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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Vita
Dobriša Cesarić nacque il 10 gennaio 1902 e morì il 18 dicembre 1980. Per il luogo di nascita di Dobriša Cesarić, Slavonska Požega (Croatie) è registrato dalla Bibliothèque nationale de France e Požega dalla Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. Il luogo di morte di Dobriša Cesarić è Zagreb, Croazia, secondo la Bibliothèque nationale de France e la Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
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Key facts
• 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
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
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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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