Ljubo Wiesner Explained

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]

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.

Notes and References

1. Book: Draško Ređep . Živan Milisavac . 1971 . Jugoslovenski književni leksikon . Yugoslav Literary Lexicon . . . 570 .
2. http://new.skole.hr/ucenici/os_visi?news_hk=5281&news_id=1676&mshow=343 Antun Gustav Matoš
3. http://www.hrt.hr/arhiv/ndd/02veljaca/0202%20Wiesner.html Ljubo Wiesner
4. http://www.matica.hr/Vijenac/vijenac357.nsf/AllWebDocs/Iz_predratnog_Karlovca My first meeting with Wiesner
5. http://www.superknjizara.hr/index.php?content=1&page=knjiga&id_knjiga=6&naslov=VLATI+TRAVE Vlati Trave
6. http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/12150 Croatian Emigrants in Spain on Marko Marulić
7. Web site: Ljubo Wiesner (1885 - 1951) . 2008-10-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090105033752/http://www.croatia.ch/kultura/knjizevnost/080326.php . 2009-01-05 . dead .