Barbara Baždarić

 Author and Translator

Barbara, a native of Pula, Istria, graduated in English and Italian language and literature at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb. She is currently working as an English and Italian language teacher at Jastrebarsko High School in Croatia. In 2014, she received an award for the project "GESTA", which was declared the best project in Croatia in the category of creative and innovative educational program on the Day of Creativity and Innovation. The program was organized under the auspices of the President of the Republic of Croatia and with the support of the Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Culture, Zagreb City Assembly, Croatian Chamber of Commerce, Croatian Competitiveness Cluster and the Association of Cities, Ministry of Entrepreneurship and Crafts, Ministry of Tourism and the city of Zagreb.

In 2018, Barbara published her poetic debut Grizem (I Bite) , followed by her second collection of poems Mislim da sam vidjela izvanzemaljca (I Think I Saw an Alien) in 2019. published with the financial support of the Croatian Ministry of Culture and Media. Pandora's Box for Sale/Pandorina kutija na rasprodaji is her third poetry book, and her first bilingual publication, published by Perlina Press and with financial support by the Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia.

Barbara’s poems have been published on portals and on several occasions in the Republika literary magazine. She was among about thirty selected authors of the collection In the Network of Verses in 2019. Some of her poems were translated into Albanian and published in the literary magazine Doruntina. Barbara is one of the participants in the "Morning of Poetry" forum. She is the editor and host of the show on culture "The Comma is my Weak Point" on Radio Jaska.