262 NOVA ISTRA Literary, Art and Cultural Journal Zeitschrift für Literatur, Kunst und Kultur Rivista di letteratura, arte e cultura Pula, Croatia / Kroatien / Croazia, No. 2/2024 Summary In memoriam has been written for our colleague and friend, the great contemporary Croatian writer, academician Luko Paljetak (1943 – 2024). New poetry and fiction pieces by Croatian authors of different poetics and generations are included in the introductory part. War in literature as well as literature in war is in focus of the essay section. Translations are completely centred on the Italian literature (well-known A. Camilleri) although they also cover literary works written in Italian in Croatia. A more comprehensive text about Igor Zidić, especially focused on his poetry, can also be found in the current issue for the purpose of marking the significant anniversary of this poet, art historian, and remarkable intellectual who has seriously been committed to critical reviews... Apollo’s Return? is a philosophical essay in which its author considers what is important in relation to this term/concept with a strong symbolic and metaphorical meaning in history and nowadays, also discussing today’s overall crisis of values, identity, and contents that seem humane and appropriate for the mankind across the world. In addition, critical/polemical texts about neo-fascism, supported with strong arguments, illustrate the hiding of fascistic crimes in Italy up to nowadays when extreme rightists rule, in the society which has never been de-fascistised upon the Second World War, without having its own Nürnberg trials. These should announce our publication of the book entitled The Revision of Evil. The great Croatian writer from Istria, Viktor Car Emin (1870 – 1963), was much engaged in defending the Croatian language, culture and people from the forceful Italianisation of the Croats in Adriatic Croatia (Istria and Dalmatia), who were exposed to complete terror at some time. He launched and edited valuable journals for children and adolescents in Croatian at the turn of the 20th century, which is the topic of a lengthy text in the section presenting the native region issues. Reviews of contemporary Croatian literary books of various genres, published more or less recently, along with a critical contribution about the contemporary Montenegrin essays end the current issue. Translated by R. Šamo, Pula
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