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 (Ballads of Petrica Kerempuh, 1936), theater (Messrs. Glembay, 1929), short stories (Croatian God Mars, 1922), novels (The Return of Philip Latinowicz, 1932; On the Edge of Reason, 1938), and an intimate diary. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Miroslav Krleža has received more than 224,508 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Miroslav Krleža is the 841st most popular writer (up from 918th in 2019), the 29th most popular biography from Croatia (up from 32nd 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

Among writers, Miroslav Krleža ranks 841 out of 7,302. Before him are Adunis, Dubravka Ugrešić, Thietmar of Merseburg, Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz, Tibor Sekelj, and Ingeborg Bachmann. After him are Julian Barnes, Vittoria Colonna, Robert van Gulik, Heliodorus of Emesa, Juliette Récamier, and Varlam Shalamov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Miroslav Krleža ranks 34. Before him are Damdin Sükhbaatar, Hermann Balck, Qazi Muhammad, Fritz Perls, Andrés Segovia, and Juana Bormann. After him are Edward G. Robinson, Viktor Shklovsky, Leslie Howard, Hans Fallada, Walter Baade, and Prince Paul of Yugoslavia. Among people deceased in 1981, Miroslav Krleža ranks 27. Before him are Mohammad-Ali Rajai, Marcel Breuer, William Saroyan, Samuel Barber, A. J. Cronin, and Karl Böhm. After him are Georges Brassens, Max Delbrück, Abel Gance, Will Durant, Joseph Murphy, and Zarah Leander.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Miroslav Krleža ranks 29 out of 700. Before him are Ivan Ribar (1881), Rade Šerbedžija (1946), Joanna II of Naples (1373), Alida Valli (1921), Tomislav of Croatia (null), and Dubravka Ugrešić (1949). After him are Davor Šuker (1968), Omar Pasha (1806), Stjepan Radić (1871), Marko Marulić (1450), Franz von Suppé (1819), and Margaret of Hungary (1242).

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Among WRITERS In Croatia

Among writers born in Croatia, Miroslav Krleža ranks 2. Before him are Dubravka Ugrešić (1949). After him are Marko Marulić (1450), Ivan Gundulić (1589), Ljudevit Gaj (1809), Matthias Flacius (1520), Petar Zrinski (1621), Ödön von Horváth (1901), Slavenka Drakulić (1949), Marin Držić (1508), Tin Ujević (1891), and Niccolò Tommaseo (1802).

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