Julijana Matanović (born 6 April 1959) is a Bosnian Croat short story writer and novelist. She is also a professor at the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, where she teaches contemporary Croatian literature. Life She was born in Gradačac, went to primary school in Đurđenovac and then on to high school in Našice, before enrolling at University of Osijek where she earned a degree in Yugoslav languages and literature in 1982. In 1998 she earned her doctorate at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb with a thesis called Povijesni roman u hrvatskoj književnosti XX. stoljeća (). Her works have been translated into German, Hungarian, Serbian and Slovenian. Selected works Zašto sam vam lagala (1997) Bilješka o piscu (2000) , Lijepi običaji (2000) Kao da smo otac i kći (2003) , Krsto i Lucijan (2003) Laura nije samo anegdota (2005) Tko se boji lika još (2008) , Knjiga od žena, muškaraca, gradova i rastanaka (2009) References 1959 births Living people People from Gradačac Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatian novelists Croatian women writers University of Osijek alumni Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb alumni Academic staff of the University of Osijek Academic staff of the University of Zagreb Croatian women novelists