Dražen Karaman
Born in 1959 in Zagreb, Croatia.
BA in German Philology and Comparative Literature from the University of Zagreb.
Career
| Since January 2006 | Freelance web and print designer |
| Sept-Dec 2005 | Counsellor, Department for EU Political Affairs, Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, Zagreb |
| 2001-2005 | Counsellor for political affairs, Croatian Embassy in Berlin. Deputy Chief of Mission until October 2002. |
| Jan-Sep 2001 | Counsellor, Department for Political Planning and Analysis, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Zagreb |
| 1995-2000 | Deputy Permanent Delegate of Croatia to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), Paris |
| 1993-1994 | Staff member, Secretariat of the Croatian Commission for UNESCO, Ministry of Culture and Education. Move to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1994. |
| 1992 | Editor, Croatian University Press (Hrvatska sveučilišna naklada) |
| 1988-1991 | Producer of social sciences programmes, Croatian Radio III |
| Until 1988 | Freelance translator and journalist |
Member of the Croatian Literary Translators' Society since 1987. Published a series of translations, reviews and articles in Croatian periodicals.
Language Skills
Fluent in Croatian, German and English. Basic knowledge of French.
Software Skills
(X)HTML and DHTML, vector and bitmap graphics, Flash and GIF animation, video and audio editing basics, text processing and DTP, databases.
Selected Bibliography
(Translations)
Thomas Mann, Indijska legenda (Indian Legend, collected short stories), Zagreb 2004
Lovro Artuković: Das Magazin (The Repository), Zagreb 2004
Karl R. Popper, Otvoreno društvo i njegovi neprijatelji, I. svezak: Platonova čarolija (The Open Society and its Enemies, vol. I: The Spell of Plato), Zagreb 2003
Immanuel Kant, Metafizika ćudoređa (The Metaphysics of Morality), Zagreb 1999
Karl R. Popper, U potrazi za boljim svijetom (Searching for a Better World), Zagreb 1997
Richard Wisser, Filozofski putokazi (Philosophic Guides), Zagreb 1992
Marie-Elise Zovko, Heideggerovo i Plotinovo poimanje vremena (Time in the Works of Heidegger and Plotinus), Zagreb 1991
Andrew Doe, John Tobler, Vlastitim riječima: The Doors (In Their Own Words: The Doors), Zagreb 1988
Burghart Schmidt, Postmoderna – strategije zaborava (Postmodernism – Strategies of Oblivion), Zagreb 1987
