Ranko Marinković, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ranko Marinković

Croatian writer

Date of Birth: 22-Feb-1913

Place of Birth: Komiža, Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia

Date of Death: 28-Jan-2001

Profession: writer, politician, playwright, novelist

Nationality: Croatia

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Ranko Marinkovic (22 February 1913 – 28 January 2001) was a Croatian novelist and dramatist. Born in Komiža on the island of Vis (then a part of Austria-Hungary), Marinkovic's childhood was marked by World War I.
He later earned a degree in philosophy from the University of Zagreb.
In the 1930s, he began to make his name in Zagreb literary circles with his plays and stories. His career was interrupted briefly during World War II.
When his native island was occupied by fascist Italy, he was arrested in Split and interned in the Ferramonti camp.
After the capitulation of Italy, Marinkovic went to Bari, and then to the El Shatt refugee camp where he made contacts with Tito's Partisans.
After the war, he spent time working in the theatre.His best known works are Glorija (1955), a play in which he criticised the Catholic Church, and Kiklop (1965), a semi-autobiographical novel in which he described the gloomy atmosphere among Zagreb intellectuals before the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia.
Kiklop later was adapted into a 1982 movie directed by Antun Vrdoljak. In the last years of his life Marinkovic embraced the political views of Franjo Tudman, and became a member of the Croatian Democratic Union. He died in Zagreb.