13 Facts About Vladimir Nazor

Vladimir Nazor was a Croatian poet and politician.

Vladimir Nazor was not an active politician until 1941, but had a significant political influence through ethical aspects of his work during prewar Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

Vladimir Nazor acquired much literary popularity in Croatia writing about folk legends and stories, including Big Joseph, which features a helpful and kind hearted giant named Joze living in the town of Motovun.

Vladimir Nazor supported the opposition alliance led by Vladko Macek in the 1938 Yugoslavian election.

Vladimir Nazor became one of Josip Broz Tito's closest associates and the President of Croatia's World War II assembly, the ZAVNOH.

Vladimir Nazor went on to write a war diary With Partisans.

Vladimir Nazor began his political career as the head of the State Anti-fascist Council for the National Liberation of Croatia, the provisional Croatian World War II deliberative assembly, before becoming head of the first post-war Croatian National Parliament.

Vladimir Nazor's position carried little real political power, which was instead invested in the office of the President of the Government and informally with the Secretary of the Communist Party of Croatia.

However, it is a matter of debate whether Vladimir Nazor really became a fervent communist or supported the regime mostly out of fear and opportunism.

Vladimir Nazor reached the highest scope in poems of so-called pagan phase, published in books of verse Lyrics and New Poems.

Vladimir Nazor spoke several languages and translated Italian, German, French, and English.

In 2008, a total of 306 streets in Croatia were named after Vladimir Nazor, making him the second most common person eponym of streets in the country behind Matija Gubec.

Vladimir Nazor's works have been translated into following languages :.