Milan Begović
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Milan Begović (Croatian pronunciation:
Biography
Begović was born in
In 1894, he enrolled at the
During these years, Begović travelled throughout Europe alone, which he considered necessary for personal development, but, in 1909, he was invited to Hamburg at the behest of Baron Alfred von Berger , director of the Deutsches Schauspielhaus.[3] This time did not lend itself to Begović developing original works, but he later recalled that the time had been comfortable and that he had learned a lot while working there. He and his family were also relatively well-off and had a reliable income; Begović was later known for his exceptionally poor financial management. Also while in Hamburg, he wrote for several periodicals, primarily the Hamburger Nachrichten .[6]
When his contract in Hamburg finished in 1912, the family moved to
In Zagreb, Begović wrote many of his best-known works, including Man of God (
The two lived in Bisag from his retirement in 1932 until 1938. With the establishment of communist Yugoslavia in 1945, the Croatian Writers' Association judged that Begović had collaborated with the war-time Independent State of Croatia.[7][dead link]
Begović died in Zagreb of a stroke in 1948[4] and, due to his falling out with the regime, his death was neither announced nor given special honours.[7] He is buried at Mirogoj Cemetery.[2][8]
Today, his best known titles are his drama Adventurer at the Door (Croatian: Pustolov pred vratima, 1926) and his comedy American Yacht in Split Harbour (Croatian: Amerikanska jahta u splitskoj luci, 1930).[9] In his collaborative efforts, he is best known, even outside of Croatia, for writing the lyrics to the opera Ero the Joker.[3]
Selected works
- The Book of Boccadoro (Croatian: Knjiega Boccadoro, 1900)
- A Life for the Tsar (Croatian: Život za cara, 1904)
- Stan Biučić (1909)
- Little Comedies (Croatian: Male komedije, 1921)
- Menuet
- Venus victrix
- The Bishop's Niece (Croatian: Biskupova sinovica)
- Quince in a Coffin (Croatian: Dunja u kovčegu, 1921)
- Man of God (Croatian: Božji čovjek, 1924)
- Selected Poems (Croatian: Izabrane pjesme, 1925)
- Adventurer at the Door (Croatian: Pustolov pred vratama, 1926)
- Croatian Diogenes (Croatian: Hrvatski Diogenes, 1928)
- American Yacht in Split Harbour (Croatian: Amerikanska jahta u splitskoj luci, 1930)
- Without a Third[a] (Croatian: Bez trećega, 1931)
- Quartet (Croatian: Kvartet, 1936)
- The Road Through Italy (Croatian: Put po Italiji, 1942)
References
Notes
- ^ as in "without a third person", not as in "missing one-third"
Citations
- ISBN 0-07-079169-4
- ^ a b "Groblja - B" [Graves - B]. Gradska Groblja Zagreb. Zagrebački Holding. Retrieved November 16, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e "Begović, Milan". Hrvatska enciklopedija, mrežno izdanje (in Croatian). Leksikografski zavod Miroslav Krleža. 2021. Retrieved November 16, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e Leskovec, Nikolina (2021). Problematika braka i nevjere u odabranim djelima Milana Begovića [Problematic Marriage and Infidelities in Selected Works by Milan Begović] (Thesis) (in Croatian). University of Zagreb. Retrieved November 16, 2023.
- ^ a b c "Najbolji hrvatski lirski roman" [The best Croatian lyrical novel]. Večernji list (in Croatian). Zagreb. May 27, 2004. Retrieved November 16, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f Hećimović, Branko (1983). "BEGOVIĆ, Milan". Hrvatski biografski leksikon. Zagreb: Leksikografski zavod Miroslav Krleža. Retrieved November 16, 2023.
- ^ a b Timeline of Milan Begović Archived 2011-07-17 at archive.today
- ^ Milan Begović at Gradska Groblja Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Boško Novaković (1971). Živan Milisavac (ed.). Jugoslovenski književni leksikon [Yugoslav Literary Lexicon] (in Serbo-Croatian). Novi Sad (SAP Vojvodina, SR Serbia): Matica srpska. p. 32-33.
External links
- Ljetopis Milana Begovića (in Croatian)