Dražen Katunarić

1954, Croatia

Born 1954 on the island of Brač in Croatia. He is a poet, writer, essayist, editor, translator, and a publisher. He graduated in philosophy at the University of Human sciences in Strasbourg. At present he is the editor of the acclaimed edition “European Messenger and the owner of the Literis publishing house. He published sixteen books of poetry, two novels and three collections of essays. His works were translated and published in ten languages and he was awarded many national and international literary awards, among others by the "Knight of Arts and Literature" by the French Ministry of Culture.