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On 23 April 2025, marking this year\u2019s World Book and Copyright Day<\/a> and Croatian Book Day<\/a> (22 April), the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will host the opening of the 14th<\/sup> edition of the Croatian Book Night<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Croatia\u2019s annual national programme focusing on the popularisation of reading and promotion of books, the 2025 Croatian Book Night programme will again promote a wider public debate on the social status of the book and the importance of values associated with it in the contemporary society, for both the individual and the global community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Literature \u2013 greatly indebted to animals<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Reflecting the vital role and place of animals \u2013 ranging from the tiniest insects to majestic whales \u2013 in the natural world, literature has been greatly influenced by animals. Their presence in myths, legends and works of art from the earliest times to the present day as central characters, heroes as well as villains, narrators, symbols of ideas, moral values and the embodiments of the states of the human mind bears witness to the powerful impact that animals have always had on human culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sadly, animals, along with our global ecosystem, have excessively been used in all other spheres of human activity and the consequences of that overuse have forced us to make the protection of endangered animal species one of our top priorities today. Wishing to make its contribution in this context, apart from exploring how through numerous literary worlds animals have shaped our worldviews, relationship to nature and to our own selves, the Night\u2019s programme this year will also highlight the therapeutic benefits that animals bring us and re-examine the ethics of animal testing in food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Kafka to Snoopy \u2013 giving animals credit for shaping literature and popular culture<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Acknowledging the decisive place which animals have had in the history of literature, the Night\u2019s programme will spotlight the anniversaries of the publication of Franz Kafka\u2019s The Metamorphosis<\/a><\/em> (1915) and George Orwell\u2019s Animal Farm<\/a><\/em> (1945), as two major works of world literature featuring animals to convey their message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Night will also commemorate Doctor Dolittle, the popular doctor helping animals whose stories in a series of children\u2019s books by Hugh Lofting first appeared in 1920, the boy hero Mowgli from The Jungle Book<\/a><\/em>, by Nobel Prize laureate Rudyard Kipling, whose sequel was published 130 years ago, and bring the attention of the general public to the ideas put forward in Animal Liberation<\/a><\/em> (1975) a groundbreaking work by the Australian philosopher and expert in bioethics Peter Singer in which he popularised the concept of speciesism<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, the 75th<\/sup> anniversary of the appearance of Charles Schulz\u2019s Snoopy, the world\u2019s most famous beagle, and the 95th<\/sup> anniversary of the launching of iconic comic strips featuring Walt Disney\u2019s Mickey Mouse will also remind the Night\u2019s participants of how profoundly animals have shaped popular culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

White deer, fawn buddies, seafaring tomcats \u2013 the fauna of Croatian literature \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The 2025 Night\u2019s programme will also revisit the imagery, main characters and morals of major works of Croatian literature spotlighting animals such as those by Vladimir Nazor (Bijeli jelen<\/em>), Vesna Parun (Ma\u010dak D\u017eingiskan i Miki Trasi<\/a><\/em>), An\u0111elka Marti\u0107 (Pirgo<\/em>), Bo\u017eidar Prosenjak (Divlji konj<\/em>) and many others, in going back to which the Night\u2019s participants will be expected to add their own favourites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coming after its highly successful, 2024 edition<\/a>, this year\u2019s Night is expected to once again bring together thousands of book lovers in the celebration of books, reading and the power of the written word to drive society towards a better future, which prospect is so desperately needed worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The organisers of the Croatian Book Night<\/em> programme are the Publishers and Booksellers Association of the Croatian Chamber of Economy<\/a>, National and University Library in Zagreb<\/a>, Zagreb City Libraries<\/a>, books-and-literature-oriented e-zine and web portal Moderna vremena<\/a>, Croatian Publishers Licensing Society (ZANA)<\/a> and the Croatian Association of School Librarians<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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