Boris Domagoj Biletić

Boris Domagoj Biletić (born 22 March 1957) is a Croatian poet, literary critic, essayist, publicist and translator. Biletić is the vice-president of the Croatian Writers' Association.

Biography Biletić was born in Pula, Istria. He completed primary school, grammar school and the Pedagogical Academy (in 1978) in his hometown. He graduated from the University of Zagreb and got his master's degree at the Department of Croatian and South Slavic Philology at the Faculty of Philosophy in Zagreb. His thesis was Regionalism, Identity and Croatian Literature of Istria 1918–1945. Biletić worked briefly as a teacher, later as a freelance artist (for two years) and finally as a librarian at the Matija Vlačić Ilirik City Library of Rovinj, eventually becoming the library's director.

Awards and recognitions Mlada Struga Award (1984, for Zublja šutnje) Order of Danica Hrvatska with the figure of Marko Marulić (1996, for his contribution to Croatian culture) Tin Ujević Award (1997, for Radovi na nekropoli) Medal of the City of Rovinj (1997) Award of the Austrian Foundation "KulturKontakt" (2002, for the monographic study Bartuljska jabuka) Julije Benešić Award (2008, for the book Pristrani čitatelj I-II as the best book of literary criticism by a Croatian literary critic, published between June 2007 and June 2008) Plaque of St. Kvirina|hr| (2012, for his contribution to Croatian poetry) Fran Galović Award (2013, for the monograph Istarski pisci i obzori: regionalizam, identitet i hrvatska književnost Istre pod fašizmom)