Croatian literature

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Simeon Veliki

The work is a historical drama set in the first half of the 10th century, during the conflict between the Bulgarian Empire under Emperor Simeon I the Great and the Croatian Kingdom under King Tomislav. First edition.

Simfonije

Simfonije

Symphonies (1933) is a cycle of six great poems by Krleža. Early, vitalistic, pantheistic poems charged with lush rhythm, sensual images, and an ecstatic experience of nature and life.

Sintaksa hrvatskoga književnog jezika: Nacrt za gramatiku

The work Syntax of the Croatian Literary Language by Radoslav Katičić is a fundamental grammatical research that systematically describes the sentence structures and laws of the Croatian standard language.

Sizifova sreća - razgovori, kronike

Ivan Lovrenović's collection documents thirty years of change in Bosnia and Herzegovina through interviews, essays, and dialogues. The author, a witness to the era, examines old attitudes in the new reality, emphasizing the atrophy of rationality and soci

Sjaj Danice ilirske, ili preko 630 citata o raznim krijepostima i dužnostima

An anthology from the 20th anniversary of Danica Illyrska with more than 630 poems and quotes about virtues and duties. The Illyrian spirit transformed into a practical moral and patriotic compass for the education of the heart, mind, and community.

Sjaj mjesečine / The Moonlight brightness

Compare the Croatian text and the English translation

Sjene ljubavi

A key novel of Croatian modernity. Leskovar depicts the overly sensitive writer Marcel Bušinski, who sinks in passive decadence into the shadows of unrealized, painful love, introspection, and mental weakness. First edition.

Sjene vatre: haiku

In a haiku poem, we come across transpositions and inversions of common, everyday expressions. The pearls of that poetry are not only sparks in the darkness of life, but also a cognitive breakthrough into its pores.