Mirko Bogović
Mirko Bogović (born February 2, 1816 in Varaždin , † May 4, 1893 in Zagreb ) was a Croatian poet and politician.
He attended the cadet school in Petrovaradin and studied in Szombathely and Zagreb . He worked as a lawyer, as well as a writer and politically active.
He edited the magazine Neven (marigold); Because of a poem by Ivan Filipović printed there , he was sentenced to two years in prison with him. Later he held several political offices, including Župan of Zágráb County and a member of the Sabor .
His poems dealt with politics, patriotism and love.
During the Bach absolutism he was one of the most important literary personalities in Croatia. He is also one of the authors of the Croatian novella Pripovijesti and he was also a playwright with a politically social tendency. In the works Frankopan and Stjepan, posljednji kralj bosanski , he takes a critical look at Croatian society.
Works
- Ljubice , 1844
- Smilje i kovilje , 1847
- Domorodni glasi
- Strelice
- Kola , 1854
- Nevena , 1852
- Matija Gubec kralj seljački (Mathias Gubec the peasant king), Zagreb 1859 (online at MDZ)
- Vinjage
- Silo za ognjilo
literature
- Bogović Mirko. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 99.
- J. Hahn: Bogović, Mirko . In: Biographical Lexicon on the History of Southeast Europe . Volume 1. Munich 1974, p. 227 f.
- Hrvatska Enciklopedija . Volume 2. 2000
Web links
- The poem Ljubavi Usomene ( Memento from June 9, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (June 9, 2007 version)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bogović, Mirko |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bogovich, Mirko |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Croatian poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 2, 1816 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Varaždin |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 4, 1893 |
| Place of death | Zagreb |