Milan Begović

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Milan Begović (born January 19, 1876 in Vrlika , † May 13, 1948 in Zagreb ) was a Croatian writer and dramaturge .

Milan Begović

Life

Begović attended elementary school in Vrlika and grammar school in Split (1888-1894). He then studied at the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Zagreb 1894-1896 and Vienna 1897-1903, where he graduated in Slavic and Romance studies. Also active as an assistant teacher in Split and Zadar . In 1909 he began as a trainee at the Hamburg Deutsches Schauspielhaus and in 1910 as a dramaturge . He also worked at the theater academy . In 1912 Begović was dramaturge and director at the Neue Wiener Bühne in Vienna and in 1913 at the Srpsko narodno pozorište inNovi Sad . During the First World War he lived in Vienna, then from 1920 in Zagreb, although he made many trips through Europe. In 1927 he became head of the Drama Theater , in 1929 he was transferred to high school, and in 1932 he retired. Since 1936 he was a corresponding member of the academy.

After his death he was buried in the Mirogoj cemetery in Zagreb .

Works

Begović worked in all genres of poetry, but his particular love was the theater. As a playwright he was also known in the West and performed on stages abroad. Western influence can also be felt in his other works ( Ibsen , Pirandello ). Frequent psychological problems in his work also reveal the influence of Sigmund Freud . He sometimes used pseudonyms like Tugomir Cetinski, Xeres de la Maraja or Stanko Dušić. Begović translated numerous dramas from world literature into Serbo-Croatian.

  • Gretchen , poems 1893
  • Pjesme , poems 1896
  • Knjiga Boccadoro , poems 1900
  • Hrvatska pjesma , poems 1900
  • Myrrha , drama 1902
  • Život za cara , Sonnets 1904
  • Vojislav Ilić , 1904
  • Gospoda Walewska , drama 1906
  • Menuet , 1906
  • Venus victrix , 1906
  • Stana Biučića , drama 1909
  • Vrelo , 1912
  • Dunja u kovčegu , novel 1921
  • Male komedije , 1922
  • Svadbeni let , drama 1922
  • Nasmijana srca , 1923
  • Božji čovjek , drama 1924
  • Izabrane pjesme , poems 1925
  • Pustolov pred vratima , Drama 1926 (Eng. The adventurer at the door, 1925)
  • Hrvatski Diogenes , 1928
  • Tri drame , 1933
  • Kvartet , Stories 1936
  • Ero s onoga svijeta , libretto 1936 (German Ero der Schelm , Leipzig 1938), setting: Jakov Gotovac , opera 1936
  • Giga Barićeva , novel 1940
  • I Lela će nositi kapelin , 1941
  • Hearts in a Storm (Without the Third). Play in 3 acts. German Hamburg 1949
  • Puste želje , 1942 ( Eng . The Barren, 1964)
  • Put po Italiji , 1942
  • Kritike i prikazi , 1943
  • Umjetnikovi zapisi , 1943
  • Izabrana djela 2 vols. 1966
  • The American yacht in the port of Spalato. German Vienna 1930
  • Girls from Virlika. Play in 4 acts. German Berlin 1940
  • The sinner. Play in 3 acts. German Leipzig 1943
  • Two white loaves of bread, story. German Rijeka 1967

literature

  • Begović Milan. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 65.
  • Marijan Brajinovic: Milan Begović and his cultural relations with Vienna . Dissertation. University of Vienna, Vienna 1977.
  • Dragan Buzov: The Novels of Milan Begović. On the continuity of the decadence literature of the fin de siècle in the Croatian literature of the XX. Century . Lang, Frankfurt am Main (inter alia) 2000, ISBN 3-631-37043-1 . (At the same time: Dissertation. University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg 1998).
  • Nicole Fabach: The drama “Pustolov pred vratima” by Milan Begović . Thesis. University of Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt 2002.

Web links

Commons : Milan Begović  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Remarks

  1. ↑ Entries by Prof. Begović Milan in Adolph Lehmann ’s General Apartment Gazette for Vienna can be found in the years 1916 to 1920 at Josefstädter Straße 87.
  2. ^ First performance on December 13, 1941 at the Deutsches Volkstheater , Vienna. - See: Helmtraude Dienel:  Interesting night play in the Volkstheater. "Hearts in the Storm" premiered. In:  Wiener newest Nachrichten , No. 6751/1941 (XVII. Year), December 15, 1941, p. 4, top left. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / wnn.
personal data
SURNAME Begović, Milan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Yugoslav writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 19, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH Vrlika
DATE OF DEATH May 13, 1948
Place of death Zagreb