9 OPPOSITION PARTIES' PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE VLADO GOTOVAC (HSLS) - BRIEF BIOGRAPHY

- BRIEF BIOGRAPHY Social liberal Vlado Gotovac, writer, was born on 18 September 1930 in Imotski (south Croatia). He graduated from general secondary school and the Faculty of Philosophy in Zagreb. Married. Wife Simona. Has a daughter. He worked as a reporter and editor at Zagreb Radio and Television from 1955 to 1972. In the same period he published a number of books, primarily of poetry. He edited literary reviws and the Hrvatski Tjednik weekly which was banned in 1971. He was tried in political proceedings and sentenced to four years in prison and additional three years of denied rights of public appearance. After an interview to the Swedish television in 1977 he was arrested again and in 1981 sentenced to two years in prison and another four years of denied citizen's rights. He has continued to publish poetry and prose since 1987. He was president of the Matrix Croatica (Matica Hrvatska, founded in 1842). He is one of the founders of the Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS), and was elected the party's president in 1996. He is also serving his second term as Member of the Croatian Parliament. (Hina) lm jn 121731 MET jun 97