Fran Galović

Publications Only four of Galović's books were published during his lifetime: Tamara (1907), ('Four Cities', 1913), ('The Enchanted Mirror', 1913) and ('Confession', 1914). Although most of his poems were written in his native Kajkavian dialect, only his Štokavian poetry was published while he was still alive.

In one of his Kajkavian collections, ('From My Little Hills'), Galović repeated some motifs known from his Štokavian poetry: the drama of leaving the homeland, the impossibility of return, the unattainability of happiness, the anxiety of losing one's roots, the tragedy of transience. In some poems, impressionistic images of idyllic homeland predominate and some resemble expressionist miniatures with a strong charge of apart sensibility (lonely premonitions of death, unknown "something", pictorial and sound grotesque). Acting in the era of Croatian modernity, he accepted a variety of artistic and aesthetic programs. That is why his works are marked by stylistic searches in a thematic range from ancient mythology to the twilight atmospheres of European symbolism.

Galović's legacy in Croatian literature remains strong. Since 1994, a yearly celebration of his work – called "Galović's Autumn" – is hosted by the Croatian Ministry of Culture and Media and the city of Koprivnica.

Works Tamara Četiri grada Začarano ogledalo Ispovijed

Posthumously: Pjesme, 1, 2, 1940. Članci i kritike, 1942. Drame, 1942. Pripovijesti, 1942. Djela Frana Galovića, 1-10, 1942.-1943. Pjesme, 1943. Z mojih bregov, 1948. Poezija i proza, 1963. Lirika. Pripovijetke. Drame. Kritika, 1966. Izbor iz djela, 1969. Z mojih bregov, 1944. Izabrana djela, 1997. Izabrane pjesme, 1997. Izbor iz djela, 1999. Zeleni oblak, 2000. Z mojih bregov i druge pjesme, 2002. Pjesme, 2005. Pripovijetke, 2005. Sabrana djela Frana Galovića, 2006. Drame I., 2007.