Dr. Ivan Šreter Award

The Dr. Ivan Šreter Award (Croatian: Nagrada Dr. Ivan Šreter) is an annual Croatian linguistics award for the best Croatian language word coined.

The award is named after Dr. Ivan Šreter, a Croatian physician who was sentenced to jail time in Communist Yugoslavia in 1987 ^[1] for choosing to use the distinct Croatian umirovljeni časnik to refer to himself as a retired officer, rather than using penzionisani oficir.^[2] During the Croatian War of Independence he was taken captive by Serb troops and presumably killed, although his remains have not been found as of April 2008.^[2]

The contest and the award was initially designed by Stjepan Babić, and it has been organized by the literary magazine Jezik since 1993.^[3]

Winners

• 1993 - László Bulcsú for suosnik,^[4] as a replacement for the term koaksijalni kabel (Eng: coaxial cable)
• 2006 - Nada Arar-Premužić for uspornik,^[5] as a replacement for the term ležeći policajac (Eng: speed bump)
• 2008 - Vilim Pantlik for naplatnica^[6] as replacement for naplatna kućica (Eng: tollbooth)
• 2009 - Drago Štambuk for proširnica,^[7] as a replacement for žilni potporanj (Eng: stent)
• 2010 - Vinko Vukadin for ispraznica^[8] as replacement for floskula (Eng: platitude)

References

1. Grčević, Mario (2002). Some remarks on recent lexical changes in the Croatian language (PDF). Lexical Norm and National Language. München: Verlag Otto Sagner. p. 151. ISBN 3-87690-823-X. Retrieved 2009-05-10.
2. Dr. Ivan Šreter Award for best new Croatian word
3. "Nagrada za najbolju novu riječ". Vijenac (in Croatian). Matica hrvatska (393). 26 March 2009. ISSN 1330-2787. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
4. "OD FIGURE DO KULTURE – NEOLOGIZAM Riječi, značenja i svjetovi". Vijenac (in Croatian) (408). 2009-10-22. ISSN 1330-2787. Retrieved 2013-07-29.
5. Dr. Ivan Šreter Foundation and Jezik Magazine
6. "Naplatnica" best new Croatian word
7. Izabrane tri najbolje riječi od predloženih 4000
8. Ispraznica, osjećajnik i parkomat najbolje nove hrvatske riječi