Hrvoje Hitrec

Hrvoje Hitrec (born 14 Julij 1943) is a Croatian writer, screenwriter, and politician. He is notable for his works for children and youth, most famous of his works being the novel (and later a very popular 1980s/90s TV series) Smogovci [hr], but Hitrec also wrote novels, film and TV scripts, dramas. He received several notable Croatian literary awards: "Ksaver Šandor Gjalski," "Ivana Brlić Mažuranić" and "Grigor Vitez."^[1]

Hrvoje Hitrec
Minister of Information
In office 4 March 1991 – 17 July 1991
Prime Minister	Josip Manolić
Preceded by	Milovan Šibl
Succeeded by	Branko Salaj
Personal details
Born	(1943-07-14) 14 July 1943 (age 81) Zagreb, Independent State of Croatia
Political party	Croatian Democratic Union
Residence	Samobor
Alma mater	University of Zagreb (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences)

Hitrec was also a close associate of Franjo Tuđman, the first President of Croatia and an early member of his nationalist Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) party.^[2] In the early 1990s he served as director of the state broadcaster Croatian Radiotelevision, information minister in the government of Josip Manolić, and also a member of Croatian Parliament.^[2]

Hitrec headed a right-wing independent list in the 2007 parliamentary elections.^[3] He identified himself as eurosceptic, and won 709 votes, or 0.26% of the vote in the VII district.^[4]

Works

• Jasenovac – istina, 2016, screenwriter
• "Humandel", Školska knjiga, Zagreb, 2007., ISBN 978-953-0-61231-0
• "Hrvatske legende", Školska knjiga, Zagreb, 2007., ISBN 978-953-0-61222-8
• "Kolarovi", Školska knjiga, Zagreb, 2004., ISBN 953-0-61622-8
• "Matko na štakama", Mosta, Zagreb, 2004., ISBN 953-226-042-0
• "Gradsko kazalište Trešnja 1999.", Zagreb, 1999.
• "Zagreb: hrvatska prijestolnica", Zagreb, 1994.
• "Kanjon opasnih igara", Zagreb, 1994.
• "Ur", SF novel, Zagreb, 1982.
• "Eko Eko", Zagreb, 1979. i još 9 izdanja u Zagrebu i 2 u prijevodu
• "Smogovci: romančić za nešto stariju djecu i prilično mladu omladinu", Zagreb, 1976. i još 8 izdanja
• "Pustinjakov pupak", Zagreb, 1974.

See also

• Jasenovac – istina
• Hrvatsko kulturno vijeće

References

1. (in Croatian) Hrvati AMAC: Razgovor s Hrvojem Hitrecom
2. "Hrvoje Hitrec". hkv.hr (in Croatian). 10 October 2006. Archived from the original on 29 October 2007. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
3. "VII. izborna jedinica". jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). 31 October 2007. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
4. (in Croatian) hina.hr on Hitrec's list Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine