Modrus Proceedings, Vol. 2 No. 2, 2008.
Review article
Dragutin Tadijanović and Ogulin (memoirs / documentary records)
Mihael Sobolevski
Abstract
Basing this article on his own recollection as well as survived documents, the author aims to show the connection between the prominent Croatian writer and academician Dragutin Tadijanović and the town of Ogulin. The article discusses 1974, the year in which Ogulin celebrated the centenary of the birth of Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić, a world renowned writer. D. Tadijanović stayed on several occasions in Ogulin on behalf of the Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts in Zagreb (the present Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts) which was the patron of the celebration. There he worked together with the Ogulin organizers in devising a programme for the centenary and he successfully coordinated it to its end. One part of his literary activity is connected to this event. More precisely, he wrote a piece of text for the memorial plate, the brochure text on I. Brlić-Mažuranić’s life and work, the text which was read at the opening of the memorial room at the Ogulin Museum, as well as the text read at the unveiling of the memorial bust. During April 1974 D. Tadijanović had three literary gatherings at various schools. The author of the article brings forward certain disputes with the sculptor and academician Vanja Radauš over the location of I. Brlić-Mažuranić’s bust. The conclusion of the article is that Ogulin did not use I. Brlić-Mažuranić’s name as a brand for cultural promotion of the town. Such attempts have rather been made with the Ogulin Fairy Tale Festival.
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Publication date:
1.1.2008.
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