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Milivoj<\/span> <\/strong>Solar<\/strong>,<\/span> Croatian<\/span> literary<\/span> and<\/span> cultural<\/span> theorist<\/span> and\u00a0<\/span>comparator<\/span>,<\/span> was<\/span> born<\/span> in<\/span> Koprivnica<\/span> on<\/span> April<\/span> 8,<\/span> 1936.<\/span> He<\/span> completed<\/span> his<\/span> studies<\/span> in<\/span> philosophy<\/span> and<\/span> Yugoslav<\/span> studies<\/span> in<\/span> 1959<\/span> at<\/span> the<\/span> Faculty<\/span> of<\/span> Humanities<\/span> and<\/span> Social Sciences in<\/span> Zagreb,<\/span> where<\/span> in<\/span> 1964<\/span> he<\/span> received his<\/span> Doctorate<\/span> in<\/span> Dissertation<\/span> on<\/span> the<\/span> Literary<\/span> Opus<\/span> by F.<\/span> Galovi\u0107. <\/span>Since<\/span> 1963<\/span> he<\/span> has<\/span> worked<\/span> as<\/span> an assistant<\/span>,<\/span> then<\/span> as<\/span> an assistant professor,<\/span> then<\/span> an<\/span> associate professor,<\/span> and<\/span> since<\/span> 1976<\/span> a\u00a0full professor of theory and methodology of studying literature\u00a0<\/span><\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> Department<\/span> of Comparative<\/span> Literature.<\/span> From<\/span> 1987-1990<\/span> he<\/span> was<\/span> also<\/span> minister<\/span> for<\/span> education<\/span> and<\/span> culture.<\/span> Since<\/span> 2007<\/span> he has been<\/span>\u00a0professor<\/span> emeritus.<\/span> He gave<\/span> guest<\/span> lectures<\/span> in<\/span> the fields<\/span> of<\/span> comparative<\/span> literature,<\/span> Croatian<\/span> literature<\/span> and<\/span> literary<\/span> theory<\/span> at<\/span> many<\/span> foreign<\/span> universities.<\/span><\/p>\n Solar’s<\/span> scientific<\/span> work<\/span> and<\/span> interest<\/span> focuses<\/span> on<\/span> the<\/span> fundamental<\/span> issues<\/span> of<\/span> literary<\/span> theory,<\/span> especially<\/span> the<\/span> problems<\/span> of<\/span> poetics<\/span> and<\/span> the relationship<\/span> of<\/span> literary<\/span> theory<\/span> to<\/span> philosophy.<\/span> Solar<\/span> is<\/span> also<\/span> interested<\/span> in<\/span> literary<\/span> science<\/span> methodology,<\/span> literary<\/span> analysis<\/span> and<\/span> universal<\/span> cultural<\/span> categories,<\/span> such<\/span> as<\/span> bribery.<\/span><\/p>\n He<\/span> has<\/span> published<\/span> numerous<\/span> papers<\/span> in<\/span> domestic<\/span> and<\/span> foreign<\/span> magazines.<\/span> He<\/span> has<\/span> been<\/span> a<\/span> full<\/span> member<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Croatian<\/span> Academy<\/span> of<\/span> Sciences<\/span> and<\/span> Arts<\/span> since<\/span> 2008<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> Department of Literature.<\/span> He<\/span> is<\/span> a<\/span> member<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Croatian<\/span> Writers’<\/span> Association,<\/span> the<\/span> Croatian<\/span> Philological<\/span> Society<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> Croatian<\/span> Philosophical<\/span> Society.<\/span><\/p>\n He<\/span> received<\/span> the<\/span> City<\/span> of<\/span> Zagreb<\/span> Award<\/span><\/em> in<\/span> 1972,<\/span> the<\/span> Bozidar<\/span> Ad\u017eija<\/span>\u00a0Award<\/span><\/em> in 1975,<\/span> the Vladimir<\/span> Nazor Award<\/span><\/em>\u00a0in<\/span> 1977<\/span>, CASA<\/span>\u00a0Award<\/span>\u00a0for<\/span> the<\/span> book<\/span> Povijest svjetske knji\u017eevnosti<\/em>,<\/span> The<\/span> City<\/span> of<\/span> Koprivnica<\/span> Lifetime<\/span> Achievement<\/span> Award<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 in 2007,<\/span> the Vladimir<\/span> Nazor<\/span> Lifetime<\/span> Achievement<\/span> Award<\/span><\/em> in 2010<\/span> and<\/span> the