Renato Baretić
Renato Baretić (12 April 1963 – 1 July 2025) was a Croatian journalist, writer, screenwriter and actor.[1]
Life and career
[edit]Baretić was born on 12 April 1963 in Zagreb.[2] In 1983, he began working as a journalist and wrote for numerous Croatian newspapers and magazines.[3] He was a co-writer of the TV series New Age, and a compiler of questions for TV quizzes.[4] Together with Ivica Ivanišević, Ante Tomić, Jurica Pavičić and Alem Ćurin, he started the cultural magazine Torpedo.
He wrote a number of novels, including The Eighth Commissioner (later adapted into a film of the same name), he received numerous literary awards.[5]
Baretić died in Split on 1 July 2025, at the age of 62.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Matica hrvatska - Komu ćemo slati razglednice". haw.nsk.hr. Archived from the original on 21 May 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- ^ enciklopedija, Hrvatska. "Baretić, Renato". Hrvatska enciklopedija (in Croatian). Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- ^ Shepooarts.hr. "DNEVNIKULTURNI.INFO - intervjui - knjizevnost - Renato Baretić". www.dnevnikulturni.info (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 13 February 2010. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- ^ "DNEVNIKULTURNI.INFO - recenzije -". haw.nsk.hr. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- ^ "Croatia chooses The Eighth Commissioner for the Oscars race". Cineuropa - the best of european cinema. 5 September 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- ^ "Slobodna Dalmacija - Umro je poznati književnik i novinar Renato Baretić". slobodnadalmacija.hr (in Croatian). 1 July 2025. Retrieved 2 July 2025.