Julijana Adamović

Julijana Adamović (Plavna, Bačka, 12 June 1969.) hrvatska je književnica, authorica kratkih priča, romana, poezije i knjiga za djecu. She grew up in Bačkoj, and since 1991 she lives in Croatia. Graduated in social pedagogy and master's degree in child and adolescent psychiatry at the Faculty of Medicine in Zagreb. Your life and work are tied to Vukovar. Her professional experience and literary interests connect sensitivity to children's perspective, trauma and individual vulnerability.

In literature, she presented the collection Kako su nas ukrali Ciganima (2008.), awarded by Kiklop for the best debut book and the award to Danima Josipa and Ivana Kozarca for the best Slavonian first book. Followed by the collection of short stories Konzerviranje (2009.) and Glineni anđeli (2016.), in which he develops psychological development through family relationships and social pressures. I published it in the poetry collection Sunce na šalteru (2015.).

For children, she wrote the novel Da ti pamet stane (2013.) and the collection Dnevnik sivog mačka i druge priče (2013.), created in collaboration with her son, who signed the pseudonym Sergei Chatgris. Her works for the youngest include the painting Tole, Ranc i ja (2019.).

Particular attention was drawn to the novel Divlje guske (2018), which deals with growing up, family violence and children's experience of an unsafe world. Novel je 2019. dobi Nagradu Stipana Bilića-Prcića Zaklade HAZU. In the novel Oče, ako jesi (2023.) proširuje panonski familial svijet na previous naraštaje, istražujući podrijetlo, identitet i erhedilivanje trauma. Za nega je 2024. dobila Nagradu Fran Galović.

Her prose is characterized by suggestive language, psychological tension and isprepletanje realistic and fantastic. Zavičaj becomes a place of memory, belonging and conflict. She published social commentary, literary texts and professional papers. In 2026, she was awarded the award "Balint Vujkov - Dida", which confirms her connection with the cultural space of Vojvodina Hrvats.