Irena Skrt is a Croatian literary translator born in 1957 in Zagreb, Croatia. She graduated from Zagreb University in 1992 with degrees in Italian Language and Literature and Comparative Literature. Since 2005 she has been a member of the Croatian Literary Translators Association. She fluently speaks Italian, English, Slovenian and has basic knowledge of French and German. Some of her literary translations include works from Italian and Slovenian authors such as Dacia Maraini and Jani Virk into Croatian. She has worked as a freelance translator since 2004.

1. Irena Skrt, born 1957 in Zagreb, Croatia.
1992 graduated from the Zagreb University, Croatia, Faculty of Arts, Department
of Italian Language and Literature and Department of Comparative Literature
Diplomas for Italianists Fondazione Cini Venezia in 1994, 1998, 2004
Diploma AngloWord London Advanced Course, London, 1991
From 2005 member of Croatian Literary Translators Association (member of
CEATLE)
Knowledge of languages - fluently: italian, english, slovenian,
basic knowledge: french, german
Literary translations from italian (slovenian) to croatian:
2014 from italian Dacia Maraini, L'amore rubato (Ukradena ljubav), Izvori, Zagreb
2014 from slovenian Jani Virk, Ljubav u zraku, MeandarMedia, Zagreb
2012 from croatian to italian language Željko Senečić, Venezia – chiudi il
cerchio ... è ora, VBZ, Zagreb
2011 from italian few stories from the book of Dacia Maraini, La ragazza di via
Maqueda (Djevojčica iz ulice Maqueda), Nova Istra 2011(3-4), DHK (Association
of croatian writers), Pula
2009 from italian Dacia Maraini, Il treno dell'ultima notte (Vlak posljednje noći) ,
Disput, Zagreb
2007 from slovenian Jani Virk, Pogled na Tycho Brahe, Disput, Zagreb
2006 from italian Ernesto Ferrero, N. (N.), Izvori, Zagreb
2005 from italian Dacia Maraini, Storia di Isabella di Morra raccontata da
Benedetto Croce (Pripovijest o Isabelli di Morra koju je ispričao Benedetto Croce),
DHK, Pula
2004 from italian Dacia Maraini, La nave per Kobe (Brod za Kobe), Disput, Zagreb
2003 from italian Isabella Bossi Fedrigotti, Il catalogo delle amiche (Katalog
prijateljica), Disput, Zagreb
Translation 2007 together with Damir Mikuličić) Colin Crouch, Postdemocracy
(Postdemokracija), Izvori, Zagreb
Free-lance from 2004
1995-2003 Croatian Academy of Arts and Science, Head Office of the President
1991-1996 Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dept.of Information, Advisor for
Italian and American Press
1986-1991 Library of Shipbuilding Institute, librarian, Zagreb

2. Worked in newspapers, collaborates with Croatian Radio, reviews for literature
Battana and Nova Istra