Project Description
Andrijana Kos Lajtman (Čakovec, 1978) is a scholar, poet and a literary critic. She works as an associate professor at the Faculty of Teacher Education, University of Zagreb, where she teaches various courses in Croatian and world literature. Her scientific interests are mostly focused on contemporary literature, and she has published about sixty scientific papers in domestic and foreign publications, as well as three academic books: The Autobiographical Discourse of Childhood (Ljevak, Zagreb, 2016), The Poetics of Shapes – Contemporary Conceptual and Hypertextual Prose (Ljevak, Zagreb, 2016), and The Poetic Tension of Death – From a Scream to Silence (Ljevak, Zagreb, 2022).
Her poems have been published in numerous magazines and shortlisted for awards such as the coveted Ivan Goran Kovačić Award or Tin Ujević Award, given for contributions to Croatian poetry and considered one of the most prestigious awards in Croatia. Poetry collections: Morning Laureate (Jutarnji laureat, Zagreb, 2008), Lunulae (Lunule, Disput, Zagreb, 2012), Teleidoscope (Teleidoskop, HDP, Zagreb, 2018), Stairs for Stojanka K. (Stepenice za Stojanku K., V.B.Z., Zagreb, 2019), Contagious Zone (Zarazna zona, Fraktura, Zagreb, 2021, cowritten with Damir Radić), Blue and Brown Book (Plava i smeđa knjiga, Meandar, Zagreb, 2021). She is a member of the Croatian Writers Society (HDP).