Ljubo Wiesner

Ljubo Wiesner (February 2, 1885 in Zagreb – July 3, 1951 in Rome^[1]) was a Croatian poet. He was a follower of Antun Gustav Matoš's work.^[2]

Tin Ujević, Krešo Kovačić, and Ljubo Wiesner in 1911

He founded the publications Grič, Kritika and Savremenik.^[3] His introduction to Hrvatska mlada lirika in 1914 defined the poetic style of the followers of Matoš.^[2] Wiesner was also active musically, and played gusle.^[4] Wiesner translated foreign poetry into Croatian, including works by Walt Whitman.^[5] He was an editor of Mate Ujević's Croatian Encyclopedia.^[6]

During World War II he worked on the Berlin-based Suradnja.^[7] From 1948, until his death he lived in Rome at the Pontifical Croatian College of St. Jerome, where he organized the Vatican's radio program in Croatian.^[3]

Works

• Pjesme, Zagreb 1926.
• Pjesme, Zagreb 1943. (expanded edition)
• Izabrana djela, Zagreb 1970.
• Blago veče (izabrane pjesme), Zagreb 2001.
• Studija o A. G. Matošu (fragmenti), Zagreb 2002.
• Sabrana djela (pjesme, feljtoni, studije), Zagreb 2008.