Antun Branko Šimić
Antun Branko Šimić | |
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Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes | |
Occupation | Poet, journalist, writer and critic |
Genre | Poetry |
Literary movement | Expressionism[1] |
Antun Branko Šimić (18 November 1898 – 2 May 1925) was a Croatian
Life
He was born to a
In 1917, he started the journal for art and culture,
Between 1918 and 1919, he immersed himself into writing poems whilst staying in a hamlet of Drinovci, Dubrava Majići, in a cottage where his mother grew up. Some of his first expressionist works were created here, most notably "Ja pjevam" (I Sing), "Povratak" (The Return) and "Ljubav" (Love).
His modest income and dedication to his literary work left a mark on his health, so he went back to Drinovci in December 1923 and made up with his father. When he returned to Zagreb in spring 1924 he launched his third journal, Književnik (Writer). Some time in 1924, he contracted tuberculosis, for which he received treatment later that year in a hospital in Dubrovnik, and spent time recuperating in a sanatorium in Cavtat. However, after his return to Zagreb in February 1925, his condition rapidly worsened. He died on 2 May 1925 in a hospital in Zagreb and was buried in Mirogoj Cemetery.[8][9]
Works
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Šimić did not write a large literary opus during his lifetime. However, some of his poems could be called anthological, like "Pjesnici" (Poets), "Veče i ja" (The Evening and I), "Opomena" (Warning), "Ručak siromaha" (The Poor Man's Dinner), "Žene pred uredima" (Women in Front of Offices), "Smrt i ja" (Death and I), "Pjesma jednom brijegu" (Poem to a Mountain), "Smrt" (Death), and some others. After writing under the influence of Matoš, Kranjčević, Vidrić and Domjanić, he bore down on the traditionalists and started favouring an unrestrained expression and
He would also sometimes recourse to the
In his journals, Šimić published his essays that defended the principles of
The image of A.B. Šimić can be seen on Federation of BiH issue of the 20 km banknote.
See also
References
- ^ a b "Antun Branko Šimić". matica.hr (in Croatian). Matica hrvatska. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ ISBN 9781400880638.
- ISBN 978-0-06-270007-0.
- ^ Pandžić Jakšić & Pandžić Kuliš 2011, p. 460.
- ^ 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. 526.
- ^ "Antun Branko Šimić". Forum (1–3). Razred za knjiz̆evnost Hrvatske akademije znanosti i umjetnosti: 241. 2008.
- ^ Jergović, Miljenko (11 January 2020). "'Preobraženja', Antun Branko Šimić i njegov svirepi i nevidljivi Bog". Jutarnji list.
- ^ Mihanović 2012.
- ^ Pandžić Jakšić & Pandžić Kuliš 2011, pp. 460–461.
Bibliography
- ISBN 978-953-150-316-7. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
- Pandžić Jakšić, Vlatka; Pandžić Kuliš, Drijenka (2011). ""Vraćanje suncu" Antuna Branka Šimića" (PDF). Acta Medica Croatica (in Croatian). 65 (5): 459–466. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
External links
- https://web.archive.org/web/20090303214312/http://maratoncafe.com/Iluzije/poezija/simic.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20090618002956/http://povijest.net/sadrzaj/zivotopisi/hrvatske-licnosti/302-antun-branko-simic.html
- Translated Works by Antun Branko Šimić
- Works by Antun Branko Šimić at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)