Nova Istra No. 3-4/2013.

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Nova Istra No. 3-4/2013.

The Contemporary Literature section contains some great examples of poetry, drama and short stories, written not only by authors who have already become the leading names, but also by the ones who are still waiting for their reputation in the Croatia

Nova Istra
Literary and Cultural Journal
Pula, Croatia, No. 3-4/2013

Summary

The section that follows, New Translations, usually presents the first Croatian translations of prose pieces, which are now signed by several Chilean, Danish, and Italian contemporary authors.

The essayistic section considers the Croatian literary-historical Late Middle Age and Early Modern Age (15th century), contemporary Montenegrin literature, and music-and-travel homage to Wagner on the occasion of this year’s round anniversaries.

This issue contains contributions in our memory of two late writers, Mirko Kovač and Anđelko Novaković.

The section on theatres includes the reviews of performances staged
on the famous Brijuni Islands in August 2013.

Contributions on the native region, among other things, comprise rather polemic remarks about James Joyce’s short-term stay in Pula (1904-1905), where he used to live with his wife Nora and teach English.

We are also very glad to make you familiar with the poetry written by Dim (The Smoke). This informal but very active group was founded in Pula, mostly by undergraduates or fresh graduates, focused on the promotion of poetry and its writing in public, informal venues. Some of them have already asserted their individuality and their poetic voices and expressions have become recognized, while some of them are still on the way to achieve this. However, they continue to promote their poetry together.

Closely related to the previous section, there are literary pieces by young Croatian writers, successfully gathered by the editorial board, during the traditional reading around the Pula park sculpture erected in memory of ‘the father of Croatian literature’, the great world-known humanist Marko Marulić Marul (Split, 1450 -1524).

The last section, Reviews, usually provides critical insights into new editions, and this time a few of them ranges from the theory of literature and poetics, essay, poetry and prose writing, up to the native region history.

Translation:
Renata Šamo, Pula

Author and collaborators:

Authors

Tomislav Marijan Bilosnić, Zadar

Stjepan Šešelj, Zagreb

† Igor Mrduljaš, Zagreb

Jakša Fiamengo, Split

Dr. sc. Zijad Duraković, Zagreb

Mr. sc. Dolores Butić, Pula

Dr. sc. Željka Lovrenčić, Zagreb

Lorena Monica Kmet, Buje

Dr. sc. Irvin Lukežić, Rijeka

Jovan Nikolaidis, Ulcinj

Siniša Vuković, Split

Dr. sc. Boris Domagoj Biletić, Rovinj

Dr. sc. Darko Gašparović, Rijeka

Miodrag Kalčić, Pula

Remiđo Sošić, Rovinjsko Selo

Bruno Brežac, Pula

Daniel Radočaj, Pula

Atila Koso, Pula

Dražen Kiralj, Pula

Jadran Balenović, Pula

Maja Sabljak, Pula

Milica Šabanović, Pula

Nikola Šalić, Rovinj

Patricija Softić, Pula

Sanja Knežević, Pula

Želimir Periš, Zadar

Morana Žunec, Zagreb

Dr. sc. Milorad Stojević, Rijeka

Mario Kolar, Zagreb

Božidar Alajbegović, Rijeka

Darija Žilić, Zagreb

Dr. sc. Slaven Bertoša, Pula

Dr. Renata Šamo, Pula

Contents of the Journal:

CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE

TOMISLAV MARIJAN BILOSNIĆ
Ithaca

STJEPAN ŠEŠELJ
The Yellow-Haired Man (Part II)

IGOR MRDULJAŠ
A Different View

JAKŠA FIAMENGO
The Time for Better Needs

ZIJAD DURAKOVIĆ
Five Poems

DOLORES BUTIĆ
Stories

NEW TRANSLATIONS

JUAN MIHOVILOVIC HERNÁNDEZ
Three Short Stories (translation Ž. Lovrenčić)

ISABELLA FLEGO
The First Day (translation L. Monica Kmet)

ESSAYS

IRVIN LUKEŽIĆ
A Lament of Priest Martinac, ‘Opposed to the Turks’

JOVAN NIKOLAIDIS
Four Letters

SINIŠA VUKOVIĆ
The Bayreuth Consecration by Wagner

BORIS DOMAGOJ BILETIĆ
Friend, Intellectual, Poet

THE ZVANE ČRNJA PRIZE WINNER 2012

DUNJA DETONI DUJMIĆ: Beautiful Spaces

THEATRE

DARKO GAŠPAROVIĆ
The Ulysses Theatre, Brijuni, Summer 2013

NATIVE REGION CONTRIBUTIONS

MIODRAG KALČIĆ
James Joyce and His Pula Episode,
or How Joyce Strayed into the Pula Cinema

BORIS DOMAGOJ BILETIĆ
Ivo Balentović’s Susreti (Meetings) and Istrian Issues in the Journal

REMIĐO SOŠIĆ
Five Chakavian Poems

WHERE THERE IS SMOKE…

Little Poetry ‘Anthology’
by DIM (Smoke)
Group Members:
Bruno Brežac, Daniel Radočaj, Atila Koso,
Dražen Kiralj, Jadran Balenović, Maja Sabljak,
Milica Šabanović, Nikola Šalić, Patricija Softić,
Sanja Knežević

AT MARUL’S, 2013

BRUNO BREŽAC
Poems

ŽELIMIR PERIŠ
Poems and Prose

DANIEL RADOČAJ
Sketches in Prose

MORANA ŽUNEC
Prose

REVIEWS

MILORAD STOJEVIĆ
The Lucid Post-Modern Lucidarius
(Milan Rakovac: The Kvarner Islands Lucidarius)

MARIO KOLAR
The Typology of Lyric Temporality
(Pavao Pavličić: The Time in Poems)

BOŽIDAR ALAJBEGOVIĆ
The Analysis of a Breaking-Up Marriage
(Ivana Šojat-Kuči: Nobody’s Sons)
On Difficult Issues, Bravely
(Zoran Ferić: The Absurd Is a Catching Disease)

ŽELJKA LOVRENČIĆ
A Book of Sophisticated Mysticism
(Diana Rosandić: Ignatius’s Blue Rose)

DARIJA ŽILIĆ
Selected Poems by Ljerka
(Ljerka Car Matutinović: When There Is Already aMountain)
The Corridors of Safe Words
(Ivana Simić Bodrožić: A Crossing for Wild Animals)

SLAVEN BERTOŠA
At the Turn of Two Millennia
Lovran and Lovran People