Drago Štambuk
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Drago Štambuk is a Croatian physician
, poet, essayist and an ambassador.
Štambuk was born in Selca on the island of Brač. He attended the gymnasium
in Split, and the University of Zagreb School of Medicine
.
He specialised internal medicine
, gastroenterology
and hepatology
in Zagreb, but worked and lived in London since 1983, where he was engaged in research of the diseases of liver and AIDS. At that early stage of awareness of HIV/AIDS, Dr. Štambuk was among the first researchers deeply engaged in trying to understand the now widely known and ubiquitous disease.
After Croatia declared its independence in 1991, he turned to diplomacy. In the sensitive period from 1991 until 1994, he served as the Croatian ambassador to the United Kingdom. Afterwards, he became ambassador to India and Sri Lanka (1995–1998), Egypt (1998–2000) and a number of Arab countries. He has been ambassador to Japan and South Korea from 2005 to 2010, and to Brazil from 2011.
Dr Štambuk has published more than 40 books of poetry, which have been widely translated, and is regarded one of the leading Croatian contemporary poets. Raymond Carver named him the real poet. His English books include Incompatible Animals (1995), Black Wave (2009), And the Sea is no More (2011), as well as contributions to the magazine Ploughshares
; "Language of Dismemberement/Loghat Al-Tamazzuq"(2000) in Arabic, "El viento de las estrellas oscuras"(2003) in Spanish with the forward by Antonio Skarmeta, "Pierre Nocturne"(2009) in French, "Black Wave/Kuroi Nami"(2009) and "From Nowhere/Museki Yori"(2011) in Japanese. He has been granted many international and national literary, arts and peace awards.
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
, poet, essayist and an ambassador.
Štambuk was born in Selca on the island of Brač. He attended the gymnasium
Gymnasium (school)
A gymnasium is a type of school providing secondary education in some parts of Europe, comparable to English grammar schools or sixth form colleges and U.S. college preparatory high schools. The word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, meaning a locality for both physical and intellectual...
in Split, and the University of Zagreb School of Medicine
School of Medicine, University of Zagreb
The School of Medicine in Zagreb is a Croatian medical school affiliated with the University of Zagreb. It is the oldest and biggest of the four medical schools in Croatia , having been established in 1917 and with 1,775 students enrolled as of 2008.-History:The School of Medicine in Zagreb was...
.
He specialised internal medicine
Internal medicine
Internal medicine is the medical specialty dealing with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of adult diseases. Physicians specializing in internal medicine are called internists. They are especially skilled in the management of patients who have undifferentiated or multi-system disease processes...
, gastroenterology
Gastroenterology
Gastroenterology is the branch of medicine whereby the digestive system and its disorders are studied. The name is a combination of three Ancient Greek words gaster , enteron , and logos...
and hepatology
Hepatology
Hepatology is the branch of medicine that incorporates the study of liver, gallbladder, biliary tree, and pancreas as well as management of their disorders. Etymologically the word Hepatology is formed of ancient Greek hepar or hepato- meaning ' liver' and suffix -logia meaning 'word' or 'speech'...
in Zagreb, but worked and lived in London since 1983, where he was engaged in research of the diseases of liver and AIDS. At that early stage of awareness of HIV/AIDS, Dr. Štambuk was among the first researchers deeply engaged in trying to understand the now widely known and ubiquitous disease.
After Croatia declared its independence in 1991, he turned to diplomacy. In the sensitive period from 1991 until 1994, he served as the Croatian ambassador to the United Kingdom. Afterwards, he became ambassador to India and Sri Lanka (1995–1998), Egypt (1998–2000) and a number of Arab countries. He has been ambassador to Japan and South Korea from 2005 to 2010, and to Brazil from 2011.
Dr Štambuk has published more than 40 books of poetry, which have been widely translated, and is regarded one of the leading Croatian contemporary poets. Raymond Carver named him the real poet. His English books include Incompatible Animals (1995), Black Wave (2009), And the Sea is no More (2011), as well as contributions to the magazine Ploughshares
Ploughshares
Ploughshares is an American literary magazine founded in 1971 by DeWitt Henry and Peter O'Malley in The Plough and Stars, an Irish pub in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Since 1989, Ploughshares has been based at Emerson College in the heart of Boston...
; "Language of Dismemberement/Loghat Al-Tamazzuq"(2000) in Arabic, "El viento de las estrellas oscuras"(2003) in Spanish with the forward by Antonio Skarmeta, "Pierre Nocturne"(2009) in French, "Black Wave/Kuroi Nami"(2009) and "From Nowhere/Museki Yori"(2011) in Japanese. He has been granted many international and national literary, arts and peace awards.