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Miroslav Krleža

ミロスラヴ・クルレジャ

Miroslavu Krleža

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1893-07-07 （Zagreb）
Died
1981-12-29 （Zagreb） age 88
Nationality
Croat
Languages
Croatian
Residence History
Zagreb

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Playwright, Poet, Philosopher, Essayist, Cultural critic
Active Years
1915-1977
Affiliations
Vice-president of the Yugoslav Academy of Science and Arts, President of the Yugoslav Writers' Union
Memberships
Communist Party of Yugoslavia (expelled)

Education

Preparatory military school in Pécs
Military
Country: Hungary
Austro-Hungarian Empire period
Ludoviceum military academy in Budapest
Military
Country: Hungary
Austro-Hungarian Empire period

Awards

NIN Award
1962
Work: The Banners
Organization: NIN
Result: 受賞
Herder Prize
1968
Result: 受賞
Laureate Of The International Botev Prize
1981
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Ballads of Petrica Kerempuh

1936 Poetry

Ballads spanning over five centuries centered on the plebeian prophet Petrica Kerempuh, a Croatian Till Eulenspiegel.

Bourgeois hypocrisyConformism

Messrs. Glembay

1929 Theater

A cycle dealing with the decay of a bourgeois family.

Bourgeois decay

The Croatian God Mars

1922 Short stories

Anti-war stories on the fates of Croatian soldiers in WWI battlefields.

WarBourgeois hypocrisy

The Return of Philip Latinowicz

1932 Novel

A novel about an artist.

ArtistReturn to homeland

On the Edge of Reason

1938 Novel

Satire saturated with the atmosphere of totalitarianism.

TotalitarianismSatire

Translations by Author

  • Journey to Russia

Translations of Works

  • The Return of Philip Latinowicz
  • On the Edge of Reason
  • The Banquet in Blitva

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Combines visionary poetic language and sarcasm
Recurring Motifs
Bourgeois hypocrisyConformismCritique of Austria-Hungary and Kingdom of Yugoslavia

Health

  • Ill health
    1980-1981
    Spent most of his last years in ill health

Legacy

Widely considered the greatest Croatian writer of the 20th century. Dominated cultural life of Croatia and Yugoslavia for half a century.

Museums

  • Memorial Space of Miroslav and Bela Krleža Zagreb City Museum Opened in 2001

Archives

  • Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography

In Popular Culture

  • Bronze monument in Zagreb

Trivia

  • Son of a constable.
  • Married to Leposava 'Bela' Kangrga.
  • Member of Communist Party but expelled in 1939.