Đuro Vilović | |
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| Born | 11 December 1889 Brela, Kingdom of Dalmatia, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 22 December 1958 (aged 69) Bjelovar, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | Croatian |
| Period | Interwar |
Đuro Vilović (11 December 1889 – 22 December 1958) was a Yugoslav publicist, one of the most widely read and controversial writers of Croatian interwar literature and a member of the Chetniks.[1][2]
Initially, a Croatian nationalist and a Roman Catholic priest, Vilović left the Roman Catholic church, joining a Serbian nationalist Chetnik movement during World War II and becoming a close ally of Draža Mihailović, for which he was sentenced to 7 years in prison at the Belgrade Process in 1946 by the new communist regime. He died on 22 December 1958 in Bjelovar.[1][2]
Biography
Vilović completed gymnasium high school in Split and theology program in Zadar.[3] Between 1913 and 1915 he was a Roman Catholic priest after which he went to study philosophy in Vienna.[3] He was prosecuted for World War II collaboration after the end of the war.[3]
Literature works
Vilović was a significant author of Croatian literature. During the Interwar period, he was one of the most popular writers in Yugoslavia.[1]
Novels
- Aesthete (1919)
- Međumurje (1923)
- Three Hours (1925)
- The Master of the Soul (1931)
- The Bell Mourned the Virgin (1938)
Short stories
- A Stale Life (1923)
- Mandorlato (1924)
- Croatian North and South (1930).
References
- 1 2 3 "Vilović, Đuro | Hrvatska enciklopedija". www.enciklopedija.hr. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
- 1 2 "Gordana Vilović : Moj stric Ðuro politički je loše prosuđivao". mvinfo.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2021-04-14.
- 1 2 3 Krešimir Georgijević (1971). Živan Milisavac (ed.). Jugoslovenski književni leksikon [Yugoslav Literary Lexicon]. Novi Sad (SAP Vojvodina, SR Serbia: Matica srpska. p. 567.