Miroslav Krleža

Playwright, novelist, and poet, MIROSLAV KRLEŽA is one of the two most eminent men of letters in Yugoslavia.In his first plays and poems, published in 1914 when he was twenty, and in his early novels, there was evidence not only of his creative gifts but also of his philosophical approach to his times. A prolific writer, Mr. Krleža has produced as much nonfiction as fiction.

A poet and dramatist who published his early work before World War I, MIROSLAV KRLEŽAis the leading writer of Croatia and a man of enormous influence in the newly emerging Yugoslav literature; he is a close friend of Marshal Tito’s and a connoisseur of modern art. In his offices in Zagreb, apart from his creative work, he is engaged in editing the most comprehensive series of encyclopedias ever published in central Europe.