Croatia writer, journalist and columnist Vedrana Rudan she died at the age of 77, after a long and difficult illness, it was announced on her Facebook page.
Vedrana Rudan was born on October 29, 1949 in Opatija, and she was one of the most widely read and controversial contemporary Croatian writers, known for her direct and provocative style and sharp criticism of social phenomena, politicians and authorities.
For more than two decades, she worked as a journalist in various media, including Nacional and Feral Tribune, as well as on radio, and after leaving journalism, she devoted herself to literature.
Her books have been translated into several languages, and some works have been adapted for theater in the countries of the region. She has written about feminism, domestic violence, social hypocrisy, marital relations, aging, nationalism and political elites.
She gained great popularity with her debut novel "Ear, Throat, Knife", published in 2002, and among her more famous works are "Love at Last Sight", "I, the Infidel", "Skeletons of Madison County", "The Man in the Throat", "Dance Around the Sun" and "Life Prison".
Rudan spoke publicly about her battle with cancer on her blog and social networks.
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Rudan often stayed in Serbia and spoke to the media about politics, society, the position of women, relations between Serbs and Croats, but also about literature and her own life. She spoke to "Vreme" several times, and her answers were tongue-in-cheek.
PHOTO: TANJUG/VLADIMIR ŠPORČIĆVedrana Rudan, died at the age of 77
One of the topics she spoke about was the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić. After the presidential elections in 2022, Mr interview for "Vreme" she spoke about his election for a second term.
"Serbia had no choice. It could have chosen Vučić or Vučić. I assume that small nations living in unimportant countries can choose whoever they want. Judging by how long Vučić has been president, Serbia is a small and unimportant country. If it was important, the Serbian people would choose whoever was imposed on them by someone who had Serbia in focus. If Vučić did not suit both the East and the West, one or the other would remove him or kill him. At the moment, he does not bother anyone, and the people choose only what is offered to them. Vučić he has no competition in Serbia. I think he is a cunning and skilled politician, much more cunning and skilled than his opponents think. Until when he will rule, the Serbian people will certainly not decide."
The topic she returned to throughout her life was the position of women and their struggle for freedom and equality. That's what it's about spoke for "Vreme" 2015. years.
"The position of women in society is my eternal topic. I have studied the position of women in many countries, I have talked with European women, American women, women from Africa... After five minutes of talking, we realize that everyone, no matter where they live, lives the same life. Men are the masters, we are slaves who must look like a doll on the front page, be smart but know how to hide it because men can't stand intelligence, we have to be mothers and nurses but at the same time while we are breastfeeding, we send and receive Google emails if we are The women who return to work on the third day after a caesarean section are very happy that they are paid only thirty percent less than men. I found that every fight for a better woman's future is meaningless. I, unlike many women, am free house, her man without anyone I can be if things don't go my way. I recognized my enemy in time. I realized that in the war against men, the expression of a retarded fool will help me more than intelligence, so I behave accordingly when I judge that it will bring me some benefit. They are heavier than us, twenty kilos on average, they have power and money. They sold us the story that killing abusers is a crime, and when they break our necks, it's self-defense. I am one of the few single women on earth because I sincerely believe that there is life without men."
Rudan often spoke about nationalism and relations between Serbs and Croats, refusing to accept wartime divisions as a permanent determinant of people on these two sides of the border.
"I have to admit that the conversation on the topic of Serbian-Croatian relations has been boring to me for a long time. I am sure that it is a topic imposed on us. We went to war twenty-five years ago. We should have put a cross or a cross, as you like, on that topic a long time ago. It is interesting how the slave Jovan and the slave Ivica have to hang around forever and count who slaughtered whom and how many ancestors in history. When it comes to Croatian-Serbian business, there is no slaughter. "Our" Todorić declares your plasma biscuits to me in Croatia and to you in Serbia. However, since he sells them, I don't eat them anymore. Someone should tell the Serbs and Croats that our bloody war was fought so that your president Nikolić would wear Armani suits, his wife would wear luxurious dresses, and our savage politicians would become "gentlemen" and billionaires overnight. Not to mention your and our criminal bankers. And while our and your "gentlemen" are brothers by our spilled blood, those who lost their loved ones in the war and in "peace" wear their underpants on a stick, must look at each other through the crosshairs. I never agreed to this exchange of theses, and I still don't agree to this day. The nation does not define anyone. I love good people even when they are Serbs."
PHOTO: TANJUG/VLADIMIR ŠPORČIĆVedrana Rudan
For Rudan, writing was also a way to deal with what she experienced and felt. Speaking of "time" about the creation of the first novel and the importance of writing, she associated it with the war years and a personal feeling of powerlessness.
"Writing is therapy, for sure, like the therapy of stroking a cat's back, killing yourself or your wife, or robbing a bank. Everyone saves themselves in their own way. My war years were a terrible memory for me until I wrote the book. There were no bombs in Opatija and Rijeka, but there was terror in our souls, which, of course, doesn't look very difficult, it just doesn't mean that your soul isn't wounded if you don't get hit by a bullet. In this war, I felt like a frustrated victim, I was pissed off. And how I'm a victim and I can't do anything, because you can't kill the president of the country or our thief politicians, of course yours are different, then I wrote a book. That book is honest, it's a confession of someone who has had something difficult happen, that's why it's successful."
Source: FoNet, Vreme
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