Antun Gustav Matoš

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Antun Gustav Matoš was a prominent Croatian writer, poet, and critic who was a leading figure in the early Modernist phase of Croatian literature until World War I. He edited the anthology Mlada hrvatska lirika (1914; “The Young Croatian Lyric”), which represented the peak of this poetic style. Matoš's work, along with that of other Croatian writers of his time, often explored the inner struggles of modern individuals and their search for meaning, while also addressing specific Croatian concerns about national development and political subjugation.1

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…until World War I was Antun Gustav Matoš. He edited the anthology Mlada hrvatska lirika (1914; “The Young Croatian Lyric”), which marked the zenith of such verse. Between the wars, avant-garde poetry continued to be expressed in the verse of poets such as Tin Ujević and Antun Branko Šimić, while…
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…until World War I was Antun Gustav Matoš. He edited the anthology Mlada hrvatska lirika (1914; “The Young Croatian Lyric”), which marked the zenith of such verse. Between the wars, avant-garde poetry continued to be expressed in the verse of poets such as Tin Ujević and Antun Branko Šimić, while…
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