Dobriša Cesarić (Croatian pronunciation: [ˈdobriʃa ˈt͡sěsarit͡ɕ]; 10 January 1902 – 18 December 1980) was a Croatian poet and translator. He is considered one of the greatest Croatian poets of the 20th century.[2][full citation needed][3][full citation needed] In 1951, he became a member of the Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts.[1]

Dobriša Cesarić
Born(1902-01-10)10 January 1902[1]
Požega, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, Austria-Hungary
(now Požega, Croatia)[1]
Died18 December 1980(1980-12-18) (aged 78)
Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
(now Zagreb, Croatia)
Occupationpoet, writer, translator
LanguageCroatian
Period1916–1970
Literary movementModernism

Literary work edit

His first appearance on the literary scene was when he was 14 years old, with the poem I ja ljubim ("I Love Too") published in a youth magazine Pobratim ("Blood Brother").[citation needed] His poetic oeuvre consists of ten collections of poems and a few translations.

Work as a translator edit

He translated from German, Russian, Italian, Bulgarian and Hungarian to Croatian.[citation needed]

Works edit

  • Lirika, Zagreb, 1931.
  • Spasena svjetla, Zagreb, 1938.
  • Izabrani stihovi, Zagreb, 1942.
  • Pjesme (Voćka poslije kiše), Zagreb, 1951.
  • Knjiga prepjeva, Zagreb 1951.
  • Osvijetljeni put, Zagreb, 1953.
  • Tri pjesme, Zagreb, 1955.
  • Goli časovi, Novi Sad, 1956.
  • Proljeće koje nije moje, Zagreb, 1957.
  • Izabrane pjesme, Zagreb, 1960.
  • Poezija, Skopje, 1965.
  • Moj prijatelju mene više nema., Zagreb, 1966.
  • Slap, izabrane pjesme, Zagreb, 1970.
  • Svjetla za daljine, Belgrade, 1975.
  • Izabrana lirika, Belgrade, 1975.
  • Izabrane pjesme i prepjevi, Sarajevo, 1975.
  • Pjesme. Memoarska proza, Zagreb, 1976 (Pet stoljeća hrvatske književnosti, book 113).
  • Voćka poslije kiše, Zagreb, 1978.
Published posthumously
  • Spasena svjetla, Zagreb, 1985.
  • Srebrna zrnca u pjesniku, Zagreb, 1985.
  • Balada iz predgrađa, Zagreb, 1992.
  • Povratak, Zagreb, 1995.
  • Kadikad, Zagreb, 1997.
  • Dobriša Cesarić. Pjesme., ABC naklada, Zagreb, 2007.
  • Izabrana djela, Matica hrvatska, Zagreb, 2008.

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Draško Ređep (1971). Živan Milisavac (ed.). Jugoslovenski književni leksikon [Yugoslav Literary Lexicon] (in Serbo-Croatian). Novi Sad (SAP Vojvodina, SR Serbia): Matica srpska. p. 62-63.
  2. ^ "article title". Vjesnik (in Croatian). 11 January 2002. p. 13.
  3. ^ [1] (in Croatian)

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