Antun Gustav Matoš
Antun Gustav Matoš (born June 13, 1873 in Tovarnik , † March 17, 1914 in Zagreb ) was a Croatian writer . He is considered to be the pioneer and most important figure of Croatian modernism in literature.
Life
Matoš was two years old when the family moved to Zagreb, where his father, a teacher, got a new job. In Zagreb he attended grammar school, but had to repeat the seventh grade because he a. a. did not achieve sufficient performance in his mother tongue. After graduating from high school, he studied veterinary medicine in Vienna without a degree. In 1893 he was called up to the army. Matoš was temporarily imprisoned as a deserter before he managed to escape to Serbia . The following years he lived as a refugee in Belgrade , Geneva and Paris . There he wrote most of his works. Only after his amnesty in 1908 did he return to Zagreb, where he died six years later.
Literary work
His first novella Moć savjesti (German: The power of conscience ) was published as early as 1892 . It marks the beginning of Croatian modernism in literature. In Belgrade, he mainly wrote reviews, as well as essays and feature articles. With his brother's passport, he traveled to Paris in 1899, where he was under the influence of Symbolists and Impressionists : He read works by Charles Baudelaire , Guy de Maupassant , Prosper Mérimée and Edgar Allan Poe, among others . This time was decisive for the formation of his aesthetic views and two collections of novels soon appeared, Iverje (German: wood chips , 1899) and Novo iverje (German: new wood chips , 1900). The third collection of novels, Umorne priče ( Eng .: Tired Stories , 1909) was only published after his return to Zagreb. In his poetry, a total of around 80 poems, the influence of Baudelaire is recognizable. B. in the sonnet form, musicality and synesthesia . Many of these poems found their way into anthologies of Croatian poetry, such as B. Utjeha kose (German: The comfort of the hair ), Jesenje veče (German: The autumn evening ), Notturno or 1909 . Matoš is also known for his travelogues, in which the landscape is often treated as an independent motif or the only theme, for example in Oko Lobora (English: Around Lobor , 1907).
Works
- Iverje (1899)
- Novo iverje (1900)
- Ogledi (German: Essays , 1905)
- Vidici i putovi (German: Horizons and ways , travel reports, 1907)
- Umorne priče (1909)
- Naši ljudi i krajevi (German: Our people and areas , travel reports, 1910)
- Pečalba (German: guest work , feature pages , 1913)
- Pjesme (German: poems , 1923)
Web links
- Literature by and about Antun Gustav Matoš in the catalog of the German National Library
- M. Šeper: Matoš, Antun Gustav (1873–1914), writer. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 6, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1975, ISBN 3-7001-0128-7 , p. 144 f. (Direct links on p. 144 , p. 145 ).
- Biography and list of works (Croatian)
- Poems (Croatian) ( Memento from May 25, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- Camao and other short stories, satires and a portrait. Vienna 2012
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Matoš, Antun Gustav |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Croatian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 13, 1873 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tovarnik |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 17, 1914 |
| Place of death | Zagreb |