December 17, 2024 | 5:30 PM
12/24
Stanislav Habjan
Dubravka Zima
Branko Čegec
Katarina Mažuran
Jagna Pogačnik
Sven Popović
Nenad Rizvanović
Join us for Creative Hour: Impossible Variant, 40 Years Later, an event marking the 40th anniversary of the publication of the short story collection Impossible Variant by Stanislav Habjan. Published in 1984 as part of the first edition of the Quorum library series, this collection is a cornerstone of the Quorum generation’s prose and a significant literary milestone of the 1980s in Croatian literature.
Impossible Variant established an authentic poetic paradigm of the 1980s, intertwining intercultural and intermedial elements while creating a dialogue with both popular and canonical culture. Through intellectual play, self-irony, and narrative self-awareness, Habjan crafted a work that transcends decades and retains its cult status to this day.
To commemorate the anniversary, the publishing house Petikat, in collaboration with Dubravka Zima, is organizing a scholarly colloquium to reflect on the literary atmosphere of the 1980s, contextualize the collection within the history of Croatian literature, and examine the cultural legacy of the 1980s.
Participants in the colloquium include:
The colloquium will be moderated by Dubravka Zima.
Join us to explore the history and legacy of one of the most important literary works of the 1980s and its resonance in contemporary culture.
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Katarina Ivanišin
Iva Ivas
Ivan Mostahinić
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Nikola Radeljković
Krešimir Borošak
12/25
Ansambl Synchronos
11/25
ZvUQ (Zagreb Unlimited Quintet)
11/25
Urikač
10/25
Milan Stefanović
10/25
ZvUQ (Zagreb Unlimited Quintet)
10/25
Ana Šverko, PhD
Damir Gamulin
10/25
Anita Krmek
Jelena Babić
Marja Mia Kolendić
09/25
Mate Picukarić - Maali
07/25
Nenad Vukušić
06/25
Ansambl Synchronos
06/25
Joanna Swiderska
Renata Zorić
Jeffrey Huyghe
06/25
Dean Franić
Anja Filipec
Tana Gerenčer
05/25
Edin Karamazov
Melita Ivković
04/25
Jure Živković
Aljoša Kotnjek
03/25
Ansambl Synchronos
03/25
Vanja Žanko
Marko Tadić
Saša Begović
02/25
Zagreb Klezmer Trio
02/25
02/25
Jelena Bando
Tea Ujević
01/25
Seats are limited, so please reserve your spot here. Admission is free!