Ante Tomić (writer)

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Ante Tomić (2010)

Ante Tomić (born April 22, 1970 in Split, SR Croatia, then SFR Yugoslavia) is Croatian writer and journalist.

A native of a village Glavina Donja near Imotski, Tomić graduated in philosophy and sociology at the University of Zadar. He began to write as a reporter for local daily newspaper Slobodna Dalmacija. His articles showed great literary talent that would manifest in his 2000 debut novel Što je muškarac bez brkova. Three years later he wrote novel Ništa nas ne smije iznenaditi, describing the life of recruits in Yugoslav People's Army. Both novels are adapted to screen.

Ante Tomić now writes for Jutarnji list. In 2004 he travelled across the USA in order to cover presidential campaign by talking to "ordinary" people.

Ante Tomić co-authored script for 1999 film Posljednja volja, as well as 2002 mini-series Novo doba. In 2009 he has started a column Vlaška posla in Slobodna Dalmacija.

Works

• Zaboravio sam gdje sam parkirao, collection of stories, 1997.
• Što je muškarac bez brkova, novel, 2000.
• Smotra folklora, 2001.
• Ništa nas ne smije iznenaditi, novel, 2003.
• Veliki šoping, collection of stories, 2004.
• Klasa optimist, 2004.
• Ljubav, struja voda i telefon, novel, 2005.
• Krovna udruga i druga drama (Anđeli pakla), collection of plays, 2005., with Ivica Ivanišević
• Građanin pokorni, 2006.
• Dečko koji obećava, collection of columns, 2009.
• Čudo u Poskokovoj Dragi, novel, 2009.
• Nisam pametan, collection of columns, 2010.
• Klevete i laži, collection of columns, 2011.
• Punoglavci, novel, 2011.

External links

• Ante Tomić at the Internet Movie Database