Ivana

Brlić-Mažuranić
the mother of Croatian fairytales
 Biography
Children • Born on 18th April in Ogulin,
naNmadea s Croatia
Ivo • She was praised as the best writer
Vladimir for children
Zora • Upon marrying Vatroslav Brlić,
Zdenka
Nikola
she moved to Slavonski Brod
Nedjeljka • She had 7 children
 Literary blood
• grandfather Ivan Mažuranić -
Croatian ban and poet
• father Vladimir Mažuranić -
writer, historian and lawyer
Ivana’s fantasy world
She is the autor of many children
stories including:
• The Brave Adventures of
Lapitch (Čudnovate zgode
šegrta Hlapića)
• Croatian Tales of Long Ago
(Priče iz davnine): Stribor’s
Forest (Šuma Striborova),
Reygoch (Regoč)
 • Visualy adapted
The Brave Adventures • animated film “Lapitch the
Little Shoemaker” from
of Lapitch 1997.
• movie “Lapić the apprentice”
from 2013.
• A weeklong adventure in
special red boots
sharing good and joy to everyone
he meets on the way
• First Croatian
childrens novel
Published in 1913.
 based on slavic
Croatian Tales of Long
Ago
Stribor ’s Forest
This fairy tale teaches every reader
not to judge people based on their
appearance, but to look at them
based on what they have done,
which is their actions.
mythology
Rey g o ch
The author emphasizes the
importance of true friendship, which
cannot be disturbed even by set
boundaries, size, diversity or a
different way of thinking.
 Success

• Compared to Hans Christian Andersen and Tolkien

• Nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature
• Became the first woman accepted as a
Corresponding Member of the Yugoslav Academy
of Sciences and Arts
 Happy stories, sad ending
She suffered from depression all
her life and ended her struggle on
September 21, 1938.
She was buried in the family tomb
in Mirogoj.
 Questions!
• When and where was Ivana born?
• What was she famous for?
• Which book did she write in 1913?
• What are some other books she wrote?
• Who was her grandfather?
• Who was she compared to?
• What was she nominated for?
• What was “Šegrt Hlapić” made into?
• Who was Gita?
Thank you for attention!
Anamarija Pavić