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Irena Stanic Rasin was born and raised in Croatia and spends her time between Boston and Zagreb. She holds master’s degrees in English and Italian language and literature and is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in the humanities. Irena is a recipient of the Order of the Croatian Interlace, awarded by the President of Croatia for the advancement of the progress and reputation of Croatia and the welfare of its citizens. She is also a recipient of the 2022 Harvard Club of Boston Prize Book Friends of Education Award, which is given to individuals who have made significant contributions toward the education of students in their communities. Her community involvement includes co-founding of the PTO Thrift Shop for the Arlington Public Schools, for which, in 2007, she was a co-recipient of the George P. Faulkner Annual Citizens Award for Outstanding Service to Youth, presented by the Arlington Boys and Girls Club.


Irena is the owner of the publishing company Perlina Press.


Irena is a Co-founder and Director of the Croatian School of Boston in the metropolitan Boston area. She is also a member of the Croatian-American tamburitza band and chorus Pajdaši, which performs traditional Croatian folk songs. The group released two CDs: U kolo! (To the Wheel Dance!) in 2009 and Naše Selo (Our Village) in 2019.


Irena is a member of the Association of Croatian-American Professionals and its Education Committee. Her other professional memberships include those in the Independent Publishers of New England, Colorado Independent Publishers Association, Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, Society of Croatian Writers for Children and Youth – First Writers Club, and Matrix Croatica.


SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY


2023. Select translations of poetry by Gaspara Stampa, 16th-century Italian petrarchist, Kolo, Matrix Croatica.

2022. Pjesme naglavačke, reverso poems, Forum, Croatian Academy of Arts and Sciences.

2021. Dante Alighieri, a heroic crown of sonnets, Forum, Croatian Academy of Arts and Sciences.

2021. Dragoj domovini, a heroic crown of sonnets, Hrvatska revija 2, Matrix Croatica.

2021. Djetinjstvene pjesme, collection of children’s poetry, Croatian Society of Writers for Children and Youth.  

2020. AntonTon, English translation of Grigor Vitez’s poem Kako živi Antuntun, illustrated by Tomislav Torjanac, Arlington, MA: Perlina Press.

2020. Sahranjena ljubav: Dnevnik slučajne pjesnikinje, collection of poetry, Irena Stanić Rašin, Sven Adam Ewin, Arlington, MA: Perlina Press.

2018. When Hen Was on Her Way to Market: A Folktale-Inspired Story of Manners and Illustrated Nursery Rhyme with author’s note, map, and activity page, Arlington, MA: Perlina Press.

2016. Threshold, English translation of Gianna Manzini’s Sulla soglia, with Laura E. Ruberto, with preface and note on the translation, New York: Italica Press.

2014. A da se to dogodi tebi: Priručnik za odrastanje, coauthored with psychologist Latinka Basara, Zagreb: Udruga Liliput.


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