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Josip Novakovich

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Josip Novakovich (Croatian: Novaković) is a Croatian-American writer. His grandparents had immigrated from the Croatia, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, to Cleveland, Ohio, and, after the First World War, his grandfather returned to what had become Yugoslavia. Josip Novakovich was born (in 1956) and grew up in the Central Croatian town of Daruvar, studied medicine in the northern Serbian city of Novi Sad. At the age of 20 he left Yugoslavia, continuing his education at Vassar College (B.A.), Yale University (M.Div.), and the University of Texas, Austin (M.A.).

He has published a novel (April Fool's Day), three short story collections (Yolk, Salvation and Other Disasters, Infidelities: Stories of War and Lust), two collections of nar...more

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Average rating: 3.66 · 538 ratings · 104 reviews · 15 distinct works

	Fiction Writer's Workshop 3.83 avg rating — 203 ratings — published 1995 — 5 editions	My rating:
	April Fool's Day 3.55 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 2004 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Infidelities: Stories of War and Lust 3.84 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2005 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Writing Fiction Step by Step Writing Fiction Step by Step by Josip Novakovich, Novakovich 3.32 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1998 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Yolk 3.85 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1995 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Salvation and Other Disasters 3.67 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1998	My rating:
	Apricots from Chernobyl 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1995	My rating:
	Three Deaths 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	Plum Brandy: Croation Journeys 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2002	My rating:
	The Art of Coughing 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011	My rating:

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“You don't need to wait for inspiration to write. It's easier to be inspired while writing that while not writing...”
― Josip Novakovich, Fiction Writer's Workshop

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