About the Author

1981

BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD

Marijan Gubina was born on February 23, 1981, in Vinkovci, Croatia. Not far from Vukovar and Osijek, in the Slavonian town of Dalj, he happily spent his childhood in his six-member family.

1991

CAPTIVITY

On the fateful day of August 1, 1991, Marijan Gubina becomes a victim of war, deprived of his freedom for 260 days during which he was subjected to the cruelest forms of violence, based on which he later acquired the status of a concentration camp detainee.

1992

FREEDOM

From the camp, which was also his place of residence, he was expelled on April 16, 1992, in a group of 50 people and, with part of his family, found refuge in Osijek as a displaced person.

DANA

DON’T LOSE FAITH

The ordeal of Marijan Gubina does not end: it is followed by the tragic death of his father, a Croatian soldier who had been previously wounded, the death of his younger sister, and ultimately, due to a series of unfortunate circumstances, he becomes homeless. Marijan does not lose faith in a better tomorrow.

Marijan Gubina – ČINI DOBRO

Marijan Gubina – NEDJELJOM U 2

MARIJAN GUBINA

DO GOOD SO THAT IT MAY RETURN TO YOU AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

Despite traumas and illnesses, he continues his education and stands out as one of the better students, but the ordeal of Marijan Gubina does not end there: the tragic death of his father, a Croatian soldier who had been previously wounded, the death of his younger sister, and ultimately, due to a series of unfortunate circumstances, he becomes homeless. Marijan does not lose faith in a better tomorrow. He educates himself and works at the same time. He successfully completes high school and establishes a trading company. Along with entrepreneurship, he becomes increasingly sensitive to social and societal issues. As a witness to social problems and modern plagues of various forms of addiction, including drug addiction, Marijan engages in his own education and works on preventing the misuse of narcotics. His humanitarian work and projects, for which he is the author and leader (in collaboration with an interdisciplinary team), are recognized by the local government and state institutions. Through his actions as a volunteer and as the long-term president of the Osijek League for the Fight Against Addiction, he has achieved excellent results and, after seven years of education in theory and practice, turns to basic social problems with the aim of solving social issues and developing a culture of peace. In the following decades, Marijan confirms his humanity daily with numerous examples, implementing many programs, projects, and actions throughout Croatia and abroad aimed at reducing the number of needy and developing a culture of peace as a counterbalance to the ubiquitous crisis of faith and morals and a bullying lifestyle. By his example, Marijan influences the development and strengthening of the international peace network. What makes Marijan special and why individuals and institutions recognize him as a humanitarian and peacemaker is his wide-ranging activity in the field of humanity and pacifism, and his work has been awarded numerous certificates and recognitions by civil societies, state, and international institutions. The crowning recognition is the decoration from the Republic of Croatia, the Order of the Croatian Trefoil, in 2017. The reading public, including professional critics, recognized Marijan particularly for his work “260 DAYS,” which achieved excellent results as an autobiographical novel, a theatre performance produced by the Croatian National Theatre in Osijek, a radio drama of the same name by Croatian Radio, and a series of other works that inspire the creation of a high-production feature film. Marijan Gubina treats the novel “260 DAYS” as a self-help book and often uses it as a type of manual in his numerous lectures aimed at motivating people of different ages and worldviews. Marijan currently enjoys the role of husband and father of four children.

Projects

PEACEFUL SCENE

Nužno je istaknuti da se roman 260 DANA koristi kao svojevrstan alat na području razvoja kulture mira.

NOVEL

”KNJIGA SAMOPOMOĆI”

Hrvatsko narodno kazalište iz Osijeka uprizorilo je kazališnu predstavu 2015. godine. Brzo obilježavanje pedesete izvedbe potvrdilo je već poznatu činjenicu da je predstava 260 dana HIT i da za svaku izvedbu nedostaje stolica. Kvalitetu i potražnju za predstavom potvrđuje i šest povijesnih nagrada

THEATRE PERFORMANCE

HIT PREDSTAVA

Jakov Sedlar: Po mišljenju mnogih, to je najbolja knjiga o stradanju Hrvata u Domovinskom obrambenom ratu, najautentičnija kao literatura. Ovaj roman nikoga nije ostavio ravnodušnim na sve ono što su prošli Marijan i njegova obitelj, pa nije čudno da je bilo nekoliko ideja da se ovaj roman ekranizira.