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My Published Works

Artistic Expressions

POEMS

CROatian

FOR ADULTS  102 published poems

FOR KIDS (CHILDREN) 31 published poems  ::

POEZIJA DUHOVNE HRVATSKE

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CEEOL

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FORUM HAZU 1994 & 2000

 

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BOOK KRISTOFORI

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QUEST

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ARS

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OSVIT

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ITALIAN TRANSLATION (4 poems)

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ZAKON BOŽJEG ČUDA: DVANAEST (12) KRŠĆANSKIH KATOLIČKIH PJESAMA ::

E-BOOK SMASHWORDS

PDF VERSION OF E-BOOKS from SMASHWORDS ::

9 POEMS

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12 POEMS

REVIEWS

CROatian and English

PAPAVER...RUBRUM 

REVIEWS by Miroslav Slavko Mađer and Adolf Polegubić

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12 POEMS... 

REVIEW by CRITIQUE MASTER AI

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SVJETILJKE ZA DJEČJU DUŠU :: 

WITH MY REVIEW

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ANTOLOGIJA CG POEZIJE ZA ĐECU I TINEJDŽERE ::

WITH MY REVIEW

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RADOST : ČASOPIS

WITH MY REVIEW

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FORUM HAZU

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Review in the content of the SCI. BOOK

CROatian

Marisstella Octek (S.l. Čižmešija) : Umjetnička I Učenjačka Iščitavanja Edda I Saga : Hermann & Rudolf & Dora & Marisstella : Pjesnička Vježbenica Analitičke Mitološke Čitanke ::

Suvremeno hrvatsko pjesništvo s motivima iz korpusa staronordijske književnosti: poetessa Marisstella Octek (S.L. Čižmešija). Objavljeno u suvremenim književnim časopisima čiji su urednici RH učenjaci doktori znanosti o književnosti. Učenjačka znanstvena knjiga sveučilišnih profesora Dora Maček & Hermann Palsson & Rudolf Simek o europskoj vikinškoj staronordijskoj mitologiji i književnosti.

I. Vikinški staronordijski književni likovi BALDR & FREYJA & ODIN & PROROČICA ČAROBNICA VOLVA & TOR u PJESNIČKOJ VJEŽBENICI ANALITIČKE MITOLOŠKE ČITANKE. Primjeri namijenjeni sveučilištarcima slušateljima nacionalnih jezika s književnostima: danski (eng. D), islandski (eng. I), finski (eng. F), norveški (eng. N), švedski (eng. S). Suvremeno hrvatsko pjesništvo s motivima iz korpusa staronordijske književnosti: poetessa Marisstella Octek (S.L. Čižmešija). Objavljeno u suvremenim književnim časopisima čiji su urednici RH učenjaci doktori znanosti o književnosti. II. Učenjačka znanstvena knjiga sveučilišnih profesora Dora Maček & Hermann Palsson & Rudolf Simek o europskoj vikinškoj staronordijskoj mitologiji i književnosti poglavito o nacionalnoj srednjovjekovnoj islandskoj književnosti. Ocjenjivački tekst (prikaz / recenzija). III. Zajedničko europsko rano srednjovjekovlje zapisano u kamenu, u kori stabala / drveća te na obrađenom i neobrađenom drvu. Zajedničko europsko srednjovjekovlje pisano u kršćanskim skriptorijima. Umjesto čitanja i iščitavanja novih akademskih prijevoda s književnopovijesnim analizama samo Kroatistička Digresija. IV. Poetska Edda je duhovni sljednik (recidiv ritualnih) poganskih obreda magije a predstavlja niz tradicionalnih pučkih i dvorskih kazališnih izvedbi iz razdoblja sinkretizma. Snorrijeva Kršćanska Ekofilozofija (održivoga razvoja). Snorrijev odgojni politički pragmatizam pri uspostavi svojeg nacionalnog programa prosvjetiteljskog kršćanskog demokratskog republikanizma. V. OČIŠTE ::

SMASHWORDS:

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1126598

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In the content of the

ACADEMIA EDU

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SCI. BOOK Staronordijska mitologija i književnost:

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MY WORDS 

 

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UMJETNIČKA I UČENJAČKA IŠČITAVANJA EDDA I SAGA

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UMJETNIČKA I UČENJAČKA IŠČITAVANJA EDDA I SAGA

Critical Assessments

Short Stories

CROatian 

FOR ADULTS 7 published stories

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FOR KIDS (CHILDREN) 3 published stories and many other TV scenario stories ::

POEZIJA DUHOVNE HRVATSKE 

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ACADEMIA EDU

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GOODREADS

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OSVIT (igrokaz za djecu)

A picture Book in the Croatian language of retold / adapted Fairy Tales by the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen : WITH MY REVIEW

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PLIMAŠI : ZBORNIK ::

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DJECA ČAROBNOG VRTA

E-BOOK SMASHWORDS

DJECA ČAROBNOG VRTA

REVIEWS 

BY AI WRITECREAM

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BY CRITIQUE MASTER AI

PDF VERSION of the NOVEL FOR KIDS from SMASHWORDS ::

