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Sanja Pilić (born 16 May 1954) is a Croatian novelist, poet, and critic. She is known for writing children's book, and some of her works includes, All the Best About Mums (1990), Crumbs From the Living Room (1995), Jokes, Gags, Laughs and Banter (2001), Totally Teen (2006), What's Happening to me? (2007), I want to be Special! (2010), Text Me! (2016), the picture book Maša and her Guests (2011), and Am I in Love?, which made it to the Honour List of the International Board on Books for Young People in 2008. Her collection of short stories, Hey, I Want to Tell You Something! was listed in the White Ravens in 2012. In 2011, she received the Order of Danica Hrvatska in education and culture, and has won many awards, among them, the Grigor Vitez Award, Ivana Brlić Mažuranić Award, Kiklop Award, and Mato Lovrak Award. Totally Teen and Crumbs From the Living Room were also staged for a theatre play at the Žar Ptica Theatre in Zagreb in 2009 and 2012.

Early life and career
Pilić was born in 1954, in Split, Croatia. She had her elementary education at School of Applied Arts and Design in Zagreb.

Style
Pilić's expression in her works are often felt by unfettered, casual expression, a multitude of witty quips and references, and dynamic and lively dialogues that makes her audience recognised her use of language of the youth. It's been reflected on her notice of the contemporary generations' social and cultural life as seen in her 1990 novel, All the Best About Mums, where she presented a classical tone understandable by children and young adults. Omitting features that usually indicate a novel were one of her style of expressions such as giving a likely changeable plot and an inconsistent storyline. There is no omniscient narrator because the boundaries between the writer, the characters, and the novel itself are intertwined.

Pilić's work incorporated the fact that her writings contains funny jokes written to play reality by using ludic intellectual method in writing shorter forms. Her characters like Time,.for example, decided to hurry, or the other imaginative character, Boredom in her collection  I Don't Have Time, who became bored with itself, and match realistic stories about growing children as seen in Hey, I Want to Tell You Something!, or sketch stories in Oh, I'm Not Sorry; those she incorporates to make the readers curious. Pilić often uses messages of basic human values in her playful narratives. She writes about topics that are close to children but also gives them room for thinking about what is important, in a manner that is familiar to them. For instance, Maša and Christmas is not just a holiday story, but a story about the warmth of human character and empathy, as Maša organizes a holiday celebration with her friends for all those who are lonely. Maša and the Clown Is not a story about common clowns; it is a story dedicated to brave children struggling with illness and the Red Noses who help children in hospital wards.

Legacy
Pilićis has been regarded as one of Croatia's most awarded children and young adult fiction writer.

Literary works


1997. Pilić, Sanja. Hajdemo se igrati (Let's Play).Illus. Jirina Lockerova. Zagreb: Naša djeca.

Pilić, Sanja. I mi ćemo biti veliki (We Will be Big too).Illus. Jirina Lockerova. Zagreb: Naša djeca.

Pilić, Sanja. Uživajmo u proljeću(Let's Enjoy Spring).Illus. Jirina Lockerova. Zagreb: Naša djeca.

1996. Pilić, Sanja. Mačkica Slatkica (Sweetie Kitty). Illus. Debbie Richardson. Zagreb: Naša djeca.

Pilić, Sanja. Nespretni pačić (A Clumsy Duckling).Illus. Debbie Richardson. Zagreb:Naša djeca.

Pilić, Sanja. Plašljivi zečić (Fearfull Bunny). Illus. Debbie Richardson. Zagreb: Naša djeca.

Pilić, Sanja. Pospanko Tobi (Sleepy Tobi).Illus. Debbie Richardson. Zagreb: Naša djeca.

1999. Pilić, Sanja. Vidiš da se moram zabavljati (I Must HaveFun, don't You See?). Illus. Andrea Petrlik Huseinović. Zagreb: Kašmir promet.

1998. Pilić, Sanja. Bobi, pas čuvar (Bobby, the Guard Dog).Illus. by John Francis. Zagreb: Naša djeca.

Pilić, Sanja. E, baš mi nije žao (And I Don’t Care!).Illus. Pika Vončina. Zagreb: Mozaik knjiga.

2000 Pilić, Sanja. Zaljubljeni medo(A Bear in Love).Illus. Andrea Petrlik Huseinović. Zagreb: Kašmir promet.

Pilić, Sanja. Znatiželjna koka (A Curious Chicken).Illus. Andrea Petrlik Huseinović. Zagreb: Kašmir promet

2001. Pilić, Sanja. Zafrkancije, zezancije, smijancije i ludancije (Jokes, Gags, Laughs and Banter). Illus. Zlatan Vrkljan. Zagreb: Školska knjiga.

2002. Pilić, Sanja. Čudesni lončić (A magical little pot). Illus. Manuela Vladić Maštruko. Zagreb: Naklada Haid.

Pilić, Sanja. Sasvim sam popubertetio (Totally Teen). Zagreb: Kašmir promet.

Pilić, Sanja. Znatiželjna koka (A Curious Chicken).Illus. Andrea Petrlik Huseinović. 2nded. Zagreb: Kašmir promet.

Pilić, Sanja. Mrvice iz dnevnog boravka (Crumbs from the Living Room).Illus. Dario Kukić. Zagreb: Alfa.

Pilić, Sanja. Nemam vremena (I Don't Have Time). Illus. Robert Graffius. Zagreb: Alfa.

Pilić, Sanja. Zafrkancije, zezancije, smijancije i ludancije (Jokes, Gags, Laughs and Banter). Illus. Zlatan Vrkljan. 2nded. Zagreb: Školska knjiga.

Različitosti, od vrijeđanja do umorstva (Diversity, from Insult to Murder)/ Marie Agnes Combesque, Sanja Pilić. Zagreb: Naklada Ljevak

Pilić, Sanja. My New Brother is Here.Illus. Andrea Petrlik Huseinović. Zagreb: Kašmir promet.

Pilić, Sanja. Nemam vremena (I Don't Have Time). Illus. Robert Graffius. 2nded. Zagreb: Alfa.

Pilić, Sanja. Stigao je brat (My New brother is Here).Illus. Andrea Petrlik Huseinović. Zagreb: Kašmir promet.

2005. Pilić, Sanja. Djed Mraz darove nosi (Santa Claus Brings Presents).Illus. Niko Barun. Zagreb: Mozaik knjiga.

Pilić, Sanja. E, baš mi nije žao (And I Don’t Care!).Illus. Tomislav Tomić. Zagreb: Mozaik knjiga.

Pilić, Sanja. Mrvice iz dnevnog boravka (Crumbs from the Living Room).Illus. Dario Kukić. 2nded. Zagreb: Alfa.

Pilić, Sanja. O mamama sve najbolje(All the Best About Mums). Illus. Tomislav Tomić. Zagreb: Mozaik knjiga.

Pilić, Sanja.Priča o vučiću Grgi (A Story about Grga the Little Wolf).Illus. Tomislav Zlatić. Zagreb: Državni zavod za zaštitu prirode.