Ivica Đikić

Ivica Đikić
Born 1977
Tomislavgrad, Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
Occupation Writer, journalist
Language Croatian
Nationality Croat
Citizenship Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia
Genre Novels
Notable works Cirkus Columbia
Notable awards Meša Selimović Award

Ivica Đikić is Bosnian Croat writer and journalist. He is one of the most notable writers from the Balkans and one of the most notable writers of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is critic of Croatian Democratic Union politics towards Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina and their relation to Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Career

Journalist career

He worked as a journalist in for few Croatian newspapers, and he left the most impact on Feral Tribune from Split wher he worked in 1996. He started to work as a journalist from his 16, he was also active in Slobodna Dalmacija. From 2001 he edited few Croatian magazines like Novi list.

Writer career

He published his first novel in 2003 named Cirkus Columbia, published by Feral Tribune. He is also awarded with Meša Selimović Award for this novel. The 2010 movie Cirkus Columbia is based on his novel. The novel is set in writer's hometown Tomislavgrad, a small town in Herzegovina in early 1990s, just before Bosnian War. In 2004 Đikić published political biography of former Croatian president Stjepan Mesić named Domovinski obrat (English: Homeland reversal), published by VBZ from Zagreb. In 2007 Đikić wrote his second novel called Ništa sljezove boje (English: Nothing in Marshmallow Colour), published by Feral Tribune. This new novel is composed of three stories, Zeleni dvorac (English: Green Castle), Probaj zaspati, molim te (English: Please, Try to Sleep) and Kao da ništa nije bilo (English: Like Nothing Happened).

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