Vesna Parun

Vesna Parun
Born (1922-04-10)10 April 1922
Zlarin, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Died 25 October 2010(2010-10-25) (aged 88)
Stubičke Toplice, Croatia
Resting place Grohote, Šolta
Occupation Poet
Language Croatian
Period 1947–2001

Vesna Parun (pronounced [v̞ê̞sna pâruːn]; 10 April 1922 – 25 October 2010)[1][2] was a Croatian poet.

After schooling in Zlarin, Šibenik and Split, she studied Romance languages and philosophy at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb. From 1947 she was a free artist, writing poetry, essays, criticism and children's literature. She translated works from Slovene, German, French and Bulgarian. Her first book of poetry Zore i vihori (1947) received negative reviews from social-realist critics. Zlata Kolarić-Kišur

Starting with the poems collection Crna maslina (1955) love was the primary motif of her written opus. Incessantly working on romantic lyrical poetry, from the 1960s on she published satiric verses directed at politics and the erotic. She wrote more than 20 works for children alone, the most prominent and widely performed being Mačak Džingiskan i Miki Trasi. She also wrote several drama pieces, the most significant of which is the ballad Marija i mornar.

Parun's other significant works include:

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