Malkica Dugeč, prominent Croatian writer, dies in Germany

Croatian writer and professor Malkica Dugeč has passed away in Stuttgart, Germany, at the age of 91. Born in Zavidovići in 1936, she studied Croatian studies in Zagreb and worked as a teacher across Croatia.

Dugeč was a prominent figure in the Croatian diaspora. Due to her support for the 1967 Declaration on the name and position of the Croatian literary language and her involvement in the Croatian Spring movement, she emigrated to West Germany in 1972 with her husband, Professor Božo Dugeč.

Throughout her life, she remained active in cultural and political work within the Croatian emigrant community. She was a member of several prestigious organizations, including Matica hrvatska, the Society of Croatian Writers of Herceg Bosna, and the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts in the Diaspora (HAZUUD). Her prolific literary career included over 30 published books, ranging from lyric poetry to works in German, and her poems were published in numerous international and domestic journals.