Biography Miloš Crnjanski

miloš crnjanski in 1914

crnjanski born in csongrád, hungary, impoverished family moved in 1896 temesvár (today timişoara, romania) grew in patriarchal-patriotic community implanted cult of serbia , serbian heritage in soul precious relic. 1 of deepest , longest lasting sensations of childhood national , religious content: church school, st. sava icon, incense, serbian orthodox cemetery burial ceremonies, evening stories , songs serbia, hajduks, , ottoman turkish oppression – of in boy s emotions transferred continual unrest, became everlasting source of hope, joy, doubt, disappointment , rebelliousness. completed elementary school in pančevo, , grammar school in timişoara. started attending export academy in rijeka in 1912, , in autumn of following year started studying in vienna.

at beginning of world war i, crnjanski persecuted part of general anti-serbian retribution of austria princip s assassination in sarajevo, instead of being sent jail, drafted army , sent galician frontline fight against russians wounded in 1915. during of these tragic war days, crnjanski spent time alone in vienna war hospital, although before end of war sent italian front. in memory, sights of havoc of war impressed unerasably. after war, completed studies of art history , philosophy in vienna , graduated university of belgrade 1 of students of famous literature critic bogdan popovic.

middle years

thirty million innocent young war dead found place in anti-war verses of unfortunate young soldier, ideas brought war, zagreb , belgrade, stayed longest time. point on, crnjanski lived homer s unfortunate hero, returns poem ithaca after long odyssey. odysseus, hero found way preserve vital strength of life, unlike crnjanski (along generation) returned destroyed homeland feeling of tiredness , resignation. both in wartime , post-war verses, tired poet wrote sincerely of resignation , lost illusions.

from ramble across bloody frontlines of europe, crnjanski returned thoughts necessity of dispelling false myths of eternal values of civil ethics. both in poetry , life, lives sentimental anarchist , tired defeatist remembered sorrowfully relics of youth, in eyes discarded, bloodied, , spat upon. @ time considered himself member of progressive social forces , argued socialism, rebellion days perhaps strong reaction horrors of recent wars.

the literary work of miloš crnjanski period significant contribution effort of generation find new language , expression new themes , concepts. new verse, , lot of emotional bitterness, expressed discord. in days, spoke futility of war, pugently negated kosovo battle myths , sarcastically mocked saw delusion of golden century mankind.

using strength of compelling poet s word, may have done away many civil values, wasn t able see or start new ruins. both verse , prose of crnjanski strong during post-war years, long war-fuelled revolt lived on in him. in time, however, feelings dwindled, and, crnjanski still wandered , staggered, gradually growing closer ideals of serbian bourgeoisie, afraid of approaching proletarian revolution.