Ivo Bresan was born on May 27, 1936 in Vodice near Sibenik, Croatia, Yugoslavia. He was a writer, known for
The Rat Savior (1976),
Acting Hamlet in the Village of Mrdusa Donja (1974) and
Obecana zemlja (1986). He was married to Jela Godlar Bresan. He died on January 3, 2017 in Zagreb, Croatia.