| Miroslav Feldman | |
| Birth Date: | 1899 12, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Virovitica, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, Austria-Hungary |
| Death Place: | Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Occupation: | Physician, writer, poet |
| Nationality: | Croat |
| Genre: | Drama |
Dr. Miroslav Feldman (28 December 189930 May 1976) was a Croatian-Jewish poet and writer.[1] Feldman was born in Virovitica on 28 December 1899.[2] He studied medicine in Zagreb and Vienna. After graduation, he returned to Croatia and worked as a physician in Virovitica, Osijek, Pakrac, Sarajevo and Zagreb.[3] During World War II he joined the Partisans, where he helped organize the medical corps.[4]
Feldman was the president of the Croatian and Yugoslav PEN. He began his career as a poet, but he was most notable as a drama writer. Feldman wrote a psychological drama with elements of the grotesque, and works with a strong social critique, in which he satirically speaks of occurrence in the province and life of the higher society.[3]
Feldman died in Zagreb on 30 May 1976 and was buried at the Mirogoj Cemetery.[5] [6]