Vladimir Nazor - Zagreb, Croatia - Grave of a Famous Person on Waymarking.com

Vladimir Nazor, Croatian writer (Postira on Brac, 30 May 1876 – Zagreb, 19 June 1949). He completed his studies in botany in Graz in 1902. He worked as a high school teacher in Zadar (1901–03), in Istrian towns (1903–18), in Zagreb (1918–20) and as the director of a children's home in Crikvenica (1920–31). From 1931 he lived in Zagreb, where he retired in 1933, and where World War II found him. Together with I. G. Kovacic, he defected in 1942 to territory under the control of partisan units. After the war, he became president of the Presidium of the Parliament of the SR of Croatia.
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Description: Nazor, Vladimir, Croatian writer (Postira on Brač, 30 May 1876 – Zagreb, 19 June 1949). He completed his studies in botany in Graz in 1902. He worked as a high school teacher in Zadar (1901–03), in Istrian towns (1903–18), in Zagreb (1918–20) and as the director of a children's home in Crikvenica (1920–31). From 1931 he lived in Zagreb, where he retired in 1933, and where World War II found him. Together with I. G. Kovačić, he defected in 1942 to territory under the control of partisan units. After the war, he became president of the Presidium of the Parliament of the SR of Croatia. Poetry is considered the most important of Nazor's rich oeuvre. As a poet, he established himself with collections of narrative poems (Slavic Legends, 1900; Živana, 1902; Book of Croatian Kings, 1904; Croatian Kings, 1912), books of lyric poetry (Lirika, 1910; Nove pjesme, 1913), and epics Medvjed Brundo (1915) and Utva zlatokrila (1916). This phase of his is marked by an interest in great metaphysical questions about man's relationship to the absolute, about the historical destiny of nations, immersion in Slavic and ancient myth, a strong utopian consciousness, and openness to national ideologies. During the years of World War I and after, Nazor's poetry becomes more spiritual and subjective (Intima, 1915; Niza od koralja, 1922; Pjesme o četiri arhanđela, 1927; Deseterci, 1930; Knjiga pjesma, 1942). In it, the poet's everyday life is mystically illuminated, and philosophical efforts are always made with the aim of realizing a holistic view of man, love, nature and God in the poetic medium and on irrationalist foundations. By joining the Partisans in 1942, Nazor entered a new life, and to some extent also a literary period. Some of the poems with which he returned from the war and those written after the war are in the spirit of his late interwar poetry, and Legende o drugu Titu (1946) are somewhat reminiscent of the Croatian kings. On the other hand, Nazor's Partisan lyrics also manifest tendencies that were not present in him until then, and some lyrical types adapted to the literary communication practice of the new social system appear (activist poems, partisan songs, party praises, etc.). Nazor often wrote about the works of other writers, or about literary theoretical problems. He approached these topics methodically and almost academically, which is especially true for his discussions on issues of Croatian versification. As a theorist, he was interested in translating poetry, which he also engaged in in practice. He translated a lot from Italian and German, and some from French. His translations of the lyrics of G. D’Annunzi, G. Pascoli and J. W. Goethe are especially appreciated. Date of birth: 05/30/1876 Date of death: 06/19/1949 Area of notoriety: Literature Marker Type: Monument Setting: Outdoor Fee required?: No Web site: [Web Link] Visiting Hours/Restrictions: Not listed

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