Dr. Ivan Šreter Award

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The Dr. Ivan Šreter Award (Croatian: Nagrada Dr. Ivan Šreter) is an annual Croatian linguistics award for the best Croatian language word coined. It is named after Dr. Ivan Šreter. Šreter was sentenced to jail time in Communist Yugoslavia in 1984 for choosing to use the distinct Croatian umirovljeni časnik to refer to himself as a retired officer, rather than using penzionisani oficir.[1] During the Croatian War of Independence he was taken captive by Serb troops and presumably killed, although his remains have not been found as of April 2008.[1]

[edit] Winners

  • 2006 Nada Arar - Premužić for uspornik[2]
  • 2007 Vilim Pantlik for naplatnica[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Dr. Ivan Šreter Award for best new Croatian word
  2. ^ Dr. Ivan Šreter Foundation and Jezik Magazine
  3. ^ "Naplatnica" best new Croatian word