Filip Erceg

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Filip Erceg (born 1979) is a Croatian writer and political activist.

Erceg was born in Slavonski Brod, but lived his childhood in Bjelovar. He studied Politics at the University of Zagreb. As a student, he co-edited Hrvatska Ljevica and was a member of the Central Committee of the Socialist Labour Party. He was a member of the editorial board of the philosophical journal 11. teza ("Thesis Eleven") and is on the executive committee of August Cesarec Foundation. Filip Erceg is one of the three main editors of a reformist left-wing magazine in Croatia Novi Plamen.

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Erceg's poetry is influenced by works of Miroslav Krleža. He calls his style Alter-Modernism.

His first book is called Krvav povoj rane (2006) ISBN 953-95475-0-4. He has also written a book of political essays Od socijalizma do pesimizma, published in 2008 by Demokratska misao publishing house.

He also published poetry and short stories in several magazines including the leading Croatian literary journal Književna republika (edited by Velimir Visković), Balkan Literary Herald Balkanski književni glasnik (edited by Dušan Gojkov) etc., and articles in Vjesnik, Novosti, Hrvatska Ljevica, Novi Plamen etc.