Zoran Ferić is a Croatian writer

Writer

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 and columnist

Columnist

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 who resides in Zagreb

Zagreb

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. He has attended the Ivan Goran Kovačić Elementary School in the city's wealthy neighborhood of Šalata

Šalata

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 and graduated in croatistics at the Faculty of Philosophy

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb

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 at the University of Zagreb

University of Zagreb

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. He has written three novel

Novel

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s and two collections of short stories

Short Stories

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. For his literary work, he has received the Ksaver Šandor Gjalski

Ksaver Šandor Gjalski

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 Prize in 2000 and the Jutarnji List

Jutarnji list

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 Award in 2001. Ferić writes column

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s for Nacional

Nacional (weekly)

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, a Croatian weekly

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Books

• 1996 – Mišolovka Walta Disneya (Walt Disney's Mousetrap)
• 1998 – Quattro stagioni (Four Seasons; in co-operation with Miroslav Kiš, Robert Mlinarec and Boris Perić)
• 2000 – Anđeo u ofsajdu (An Angel in Offside
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• 2002 – Smrt djevojčice sa žigicama (Death of The Little Match Girl)
• 2003 – Otpusno pismo (Letter of discharge)
• 2005 – Djeca Patrasa (Children from Patras
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• 2007 – Simetrija čuda (The Symmetry of The Miracle)