Ivo Brešan
Brešan at the première of the film Will Not End Here in 2008
Brešan at the première of the film Will Not End Here in 2008
BornIvan Brešan[1]
(1936-05-27)27 May 1936
Vodice, Yugoslavia
Died3 January 2017(2017-01-03) (aged 80)
Zagreb, Croatia
Occupation
  • Playwright
  • novelist
  • screenwriter
NationalityCroatian
CitizenshipCroatia
EducationFaculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Alma materUniversity of Zagreb
Years active?–2016
Spouse
Jelena Godlar
​
(died 2016)​
ChildrenVinko Brešan

Ivan "Ivo" Brešan (27 May 1936 – 3 January 2017)[1][2] was a Croatian and Yugoslav playwright, novelist and screenwriter, known for political satire. His work included screenplays written with his son Vinko.[3]

Personal life

Born in Vodice 1936, Brešan attended Antun Vrančić High School in Šibenik. He was married Croatian writer Jelena Godlar, a Jew of Slavonia native.[4] In February 1964, she gave to birth their son Vinko, today a film director. Ivo's wife Jelena died on 20 September 2016.[5] He died after long and severe illness, on 3 January 2017 in Zagreb, aged 80.[6]

Screenplays

References

  1. 1 2 "FOTO: POSLJEDNJE ZBOGOM VELIKOM KNJIŽEVNIKU I ČOVJEKU Pola Šibenika došlo na sprovod Ivi Brešanu, mnoge je posebno ganula izvedba pjesama Vice Vukova". jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). Jutarnji list. 9 January 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  2. ↑ "Ivo Brešan". hciti.hr (in Croatian). Croatian Centre of ITI - UNESCO. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
  3. ↑ Kelly, Laura (2001) "COMMUNISM AS VACATION DESTINATION", South Florida Sun-Sentinel, 1 June 2001.
  4. ↑ "Zauvijek nas je napustila Jela Godlar Brešan, spisateljica i književnica". mok.hr (in Croatian). Šibenik News. 20 September 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  5. ↑ "Umrla je Jela Godlar-Brešan". tris.com.hr (in Croatian). 20 September 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  6. ↑ "UMRO IVO BREŠAN Jedan od najvećih suvremenih europskih dramatičara preminuo u 81. godini, nekoliko mjeseci nakon supruge". www.jutarnji.hr. 3 January 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
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