Dobriša Cesarić | |
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Born |
Požega, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, Austria-Hungary (now Croatia) |
10 January 1902
Died | 18 December 1980 Zagreb, Yugoslavia (now Croatia) |
(aged 78)
Occupation | Poet |
Language | Croatian |
Period | 1916–1970 |
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.
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.
He translated from German, Russian, Italian, Bulgarian and Hungarian to Croatian.