Talk:Miroslav Krleža

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This article needs an intro, ideally 2-3 paragraphs which will summarise everything that the section say, so that somebody who's reading a related issue and checks to see who Miroslav Krleža was, they don't have to read the whole article to find out the basic information. Zocky 00:31, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] intro observation/opinion

Krleža has remained generally unknown despite his literary achievements, which surpass many Nobel winners in the category of literature. Croatian critics consider that this can be attributed to Krleža being Croatian, with Croatia being small and insignificant in more than just the geographical sense in the eyes of some, and, in part, to his political views which were often at odds with the authorities.

I don't think this is quite appropriate for the top of the page. --Joy [shallot] 00:19, 12 August 2005 (UTC)

I second that. And by the way: what about the volume of Krleža's work translated into major European languages? Is it possible to become "known" without the translations? GregorB 19:20, August 26, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Removed sentence

Striked out in the following paragraph:

The most notable collection of Krleža's short stories is anti-war book «Hrvatski bog Mars» («Croatian god Mars»), on the fates of Croatian soldiers sent to the slaughterhouse of World War I battlefields. However, modern readers will probably find more attractive other novellas and short stories, depicting turbulent relationships and blase boredom gnawing at upper classes of Croatian society before and after World War 1.

Removed on two counts: first, someone's opinion on what works will or will not be "found attractive" my modern readers does not belong to an encyclopedia. Second, I am a modern reader and I would choose "Croatian god Mars" over reading about "boredom gnawing at upper classes of Croatian society before and after World War 1" without a millisecond of thought — but that's precisely because I am a "modern reader". Anti-war prose never goes out of style, especially if it's as good as "Croatian god Mars" is. GregorB 19:33, August 26, 2005 (UTC)

I agree and therefore I have deleted this sentence. Martin 10:05, 28 August 2007 (UTC)