Croatian writer Vladimir Nazor was born on May 30, 1876, in Postira, Brač.
He completed his studies in natural sciences in Graz, Austria, then worked as a high school teacher in Zadar, towns in Istria, and Zagreb, and as the director of a Children's Home in Crikvenica. He was in Zagreb when World War II stated, from where he defected in 1942, together with Ivan Goran Kovačić, to territory under the control of partisan units. He died in Zagreb on June 19, 1949.
Nazor's oeuvre is diverse and rich. Particularly notable are his collections of narrative poems (Slavic Legends, Živana, The Book of Croatian Kings, Croatian Kings), books of lyric poetry (Lyrics, New Poems) and epics (Brundo the Bear, The Golden-Winged Shelduck). During World War I, his poetry became more spiritual and subjective (Intimacy, String of Coral, Poems about the Four Archangels). After 1942, he entered a new literary period.
Myths, legends, and folklore predominate in his narrative opus (Istrian Stories, Veli Jože, Stoimena). An important part of his creative work consists of travelogues (Travelogues), as well as memoir prose (On the Tip of the Tongue and Pen, Crystals and Seeds). He was a translator from Italian and German. (Željka Šaravanja)
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