molnar-Talajić 2000 – Josip Klima 2001 – Stanko Horvat

2002 – Božena Ruk-Fočić 2003 – Tonko Ninić 2004 – Pavle Dešpalj 2005 – Vladimir Krpan Vladimir Krpan Vladimir Krpan is a Croatian pianist and piano pedagogue.He was born in Sveti Ivan Zelina in 1938. He graduated at the Zagreb Academy of Music in the class of Svetislav Stancic and won a master's degree at the Santa Cecilia Music Academy in Rome with Carlo Zecchi... 2006 – Branka Stilinović 2007 – Damir Novak 2008 – Zagreb Quartet 2009 – Nikša Bareza 2010 – Ruben Radica

Theatre

1964 – Mila Dimitrijević 1966 – Zvonimir Rogoz Zvonimir Rogoz Zvonimir Rogoz was a Croatian actor.A native of Zagreb, Zvonimir Rogoz became famous in Czechoslovakia between the two world wars... 1968 – Tomislav Tanhofer 1969 – Viktor Bek 1969 – Božena Kraljeva 1969 – Vika Podgorska 1970 – Slavko Batušić 1970 – Veljko Maričić 1971 – Mato Grković 1972 – Bela Krleža 1973 – Anđelko Štimac 1974 – Emil Kutijaro 1975 – Ervina Dragman

1976 – Ivo Hergešić 1977 – Vlado Habunek 1978 – Ana Roje 1978 – Oskar Harmoš 1979 – Mira Župan 1980 – Mirko Perković 1981 – Zvonko Agbaba 1982 – Ana Maletić 1983 – Josip Marotti 1984 – Mladen Šerment 1985 – Kosta Spaić 1986 – Pero Kvrgić 1987 – Vesna Butorac-Blaće

1988 – Mladen Škiljan 1989 – Drago Krča 1990 – Miše Martinović 1991 – Sonja Kastl 1992 – Tonko Lonza 1993 – Milka Podrug-Kokotović 1994 – Božidar Violić 1995 – Tomislav Durbešić 1996 – Aleksandar Augustinčić 1997 – Nada Subotić 1998 – Zvjezdana Ladika 1999 – Relja Bašić Relja Bašic Relja Bašić is a Croatian actor.A native of Zagreb , Bašić is one of the most prolific and versatile Croatian actors with a career which lasts for more than half a century. He first appeared on screen in 1954 classic film Koncert... 2000 – Joško Juvančić

2001 – Neva Rošić 2002 – Milko Šparemblek 2003 – Ika Škomrlj 2004 – Nikola Batušić 2005 – Vanja Drach Vanja Drach Vanja Drach was a Croatian theatre and film actor.His film and television credits include H-8, Lud zbunjen normalan, Gospa, Charuga, Kapelski kresovi, Nikola Tesla, Svjedoci.... 2006 – Vanča Kljaković 2007 – Georgij Paro 2008 – Zlatko Crnković Zlatko Crnkovic Zlatko Crnković is a renowned Croatian translator, writer, literary critic and an editor.After finishing primary school in Čaglin, he continues his education in Croatian capital Zagreb, where he graduated English and German language and literatures at the Faculty of Philosophy... 2009 – Vladimir Gerić 2010 – Zlatko Vitez Zlatko Vitez Zlatko Vitez is a Croatian theatre and film actor. He also served as the Croatian Minister of Culture in the period between October 1994 and November 1995 in the cabinet of Prime Minister Nikica Valentić....

Visual and applied arts

1961 – Frano Kršinić Frano Kršinić Frano Kršinić was a renowned Croatian sculptor. Along with Ivan Meštrović and Antun Augustinčić he is considered one of the three most important Croatian sculptors of the 20th century... 1963 – Marino Tartaglia Marino Tartaglia Marino Tartaglia was a Croatian painter and art teacher, for many years a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts, Zagreb.From 1948 he was a member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts. He received the Vladimir Nazor Award for lifetime achievement in the arts in 1964.- Biography :Marino... 1964 – Ljubo Babić Ljubo Babić Ljubo Babić , was a Croatian painter, graphic artist, theatrical set and costume designer, teacher, art historian, critic, and museum curator. As an artist, he worked in a variety of media including oils, tempera, watercolour, drawing, etching, and lithography... 1964 – Oton Postružnik 1965 – Oskar Herman Oskar Herman Oskar Herman was a Croatian Jewish painter. He was one of the group of Croatian artists known as the Munich Circle, who had a strong influence on modern art in Croatia.-Biography:... 1966 – Mirko Rački Mirko Racki Mirko Rački was a Croatian painter.Rački was born in Novi Marof, and graduated from the Teacher's Academy in Zagreb. He then went to the private art school of H. Strehblow in Vienna, then studied at the Academy in Prague under Vlaho Bukovac and in Vienna under W. Unger... 1966 – Vilko Gecan Vilko Gecan Vilko Gecan was a Croatian artist, influential in the Zagreb modern art scene of the 1920s and 30s. He is best known for his expressionist paintings and drawings, and for his contributions to the avantgarde magazine Zenit. He showed his work in many solo and group exhibitions in Croatia and abroad... 1968 – Jerolim Miše Jerolim Miše Jerolim Miše , was a Croatian painter, teacher, and art critic. He painted portraits, still lifes and landscapes of his native Dalmatia. A member of the Group of Three, Group of Four, and the Independent Group of Artists.... 1969 – Antun Motika 1969 – Zlatko Šulentić Zlatko Šulentić Zlatko Šulentić was a Croatian painter of landscapes and portraits.He was one of the second generation of Croatian modern painters, a follower of the Munich Circle painters. He also studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, and began to develop his own version of expressionism and cubism in... 1970 – Marijan Detoni 1970 – Krsto Hegedušić Krsto Hegedušic Krsto Hegedušić was a Croatian painter, illustrator and theater designer. His most famous paintings depict the harsh life of the Croatian peasantry in the manner of naive art... 1971 – Antun Mezdjić 1972 – Frano Šimunović 1973 – Vilko Šeferov

