Sunčana Škrinjarić

Sunčana Škrinjarić was born on December 12, 1931 in Zagreb (11th of Dec 1931 - Zagreb, 22nd of April 2004). She worked for Radio Zagreb from 1956 until 1971. Sunčana was in many ways a professional author. Her published novels include: Street of the Ancestors, Theatre Cafe, a short story collection entitled Jogging in Heaven, etc. Her theatre play "The Fairy Tale of the Dandelion" was first performed in 1968 by the Zagreb Puppet Theatre (and later by theatre companies in Rijeka, Uppsala, etc.). Ms Skrinjarić wrote the script for the first Croatian full-length animated film "The Enchanted Forest". She has written some twenty radio plays, many of which have been translated and given awards. She has received the highest recognition for her work in literature for children.