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Ivo Brešan
Brešan at the première of the film Will Not End Here in 2008
Brešan at the première of the film Will Not End Here in 2008
Born Ivan Brešan
(1936-05-27)27 May 1936
Vodice, Yugoslavia
Died 3 January 2017(2017-01-03) (aged 80)
Zagreb, Croatia
Occupation
  • Playwright
  • novelist
  • screenwriter
Nationality Croatian
Citizenship Croatia
Education Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Alma mater University of Zagreb
Years active ?–2016
Spouse
Jelena Godlar
(her death 2016)
Children Vinko Brešan

Ivan "Ivo" Brešan (27 May 1936 – 3 January 2017) was a Croatian and Yugoslav playwright, novelist and screenwriter, known for political satire. His work included screenplays written with his son Vinko.

Personal life

Born in Vodice 1936, Brešan attended Antun Vrančić High School in Šibenik. He was married Croatian writer Jelena Godlar, a Jew of Slavonia native. In February 1964, she gave to birth their son Vinko, today a film director. Ivo's wife Jelena died on 20 September 2016. He died after long and severe illness, on 3 January 2017 in Zagreb, aged 80.

Screenplays

  • 1973 – Predstava Hamleta u selu Mrduša Donja
  • 1976 – Izbavitelj
  • 1980 – The Secret of Nikola Tesla
  • 1986 – Obećana zemlja
  • 1989 – Donator
  • 1996 – How the War Started on My Island
  • 2000 – Marshal Tito's Spirit
  • 2004 – Libertas
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