DJECA ČAROBNOG VRTA

Narrative Explorations

Novels

English

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RISAN IS TEUTA: Historical literary Fiction (EDITION : ANCIENT BOKA KOTORSKA (BOCCHE DI CATTARO) : WOMEN STORIES)

The story "RISAN IS TEUTA" was published 2019 in the Croatian language in the Montenegrin literary Magazine ARS by publisher OKF Cetinje: ARS  2019. Nr. 1-2 (pages 141-150) : https://okf-cetinje.org/marisstella-octek-risan-jest-teuta/
The story is Historical literary Fiction, which is why it is presented in some versions of the WIKIPEDIA in the content of Historical topics about the Illyrian tribe, the Illyrian Queen Teuta, and the small city Risan in BOKA KOTORSKA - BOCCHE DI CATTARO - BAY OF KOTOR.
Author is Writer, Essayist, and Editor of the City-State Boka Kotorska (CSBK-CSBC): known as the POETESSA OF THE RESTORED / RENEWED WORDS.

PDF VERSION of the E-BOOK from AMAZON ::

RISAN IS TEUTA

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KOTOR IS ...the city of angels... ANGELA (EDITION : ANCIENT BOKA KOTORSKA (BOCCHE DI CATTARO) : WOMEN STORIES)

The story is about:

... the dreams and visions of inexperienced virgins three sisters (tre sorelle: Angela, Trifona, and Gracijana), daughters of the Italian Crossi family whose father is the distinguished captain of the ancient and famous Boka Navy...

… the religious virgin Angela who marries a versatile Croat from Boka Kotorska...

... Angela's descendants tell her life story through their memories...

… the longings of Mary Magdalene in all the women of the world...

… the impregnable fortress of the City-State of Kotor in the Boka Kotorska fjord in South Dalmatia with its Catholic-oriented Destiny...

… heavenly spiritual beings, merciful archangels, and angels full of holiness, grace, mercy, and care for all who worship them...

… hospitality and kindness as a moral law that is a prerequisite for bliss and victory...

… the science that is false without a religious approach and foundation...

… the gardens of the Mediterranean and their arboretums adorned with the dendrological-botanical motto ARBOR VITAE, ARBOR MUNDI...

… a message in a bottle that - like human life - is interesting for reading but not sufficiently comprehensible to remember for a long time…

AMAZON COM

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KOTOR IS ...the city of angels... ANGELA

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REVIEW FOR RISAN

A Literary Review by HyperWrite AI

REVIEW for KOTOR

A Literary Analysis by HyperWrite AI

Personal Journeys

About Me.

Writer, Essayist, and Editor of the City-State of Boka Kotorska (CSBK) = Grad-Država Boka Kotorska (GDBK) = Città-Stato di Bocche di Cattaro (CSBC).

 

Croatian Mother of two children Martin Č. and Anika AnaMarija Č. (born 1999 and 2002),

Stage manager, TV Screenwriter, Music teacher, Singer, Financial consultant in OVB Allfinanz, Lecturer on EDDAs, Librarian, Catalouger in library programme software Aleph, Head of the faculty academic library, etc.

 

Mariss (1969) was born in Kotor, in the Dalmatian fjord of Boka Kotorska. Mariss is from Tivat and Bogdašići (Boka Kotorska) and also from Trakošćan and Ivanec (Hrvatsko Zagorje).

 

In Zagreb, finished Classical Elementary, Gymnasium for Classical Languages, and the High School of Music, obtained the title of Professor of Comparative Literature and Philosophy, graduated from Librarianship, and passed the State Professional Exam of the Republic of Croatia.

 

The University of Zagreb scholarship holder attended the International Summer School

- the University of Oslo (1994) and the International University Scientific Seminars on Old Norse Literature and Mythology, as well as the Contemporary Swedish Literature Seminar at

IUC Dubrovnik (1996-2000).

 

During 1994 - 2018 Mariss has published Poems for Adults and Children and Stories for Adults and Children in Croatian Literary Magazines (Zagreb).

 

During 2017 - 2022 Mariss has been publishing in Literary Magazines in Montenegro (Cetinje), during 2018 - 2024 in the Literary Magazines of Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Mostar).

 

Since 2025 in KDP AMAZON COM

The Poet Miroslav S. Mađer in the Review Article of the first Poetry Collection describes her poetic style with the words "POETESSA OF RESTORED / RENEWED WORDS".

 

Mariss was a TV Screenwriter for „TV Programme for the Children and youth” of the State Croatian Radio and Television.

 

Mariss retold fairy tales in the picture book for Children at publisher Miropictures Zagreb with Hungarian illustrator Mihaly Kanzel.

 

Mariss is readable in the SMASHWORDS catalogue with self-published E-Books in Croatian language (Poems for adults, Essays about librarianship with Studia Croatica and about comparative literature, and Novels for children) and in the ACADEMIA EDU  Database and in the

GOODREADS and in the RESEARCH GATE and represented in CEEOL and EBSCO Information Services databases.

 

Her stories for adults and poems for children are presented in Anthology books in Croatia and Montenegro under the names Stella Levanić Čižmešija and Marisstella Octek.

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