Ivica Đikić

Ivica Đikić
Born	1977 Tomislavgrad, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia
Occupation	Writer, journalist
Language	Croatian
Nationality	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Citizenship	Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia
Genre	Novels
Notable works	Cirkus Columbia
Notable awards	Meša Selimović Award

Ivica Đikić is a Bosnian writer and journalist. He was born 1977, in Tomislavgrad, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia.

Career

Journalist career

He worked as a journalist for few Croatian newspapers, and he left the most impact on far left newspaper Feral Tribune from Split where he worked in 1996. He started to work as a journalist from his 16, he was also active in Slobodna Dalmacija. From 2001 he edited few Croatian magazines like Novi list.

Writing career

He published his first novel in 2003 named Cirkus Columbia, published by Feral Tribune. He is also awarded with Meša Selimović Award for this novel. The 2010 movie Cirkus Columbia is based on his novel. The novel is set in writer's hometown Tomislavgrad, a small town in Herzegovina in early 1990s, just before Bosnian War. In 2004 Đikić published political biography of former Croatian president Stjepan Mesić named Domovinski obrat (English: Homeland reversal), published by VBZ from Zagreb. In 2007 Đikić wrote his second novel called Ništa sljezove boje (English: Nothing in Marshmallow Colour), published by Feral Tribune. This new novel is composed of three stories, Zeleni dvorac (English: Green Castle), Probaj zaspati, molim te (English: Please, Try to Sleep) and Kao da ništa nije bilo (English: Like Nothing Happened). He is also the primary writer of the television series Novine.

References

• (in Croatian) Slobodna Dalmacija. Ivica Đikić novi glavni urednik "Novosti". October 22, 2010.
• (in Croatian) Jutarnji list. Glavni urednik Novog lista Ivica Đikić podnio ostavku Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine. March 30, 2010.