Milos Crnjanski - Viktor Kalinke : Ithaka

[NinaZivan]

He is the translator, my friend

[peeedja]

yes, but why is this in German? And I don't know who is this guy with him?

[NinaZivan]

Unlike many other Serbian poets and writers, Crnjanski was a pacifist, disgusted by the ravages of the First World War where he found himself a soldier in the Austro-Hungarian army. If we read his poetry aloud today, we are likely to find in it not only his metaphysical quest for the distant blue star and a free land of poetry, but also the harsh criticism of Serbian nationalism, that form of a collectively induced madness again prevalent in political speeches in his home country today.

[Mihajlovucic]

Samo bih hteo da dodam da ne treba izvuci zakljucak iz ove poslednje recenice da je Milos Crnjanski bio protivnik srpskog nacionalizma. Naprotiv, kao glavni urednik casopisa "Ideje" pokrenutog 1934, zajedno sa ostalim saradnicima on razvija pojam jednog novog prosvecenog rodoljublja, ali istovremeno ukorenjenog u pravoslavlju i pogotovo svetosavlju.

[NinaZivan]

The contents of this early expressionist verse were smeared with the blood of his comrades killed in the First World War - men who had been disillusioned even before the fighting. Unable to change the reality of the early 1920s in Europe, Crnjanski turned to the transcendental thought of the Far East - thus his numerous translations of ancient Chinese and Japanese poetry, which influenced his own verse profoundly.

[NinaZivan]

Crnjanskis innovative style in poetry, deeply rooted in metaphysical expressionism which he himself called "Sumatrism" finds its affinities in Bergsonian echoes of Eastern philosophies that ruled European poetry in the beginning of the century. Somewhat lacking in the dualistic categories of expression which characterized the verse of his contemporaries, Crnjanski's poetry dwells nonetheless between the late Serbian Symbolism, new Russian formalism and his own distinctive Modernist approach.

[NinaZivan]

Miloš Crnjanski (1893-1973), one of the seminal figures of 20th century Yugoslav literature, was born in Vojvodina, spent most of his adult life in political exile in Europe, and died in Belgrade, shortly upon his return to his homeland. Poet, novelist, essayist, and playwright, he is considered to be, along with Ivo Andric, the founder of Modernism in Yugoslav literature. However, due to the political circumstances he was not as widely translated as the Nobel prize winner Andric or Vasko Popa.

[Banosaurus]

I can't understand germany so much, can somebody translate to me this lyrics, or at least that text from the right side? please?

[Caeiro001]

Great! It shows Crnjanskis time in authentic pictures.