1974 – Stella Skopal 1975 – Vjekoslav Parać 1976 – Oton Gliha Oton Gliha Oton Gliha was a Croatian painter of Slovenian descent. He was born on May 21, 1914 in Črnomelj, Slovenia, in a Slovenian family originating from Istra, . The families residence was dictated by his father's civil service. Until the age of ten, he lived in Slavonia, , and later moved to Zagreb... 1977 – Vilim Svečnjak 1978 – Ante Roca 1978 – Slavko Šohaj 1979 – Vojin Bakić Vojin Bakić Vojin Bakić was a prominent Croatian sculptor of Serbian descent.-Work and Artistic Career:Bakić was an important figure, particularly in the 50’s and 60’s Croatian contemporary art scene, and collaborated with the group EXAT-51 and the Nove tendencije movement... 1980 – Zlatko Prica 1980 – Milan Vulpe 1981 – Edo Kovačević 1982 – Mira Kovačević-Ovčačik 1982 – Željko Hegedušić 1983 – Ljubo Ivančić 1983 – Oto Reisinger 1984 – Ksenija Kantoci

1985 – Branko Ružić 1986 – Kosta Angeli Radovani Kosta Angeli Radovani Kosta Angeli Radovani was a Croatian sculptor and member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts.After World War II he was one of the founders of the Zagreb Academy of Applied Arts in 1950 where he was the head of the department of sculpture until the academy closed in 1955... 1987 – Ivan Šebalj 1988 – Želimir Janeš 1989 – Šime Perić 1990 – Ferdinand Kulmer 1991 – Ivan Lovrenčić 1992 – Dalibor Parać 1993 – Mladen Veža Mladen Veža Mladen Veža was a Croatian painter. He was born in Brist. He graduated from the Zagreb's Academy of Fine Arts under Vladimir Becić in 1937. He subsequently taught at the academy until 1981... 1994 – Ivan Picelj Ivan Picelj Ivan Picelj was a contemporary Croatian painter, sculptor and graphic designer.Picelj developed a specific variation of geometric abstraction in Croatian painting by using primary colours and by reducing the shapes to geometric elements. He made sculptures and reliefs in wood and in metal... 1995 – Milena Lah 1996 – Đuro Pulitika 1997 – Ivan Kožarić Ivan Kožarić Ivan Kožarić is a Croatian artist who works primarily with sculpture but also works in a wide variety of media, including: permanent and temporary sculptures, assemblages, proclamations, photographs, paintings and installations... 1998 – Nikola Reiser 1999 – Aleksandar Srnec Aleksandar Srnec Aleksandar Srnec was a Croatian artist. He is mainly known for his avant-garde designs and kinetic and lumino kinetic art....

2000 – Edo Murtić Edo Murtic Edo Murtić was a painter from Croatia, best known for his lyrical abstraction and abstract expressionism style. He worked in a variety of media, including oil painting, gouache, graphic design, ceramics, mosaics, murals and theatrical set design... 2001 – Đuro Seder Đuro Seder Đuro Seder is a Croatian painter. He lives and works in Zagreb, Croatia.At the beginning of his career he worked as an illustrator, image editor and designer at various magazines... 2002 – Julije Knifer Julije Knifer Julije Knifer was a Croatian painter and founding member of the prominent 60s Croatian art group known as, Gorgona Group.... 2003 – Nives Kavurić-Kurtović 2004 – Zlatko Bourek 2005 – Vjekoslav Vojo Radoičić 2006 – Josip Vaništa 2007 – Dušan Džamonja Dušan Džamonja Dušan Džamonja was a contemporary Croatian sculptor of Macedonian origin.Džamonja's work shows a tendency towards technical and formative experiments, reducing form to the dynamic and intense shapes of symbolical meaning... 2008 – Nikola Koydl 2009 – Alfred Pal 2010 – Šime Vulas

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• Vladimir Nazor Award at the Ministry of Culture website