Milan Ogrizović
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Milan Ogrizović | |
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| Died | August 25, 1923 (aged 46) Zagreb, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes (now Zagreb, Croatia) |
| Resting place | Mirogoj Cemetery[1] |
| Occupation | scholar, author, playwright, politician |
| Language | Croatian |
| Alma mater | University of Zagreb |
| Notable work | Hasanaginica |
| Spouse | Ljuba |
| Children | 2 (including Bogdan) |
Milan Ogrizović (Croatian pronunciation: [mǐlan ogrǐːzovit͡ɕ];[2] February 11, 1877 – August 25, 1923)[1][2] was a Croatian author, playwright, politician, and academic, serving as a professor and lecturer at the Croatian National Theater. His plays are among the most commonly performed Croatian works.[3]
Biography
Milan Ogrizović was born on February 11, 1877, in
In 1901, Ogrizović completed his principal studies in mathematics and classical philology and, in 1904, received his doctorate in philology, both at the University of Zagreb.[3] Between 1900 and 1906, he taught at the Classical Gymnasium in Zagreb.[3]
Although he wrote in several mediums, Ogrizović is best known in
He served in the
Ogrizović and his wife, Ljuba, were close friends of the poet and playwright Fran Galović. Galović's final letter was addressed from the Serbian front to Ogrizović:
My dear, I greet you once again. It's morning and we have to rush at 10 o'clock. It's sunny, Sunday and a wonderful, warm morning. One would really like to die on such a sunny day. Tell Sanctissima[b] to pray for the repose of my soul if I am gone. Your Fran loves you.[5][c]
Ogrizović died on August 25, 1923. He is buried at Mirogoj Cemetery in Zagreb.[1]
Selected works
- Breath (Croatian: Dah, 1901)
- Year of Love (Godina ljubavi)
- Spring Morning (Proljetno jutro, 1903)
- Summer Afternoon (Ljetno popodne, 1904)
- Autumn Evening (Jesenje veče, 1903)
- Winter Night (Zimska noć, 1906)
- Anathema[d] (Prokletstvo, 1907; co-authored with Andrija Milčinović)[6]
- Banović Strahinja (1912)
- The Proclamation[e] (Objavljenlje, 1917)
- The Death of Smail Agha Čengić (Smrt Smail-age Čengića, 1919)
- Vučina (1921)
- In Wiener Neustadt (U Bečkom Novom Mjestu, 1921)
References
Notes
- ^ Croatian: župnik; variously translated as rector, parson, or parish priest
- ^ Ogrizović's wife, Ljuba. From Latin, literally "the most sacred".
- ^ Original Croatian: Moj dragi, još jednom Te pozdravljam. Jutro je i u 10 sati imamo navaliti. Sunce je, nedjelja i divno, toplo jutro. Čovjek bi čisto želio umrijeti u ovako sunčan dan. Reci Sanctissimi da se pomoli za upokoj moje duše ako me više ne bude. Ljubi te tvoj Fran.
- ^ This play has not been translated into English; its title may be variously translated as Damnation or The Malediction
- ^ This play has not been translated into English; its title may be variously translated as The Declaration, The Annunciation, The Publication, etc.
Citations
- ^ a b c "Groblja – O" [Graves – O]. Gradska Groblja Zagreb. Zagrebački Holding. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
- ^ a b "Ogrizović". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Croatian). Zagreb: Znanje i Srce. 2006. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Ogrizović, Milan". Hrvatska enciklopedija, mrežno izdanje (in Croatian). Leksikografski zavod Miroslav Krleža. 2021. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
- ^ Naimark, Norman M.; Case, Holly (2003). Yugoslavia and Its Historians: Understanding the Balkan Wars of the 1990s. Stanford University Press. pp. 44–45.
- ^ Benešić, Julije (1940). "O životu i radu Frana Galovića (Predgovor)" [On the Life and Work of Fran Galović (A Foreword)]. Fran Galović: Pjesme [Fran Galović: Poems] (in Croatian). Zagreb: Binoza Press, d.o.o.
- ^ "Milčinović, Andrija". Hrvatska enciklopedija, mrežno izdanje (in Croatian). Leksikografski zavod Miroslav Krleža. 2021. Retrieved November 16, 2023.
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