Ljubo Wiesner

Ljubo Wiesner (February 2, 1885 in Zagreb – July 3, 1951 in Rome[1]) was a Croatian poet. He was a follower of Antun Gustav Matoš's work.[2]

Tin Ujević, Krešo Kovačić, and Ljubo Wiesner in 1911

He founded the publications Grič, Kritika and Savremenik.[3] His introduction to Hrvatska mlada lirika in 1914 defined the poetic style of the followers of Matoš.[2] Wiesner was also active musically, and played gusle.[4] Wiesner translated foreign poetry into Croatian, including works by Walt Whitman.[5] He was an editor of Mate Ujević's Croatian Encyclopedia.[6]

During World War II he worked on the Berlin-based Suradnja.[7] From 1948, until his death he lived in Rome at the Pontifical Croatian College of St. Jerome, where he organized the Vatican's radio program in Croatian.[3]

Works
  • Pjesme, Zagreb 1926.
  • Pjesme, Zagreb 1943. (expanded edition)
  • Izabrana djela, Zagreb 1970.
  • Blago veče (izabrane pjesme), Zagreb 2001.
  • Studija o A. G. Matošu (fragmenti), Zagreb 2002.
  • Sabrana djela (pjesme, feljtoni, studije), Zagreb 2008.

References
  1. Draško Ređep (1971). Živan Milisavac (ed.). Jugoslovenski književni leksikon [Yugoslav Literary Lexicon]. Novi Sad (SAP Vojvodina, SR Serbia: Matica srpska. p. 570.
  2. Antun Gustav Matoš Archived 2009-06-19 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Ljubo Wiesner Archived 2008-05-21 at the Wayback Machine, Croatian Radiotelevision
  4. My first meeting with Wiesner
  5. Vlati Trave
  6. Croatian Emigrants in Spain on Marko Marulić: 1945-1955
  7. "Ljubo Wiesner (1885 - 1951)". Archived from the original on 2009-01-05. Retrieved 2008-10-30.
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