Croatian literature

Hrvatski enciklopedijski rječnik : Vit-Ž

Hrvatski humoristi

The humor in these texts varies from mild irony and witty descriptions of everyday life to sharper social criticism.

Hrvatski kraljevi

Hrvatsko kolo, svezak XIII.

Croatian Circle, Volume XIII from 1932, edited by Branimir Livadić and Milovan Gavazzi, is a valuable publication of Matica Hrvatska that includes diverse literary, scientific and cultural contributions.

Humka

Kovačević tells his story in a direct and simple way, one that responds to and springs from the nature of his heroes, a nature that is unobtrusive, simple-hearted and human.

Ibi, ljubavi moja

Idile i sjećanja

"Idylls and Memories" (1893) is a collection of stories by the Croatian writer Ksaver Šandor Gjalski, known for his portrayal of social situations and the landscape of Hrvatski Zagorje.

Igra oko smrti

Ili jesmo ili nismo

Either We Are or We Are Not (1933) is Slavko Kolar's most famous collection of short stories. With a satirical and warm sense of humor, Kolar depicts the life of the Croatian village and the common man in interwar Yugoslavia – electoral fraud, bureaucracy

Ilijina oporuka / Lijepa Anka

Book 16 of the Collected Works of August Šenoa combines two powerful narratives: a satirical critique of civic immorality and wastefulness in Ilija's Testament and a romantic, dramatic story of unhappy love and social barriers in Lijepa Anka.