Mima Simić (born Ana Marija Simić; 4 February 1976) is a Croatian writer, an awarded film critic, translator and an LGBTIQ+ media activist. She holds degrees in Comparative Literature and English Language and Literature from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb and Gender Studies from the Central European University. Simić was Croatia's first openly out LGBTIQ+ political candidate.
Career
editSimić wrote for the Feral Tribune in the 2000s.[1]
She is the author of a short story collection Pustolovine Glorije Scott (The Adventures of Gloria Scott, AGM, 2005),[2] which is currently being made into an animated series[3] and a collection of film essays Otporna na Hollywood (HFS, 2009).[4][5] Her short stories and various other texts have been published in numerous Croatian and international magazines, journals and anthologies.[6][7][8]
Activism and media work
editSimić is particularly interested in activist interventions in the media.[9][10] In 2007, Simić went on Tko želi biti milijunaš?, the Croatian version of the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and outed herself as a lesbian. She ended up winning 125,000 HRK.[11][12] For her activist engagement in 2011, she was named the Croatian LGBT person of the decade by the Zagreb Pride Committee.[13] During the debate on 2013 Croatian constitutional referendum, Simić was the guest on Nedjeljom u dva, becoming the first out lesbian to appear in the long history of this most popular Croatian political TV show.[14]
Simić received a literary grant from the Croatian Ministry of Culture in 2012.[15]
From 2013 to 2015, Simić hosted the weekly TV show Peti dan (Fifth Day) on Croatian Radiotelevision.[16]
During the leftist-liberal coalition government, Simić was named to the Croatian Ministry of Culture's committee for non-profit media in 2013, 2014, and 2015.[17][18][19] The committee was relieved by the next and shortest nationalist-democrats coalition government.[20]
With her band Drvena Marija (Wooden Mary),[21] Simić took part in protests calling for the government's resignation organized by the far-left Workers' Front on 1 February 2016.[22]
In 2017, Simić has signed the Declaration on the Common Language of the Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks and Montenegrins.[23]
Political work
editSimić was an active member of Zagreb is OURS, a green-left political platform, since its start in 2017. Running for the European Parliament in the 2019 elections on the list of the Croatian left-green coalition We can!, she became the first Croatian openly lesbian politician.[24]
References
edit- ^ "Koja smo poznata lica gledali u kvizovima?". Jutarnji list. 2007-04-09. Archived from the original on 2010-06-19. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
- ^ Ivana Armanini, Mima Simić: Pustolovine Glorije Scott. Retrieved 2016-03-28.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - ^ "The adventures of Gloria Scott". www.kinematograf.hr. Retrieved 2016-03-28.
- ^ "HFS | Hrvatski filmski savez | Novosti | Nagrade Vladimir Vuković autorima Hrvatskoga filmskog ljetopisa!". www.hfs.hr. Retrieved 2016-03-28.
- ^ "HFS | Hrvatski filmski savez | Knjige | OTPORNA NA HOLLYWOOD Ogledi iz dekonstrukcije tvornice snova". www.hfs.hr. Retrieved 2016-03-28.
- ^ "Best European fiction 2011 / edited and with introduction by Aleksandar Hemon ; preface by Colum McCann". www.imcpl.org. Archived from the original on 2016-09-21. Retrieved 2016-03-28.
- ^ ltd, codegent. "Poetry Magazines - Boys Don't Cry". www.poetrymagazines.org.uk. Archived from the original on 2016-04-09. Retrieved 2016-03-28.
- ^ "KinoKultura". www.kinokultura.com. Retrieved 2016-03-28.
- ^ "Mima Simić". Word Express. Archived from the original on 2016-03-13. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
- ^ "FIPRESCI - Mima Simic". www.fipresci.org. Retrieved 2016-03-28.
- ^ gayhr (2007-04-08), Mima Milijunaš, retrieved 2016-03-28
- ^ Simić, Mima (2017-07-01). "Coming Out on Croatia's Most Popular TV Show Was Political. It Was Also Fun". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
- ^ "Izbori - Zagreb Pride". www.zagreb-pride.net. Archived from the original on 2017-02-28. Retrieved 2017-02-28.
- ^ "Nedjeljom u 2 - Mima Simić (2. lipnja 2013.) - Video Dailymotion". Dailymotion. 2 June 2013. Retrieved 2016-03-28.
- ^ "Hrvatska: Stipendije za književno stvaralaštvo u 2013. godini". eAkademik. 2012-12-25. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
- ^ "Mima Simić nova je voditeljica 'Petog dana'". tportal.hr (in Croatian). 2013-09-30. Retrieved 2016-02-04.
- ^ "Ministarstvo kulture Republike Hrvatske - MEĐUNARODNA SURADNJA - Uprava za međunarodne kulturne odnose, europske poslove i javnu komunikaciju - Služba za javnu komunikaciju - Odjel za medije - Stručno povjerenstvo za neprofitne medije - Arhiva - Stručno povjerenstvo za neprofitne medije 2013". 2016-02-05. Archived from the original on 2016-02-05. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
- ^ "Ministarstvo kulture Republike Hrvatske - MEĐUNARODNA SURADNJA - Uprava za međunarodne kulturne odnose, europske poslove i javnu komunikaciju - Služba za javnu komunikaciju - Odjel za medije - Stručno povjerenstvo za neprofitne medije - Arhiva - Stručno povjerenstvo za neprofitne medije 2014". 2016-02-05. Archived from the original on 2016-02-05. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
- ^ "Ministarstvo kulture Republike Hrvatske - MEĐUNARODNA SURADNJA - Uprava za međunarodne kulturne odnose, europske poslove i javnu komunikaciju - Služba za javnu komunikaciju - Odjel za medije - Stručno povjerenstvo za neprofitne medije - Arhiva - Stručno povjerenstvo za neprofitne medije 2015". 2016-02-05. Archived from the original on 2016-02-05. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
- ^ "MINISTARSTVO KULTURE BRANI HASANBEGOVIĆA 'Ministar je razriješio članove povjerenstva za neprofitne medije u skladu s ovlastima'". Jutarnji list (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 2016-02-02. Retrieved 2016-02-04.
- ^ Zagreb Pride (2016-01-30), Drvena Marija - Halo, retrieved 2016-03-28
- ^ "Više od tisuću prosvjednika zatražilo ostavku Vlade". tportal.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2016-02-04.
- ^ Derk, Denis (28 March 2017). "Donosi se Deklaracija o zajedničkom jeziku Hrvata, Srba, Bošnjaka i Crnogoraca" [A Declaration on the Common Language of Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks and Montenegrins is About to Appear]. Večernji list (in Serbo-Croatian). Zagreb. pp. 6–7. ISSN 0350-5006. Archived from the original on 20 September 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
- ^ Simić, Mima. "Prides and Prejudices - Confessions of an LGBTIQ Activist" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-02-05.