Dobriša Cesarić

Dobriša Cesarić
Born (1902-01-10)10 January 1902
Požega, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, Austria-Hungary (now Croatia)
Died 18 December 1980(1980-12-18) (aged 78)
Zagreb, Yugoslavia (now Croatia)
Occupation Poet
Language Croatian
Period 19161970
Literary movement Modernism

Dobriša Cesarić (10 January 1902 – 18 December 1980) was a Croatian poet and translator born in Požega. Despite his limited output, Cesarić is considered as one of the greatest Croatian poets of the 20th century.[1][2]

Literary work

His first appearance on the literary scene was when he was 14 years old, with a poem "I ja ljubim" (eng. "I too love") which was published in a magazine for the youth called "Pobratim" (eng. "Stepbrother"). His work as a poet consists of ten poem books and a few translations.

Work as a translator

He translated from German, Russian, Italian, Bulgarian and Hungarian to Croatian.

Works

Published posthumously

References

  1. "article title". Vjesnik (in Croatian). 2002-01-11. p. 13.
  2. http://www.pozegaonline.com/i_vijest.php?v=1004&ref=kat&catid=6 (Croatian)

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