Dobriša Cesarić
Dobriša Cesarić (10 January 1902 – 18 December 1980) was a Croatian poet and translator. In 1951, he became a member of the Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts.
Dobriša Cesarić
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- Name
- Dobriša Cesarić
- Born
- 10 January 1902
- Birthplace
- Požega, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, Austria-Hungary (now Požega, Croatia)
- Died
- 18 December 1980
- Place of death
- Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia (now Zagreb, Croatia)
- Occupation
- poet, writer, translator
- Movement
- Modernism
- Nationality
- Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
- Honours
- Zmajeva prize · Vladimir Nazor Award
- Languages
- Croatian
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• Name — Dobriša Cesarić • Born — 10 January 1902 • Birthplace — Požega, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, Austria-Hungary (now Požega, Croatia) • Died — 18 December 1980 • Place of death — Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia (now Zagreb, Croatia) • Occupation — poet, writer, translator • Language — Croatian • Period — 1916–1970 • Movement — Modernism
Documentary record
Dobriša Cesarić appears in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek as a writer (10 January 1902 – 18 December 1980). Dobriša Cesarić was born on 10 January 1902 and died on 18 December 1980. For the birthplace of Dobriša Cesarić, Slavonska Požega (Croatie) is recorded by the Bibliothèque nationale de France and Požega by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. Dobriša Cesarić died in Zagreb, Croatia, according to the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
Literary work
Literary work
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"). His poetic oeuvre consists of ten collections of poems and a few translations.
Work as a translator
Work as a translator
He translated from German, Russian, Italian, Bulgarian and Hungarian to Croatian.
Works
Works
• 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.
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
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1902
Dobriša Cesarić born at Požega.
1980
Dobriša Cesarić died at Zagreb.
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Požega.
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Zagreb.
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- 1.Draško Ređep. Jugoslovenski književni leksikon. Matica srpska. 62–63. 1971.
- 2.Batinić, Štefka. Pobratim – prvi hrvatski časopis za "odrasliju mladež". Hrvatski školski muzej. 2021-02-23.
- 3.HAZU: Cesarić Dobriša, akademik. Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts. 2022-09-20.
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