WRITERS FROM

POŽEGA

ANTUN KANIŽLIĆ

• born in 1699 in Požega• he was a Croatian poet and theologian

• he wrote Sveta Rožalija; Kamen pravi,smutnje velike…

• died in 1777 in Požega

MIROSLAV KRALJEVIĆ

• he was born in 1823 in Požega• he was a writer and publisher • in 1863 he set up a magazine Slavonac

• he established the first printing press in Požega, and second in Slavonia

• Slavonac was the only magazine in Croatian language in Slavonia

• he died in 1877 in Požega

JANKO JURKOVIĆ

• he was born in 1829 in Požega

• he was a writer, travel writer, lawyer, theologian

• he wrote Što žena može,Smiljana etc…

• he died in 1889 in Požega

VILIM KORAJAC

• he was born in 1839 in Kaptol near Požega

• he was a priest • he wrote Dvije čudne promenade, Šijac, Lov na sjedećke etc…

• he died in 1899 in Kaptol

JOSIP EUGEN TOMIĆ

• he was born in 1843 in Požega

• he finished Šenoa’s novel Kletva

• he wrote a collection of poems called Ljeljinke, Kapetanova kći, Emin-agina ljuba, a novel Melita etc…

• he died in 1906 in Požega

FRANJO CIRAKI

• he was born in 1847 in Požega

• he wrote poems based on Vraz and Preradović

• he wrote Florentinske elegije, Dolazak Hrvata na obalu sinjeg mora etc…

• he died in 1912 in Požega

JULIJE KEMPF

• he was born in 1864 in Požega

• he was a historian and a writer

• in 1925 he was elected for mayor of Požega

• he wrote Iz Požeške kotline, Oko Psunja etc…

• he died in 1934 in Požega

DOBRIŠA CESARIĆ

• he was born in 1902 in Požega • he was a Croatian poet and lawyer

• his most famous works are: Goli časovi, Slap, Svjetla za daljine, Voćka poslije kiše…

• in 1968 he got a reward Vladimir Nazor for lifework

• he died in 1980 in Zagreb

HRVOJE KOVAČEVIĆ

• he was born in 1966 in Požega• a writer and an architect• he writes drama and prose• he wrote Tajna ribljeg oka, Tajna crne kutije, Tajna graditeja straha, Tajna sretnih susjeda, Tajna šaptača lubenicama etc…

• he got Grigor Vitez award for his novel Tajna crne kutije

BALADA IZ PREDGRAĐA

Whereas the people still pass And the scent of May's in the air... Whereas he's missing, and missing, and missing, And he's here no more

And the petroleum lamp still sheds Its red-orange light On the deep mud near the old fence And on two, or three bricks on the road.  DOBRIŠA

CESARIĆ

PROLJETNA KIŠA

The spring rain is not like others It washes away the sorrow. There is some great, bright and incomprehensible joy in its murmur.DOBRIŠA

CESARIĆ

VOĆKA POSLIJE KIŠE

Look at that small fruit tree after the rain: It is full of raindrops and it swings them, And magic luxury of it branches Sparkles in the sunlight.

But if the sun is hidden, just for a while All that magic disappears It is again, as it was before, Ordinary, poor small tree.

DOBRIŠA CESARIĆ

created by:ANAMARIJA BOŠNJAK

ANDBRUNO BRKIĆ