Inoslav Bešker
Inoslav Bešker | |
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 Bešker in 2007 | |
| Born | 30 January 1950 |
| Died | 29 June 2023 (aged 73) |
| Nationality | Croat |
| Alma mater | University of Zagreb, University of Milan |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, academic |
| Years active | 1967–2023 |
Inoslav Bešker (30 January 1950 – 29 June 2023) was a Croatian and Italian journalist and academic.[1]
Bešker started his journalistic career in 1967. From 1989 he worked as a correspondent from Rome for Vjesnik, Večernji list, BBC, Radio 101, Danas, Croatian Radiotelevision, and Globus. From 2000 he was a correspondent and columnist for Jutarnji list and since 2016 for Globus and Slobodna Dalmacija.[2]
Bešker had a degree in journalism from the University of Zagreb. He obtained a PhD in Comparative Slavic studies from the University of Milan in 2001.[1] He taught literature on Mediterranean at the University of Split.[3] He also taught Slavic studies at University of Naples "L'Orientale", Sapienza University of Rome, University of Bologna, and Communication studies at the University of Zagreb and University of Dubrovnik.[2]
His research interests included Morlachs in European literature, onomastics of Croatia, toponomastics of the Balkans, heortology and anthropology of religion.
His most important books in the field of journalism include: Istraživačko novinarstvo (Investigative journalism, Zagreb, 2004), Iza vatikanskih zidina (Behind the Vatican walls, Zagreb, 2013), the biographies of the Popes John Paul II and Francis; in the field of comparative literature and imagology: I Morlacchi nella letteratura europea (The Morlachs in the European literature, Rome, 2007), La musa violenta (The violent Muse, Rome, 2007), Mediteran u književnosti (The Mediterranean in literature, Zagreb, 2021); in the field of anthropology of religion: Blagdani (Holidays, Zagreb, 2020), and Svetost i zločin (Holiness and crime, Zagreb, 2022).[4][5]
In 2003 Bešker received a Journalist of the Year award by the Croatian Journalists' Association[6] and in 2007 a Life Achievement Award from the same organization.[7] He was a laureate of The MIDAS Otto von Habsburg Prize for Journalism in Minority Protection and Cultural Diversity in Europe.[8]
Bešker died on 29 June 2023, at the age of 73.[9]
References
- ^ a b Bilješka o piscu, in: Bešker, Inoslav, Mediteran u književnosti, Zagreb, 2021: 231.
- ^ a b "Inoslav Bešker CV". nf.ffzg.unizg.hr. University of Zagreb.
- ^ "Inoslav Bešker". Archived from the original on 5 March 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
- ^ "Bešker Inoslav". HDP - Croatian Writers Society. Archived from the original on 24 March 2010.
- ^ Božanić, Joško (13 July 2023). "Odlazak Inoslava Beškera: Oproštaj od čovjeka kojemu je pisati značilo disati". Jutarnji list.
- ^ "Dobitnici nagrada Hrvatskog novinarskog društva od 1954. godine do danas". www.hnd.hr.
- ^ "Inoslavu Beškeru nagrada za životno djelo". Jutarnji list. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012.
- ^ "Laureates". midas-press.org.
- ^ "Jutarnji list - Preminuo je Inoslav Bešker". www.jutarnji.hr. 29 June 2023.