Ante Tomić

Ante Tomić was born in 1970 in Split. He completed his studies in Philosophy and Sociology at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zadar. He works as a professional journalist for Jutarnji list. He has published several collections of short stories, columns, feuilletons and novels: „Zaboravio sam gdje sam parkirao“, „Što je muškarac bez brkova“ (adapted for the stage and film, directed by Hrvoje Hribar), „Smotra folklora“, „Ništa nas ne smije iznenaditi“ (adapted for the theatre and film under the title „Karaula“, directed by Rajko Grlić), „Veliki šoping“, „Klasa optimist“, „Ljubav, struja, voda, telefon“, „Krovna udruga i druga drama (Anđeli pakla)“, co-authored with Ivica Ivanišević, „Građanin pokorni“, „Dečko koji obećava“, „Čudo u Poskokovoj Dragi“, „Nisam pametan“, „Punoglavci“, „Veličanstveni Poskokovi“, „Pogledaj što je mačka donijela“, „Nada“ and „Kraljević Marko oslobađa Imotski“. He wrote the screenplay for the film „Ustav Republike Hrvatske“, which was also directed by Rajko Grlić. For his journalistic work, he received the Croatian Journalists’ Association award „Marija Jurić Zagorka“ for best reportage, and for his literary work, the „Kiklop“ award at the Pula Book Fair. His works have been translated into French, Slovenian, Spanish, Russian, German and Polish.