Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić wrote at a period when the terms of literature itself were being argued over.
The record lists Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić as Croatian writer (1874–1938).
Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić was born at Ogulin in 1874. Her recorded nationality is Serbia.
Around the turn of the twentieth century, literary form itself came under argument, and the certainties of the realist novel were dismantled.
She worked as poet, writer and children's writer.
The writing is recorded in Croatian.
Among her best-known works are The Brave Adventures of Lapitch, Croatian Tales of Long Ago and Stribor's Forest. Books outlive their reviews, and the ones that last are seldom the ones that sold best.
That the work was written from Serbia matters: language, censorship and the reach of a publishing industry decide which books travel and which stay local.
Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić died in 1938, aged 64. The books remain, which is the only durable form a writing life takes.
Achievements
- Notable work: The Brave Adventures of Lapitch
- Notable work: Croatian Tales of Long Ago
- Notable work: Stribor's Forest
