{"id":13026,"date":"2026-07-01T10:00:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T08:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kultura-mostar.ba\/?p=13026"},"modified":"2026-10-01T00:15:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T22:15:37","slug":"preminuo-tomislav-dretar-clan-dhk-hb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kultura-mostar.ba\/en\/2026\/07\/01\/preminuo-tomislav-dretar-clan-dhk-hb\/","title":{"rendered":"Tomislav Dretar, member of DHK HB, passes away"},"content":{"rendered":"
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He died in Brussels on June 25, 2026, at the age of eighty-two.\u00a0
\u00a0member of the Society of Croatian Writers of Herceg Bosna Tomislav Dretar.
Tomislav Dretar was born on March 2, 1945 in Nova Gradi\u0161ka. He graduated
in the organization of cultural activities at the Faculty of Pedagogy in Rijeka, and received a master's degree
in Sarajevo. He was a teacher in Bosanska Krupa, secretary of the SIZ for culture in
Biha\u0107 and a lecturer at the Higher School of Economics in Biha\u0107, and then he worked
journalism.
He published translations from French, German, Latin and Slovenian.
languages, discussions, scientific papers and articles in many journals. Giacomo
Scotti translated into Italian a selection from Dretar's poetry Sorella della notte
(Naples, 1984). He is represented in several anthologies. He is the editor of anthologies (selection,
translation and preface) Sublimisme balkanique \u2013 Volume 1 \u2013 po\u00e8tes de Croatie i
Sublimisme balkanique \u2013 Volume 2 \u2013 po\u00e8tes de Bosnie-Herz\u00e9govine. In his manuscript
remains a translation of Petar Gudelj's poetry into French.
He lived in Brussels, Belgium.
Published works: Vox interioris, poems, Sarajevo, 1976; Darska perunika,
poems, Banja Luka, 1980; Inaccessible Path, poems, Biha\u0107, 1984;
Flows, Biha\u0107, 1984; Sorella della notte, poems, Naples, 1984; Book
longings, poems, Biha\u0107, 1986; Picture, inner handle, poems, Belgrade, 1988;
Bitter Srma, poems, Biha\u0107, 1989; The Search for the Edge, poems, Kikinda, 1989;
Pain, gypsy rhapsody, Novi Sad, 1990; L'Image, le floril\u00e8ge des
lumi\u00e8res, songs, Paris, 2001; Kotva, Brussels, 2005; Le Foyer des
paroles, Paris, 2006; Douleur, Rhapsodie tsigane (with G. Adam), bilingual Fr.-
hr., Barry, 2007.; Aux Portes de l'Inaccessible \/ At the door
unavailable, poems, Brussels, 2009; Parole, mon logement social, poems,
Brussels, 2010; Word, Poetry and Philosophy \u2013 An Aesthetic Discourse \u2013 Introduction to
Anthology of Poetic Sublimism, Brussels, 2012.\u00a0
The final farewell will be tomorrow, July 1, 2026, in Brussels, where he will also be
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