22.11.2011.
One of the most charismatic writer of Croatian history Marija Juric Zagorka (1873rd to 1957th) attracts many fans of her character and work. This is the fifth gathering dedicated to Marija Juric Zagorka during 25th and 26th November
That feminism is a term that is often associated with her name, Cultural and Scientific Days of Marija Juric Zagorka revalue the work of the prominent Croatian journalist, publicist, advocate of women’s and workers’ rights.
If you want to familiarize yourself with the atmosphere in which she worked, and created the characters of his novels, visit her apartment which is open to the public. The apartment is located in the heart of Zagreb, at the market Dolac (Dolac 8), and all objects in it are genuine and are from the time when she lived there and worked. This space is now a museum. It stretches over about 120 square meters, and it is dominated by a large library with more than three thousand books of local and foreign authors, and a large number of journals devoted to women’s issues and gender equality. In addition to the library, in the apartment was preserved and a large desk and an old typewriter on which he wrote his most famous works – “Grička witch,” “Knight of the Slavonian plain,” “Daughter of Lotrščak” as well as many other books and articles. It is indeed a great oeuvre – from cheap and small volumes to luxury editions that show how over the decades and changed her position in society.
Days of Marija Juric Zagorka organized in collaboration of the Center for Women’s Studies, based in her home at the museum Dolcu and the Department of Comparative Literature, Faculty of Philosophy in Zagreb.