WRITER

Miroslav Krleža

1893 - 1981

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Miroslav Krleža (pronounced [mǐrɔ̝slav̞ kř̩le̞ʒa]; 7 July 1893 – 29 December 1981) was a Croatian writer who is widely considered to be the greatest Croatian writer of the 20th century. He wrote notable works in all the literary genres, including poetry (The Ballads of Petrica Kerempuh, 1936), theater (Messrs. Glembay, 1929), short stories (The Croatian God Mars, 1922), novels (The Return of Philip Latinowicz, 1932; On the Edge of Reason, 1938), and an intimate diary. His works often include themes of bourgeois hypocrisy and conformism in Austria-Hungary and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Miroslav Krleža is the 836th most popular writer (up from 840th in 2019), the 28th most popular biography from Croatia (up from 29th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Croatian Writer.

Miroslav Krleža is a Croatian writer and politician. He is most famous for his novels The Return of Philip Latinowicz and The Return of Philip Latinowicz, which were published in the 1930s.

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Among writers, Miroslav Krleža ranks 836 out of 7,302. Before him are John Bunyan, Bacchylides, Wole Soyinka, Derek Walcott, John Dos Passos, and L. Ron Hubbard. After him are Antonio Machado, Stesichorus, Jamal Khashoggi, William McMaster Murdoch, Luis Sepúlveda, and Daniel Goleman.

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Among people born in 1893, Miroslav Krleža ranks 37. Before him are Omar Bradley, Jomo Kenyatta, Lillian Gish, J. G. Strijdom, Qazi Muhammad, and Juana Bormann. After him are Andrés Segovia, Lili Boulanger, Emmy Göring, Fritz Perls, Hans Fallada, and James B. Conant. Among people deceased in 1981, Miroslav Krleža ranks 31. Before him are Joseph Murphy, Joe Louis, Omar Bradley, Samuel Barber, Georges Brassens, and William Saroyan. After him are Duško Popov, Zarah Leander, Omar Torrijos, Mohammad-Ali Rajai, Abel Gance, and Stefan Wyszyński.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Miroslav Krleža ranks 28 out of 700. Before him are Svetozar Boroević (1856), Rade Šerbedžija (1946), Mario Andretti (1940), Alida Valli (1921), Georg von Trapp (1880), and Davor Šuker (1968). After him are Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (1934), Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović (1968), Sylva Koscina (1933), Stjepan Radić (1871), Zoran Milanović (1966), and Franciscus Patricius (1529).

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Among WRITERS In Croatia

Among writers born in Croatia, Miroslav Krleža ranks 2. Before him are Frano Selak (1929). After him are Marko Marulić (1450), Dubravka Ugrešić (1949), Ljudevit Gaj (1809), Matthias Flacius (1520), Ivan Gundulić (1589), Ödön von Horváth (1901), Petar Zrinski (1621), Slavenka Drakulić (1949), Marin Držić (1508), and Antun Vrančić (1504).

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