Ladan was born in Ivanjica, Serbia, and spent his formative years in his native Bosnia and Herzegovina (Travnik, Bugojno), where he graduated from the Philosophical Faculty at Sarajevo. Since he couldn't get permanent employment in the then Serbs-dominated Bosnian cultural life because of his sometimes ostentatious Croatian identity, Ladan worked intermittently as a private tutor, translator and journalist — until the Croatian doyen of belles letters, Miroslav Krleža, found him a job at the Yugoslav Lexicographical Institute in Zagreb. Ladan was the director of the same institute and the editor-in-chief of an eight-language parallel dictionary.
Ladan wrote several books of essays that cover diverse fields such as cursing in Croatian, voluminous polygraphy playing with etymological meanings of the words that define human culture, from God to globalization (Riječi, "Words"), and nuances of medieval spiritual culture (Parva medievalia).
Ladan's only novel, Bosanski grb ("Bosnian coat of arms") (1975) is a postmodernist fiction written as a combination of Rabelaisian linguistic feast and a treatise on the historical destiny of Croats in central Bosnia.
Ladan was also a noted translator from Greek, Latin, English, German, Swedish and Norwegian.
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tomislav, ladan, this, article, includes, list, references, related, reading, external, links, sources, remain, unclear, because, lacks, inline, citations, please, help, improve, this, article, introducing, more, precise, citations, december, 2023, learn, when. This article includes a list of references related reading or external links but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations Please help improve this article by introducing more precise citations December 2023 Learn how and when to remove this message Tomislav Ladan 25 June 1932 12 September 2008 was a Croatian essayist critic translator and novelist Tomislav LadanBorn 1932 06 25 25 June 1932Ivanjica Kingdom of YugoslaviaDied12 September 2008 2008 09 12 aged 76 Zagreb CroatiaNationalityCroatianOccupationEssayist Ladan was born in Ivanjica Serbia and spent his formative years in his native Bosnia and Herzegovina Travnik Bugojno where he graduated from the Philosophical Faculty at Sarajevo Since he couldn t get permanent employment in the then Serbs dominated Bosnian cultural life because of his sometimes ostentatious Croatian identity Ladan worked intermittently as a private tutor translator and journalist until the Croatian doyen of belles letters Miroslav Krleza found him a job at the Yugoslav Lexicographical Institute in Zagreb Ladan was the director of the same institute and the editor in chief of an eight language parallel dictionary Ladan wrote several books of essays that cover diverse fields such as cursing in Croatian voluminous polygraphy playing with etymological meanings of the words that define human culture from God to globalization Rijeci Words and nuances of medieval spiritual culture Parva medievalia Ladan s only novel Bosanski grb Bosnian coat of arms 1975 is a postmodernist fiction written as a combination of Rabelaisian linguistic feast and a treatise on the historical destiny of Croats in central Bosnia As a critic over more than four decades Ladan surveyed virtually all works written in Croatian Serbian and Bosnian not infrequently to the consternation of the objects of his criticism Follower of T S Eliot Ezra Pound and Frank Kermode Ladan didn t pay much attention to the deconstructionists Derrida or Foucault both of whom he found arid and sterile His best critical essays also evaluate such writers as William Faulkner and Robert Musil Ladan was also a noted translator from Greek Latin English German Swedish and Norwegian References editU spomen Tomislav Ladan in Croatian External links editUmro Tomislav Ladan in Croatian Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tomislav Ladan amp oldid 1217472145, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
