About Josip Kosor
Lived 1879 – 1961 (aged 81). Josip Kosor was a Yugoslav playwright and writer.
Josip Kosor (; 27 January 1879 – 23 January 1961) was a Croatian novelist, poet, and playwright. Starting as a novelist depicting peasant life in Dalmatia, Kosor "graduated into a naturalist dramatist of some power". He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature three times.
His plays Passion's Furnace (1912), The Invincible Ship (1921), and Reconciliation (1923) were translated for performance in England.
Works
People of the universe: four Croatian plays. Translated by Paul Selver, F. S. Copeland and J. N. Duddington. London: Hendersons, 1917. White flames: poems translated (by the author) from Croatian, London: C. W. Daniel Co., 1929.
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Who was Josip Kosor?
Croatian writer (1879–1961)
When was Josip Kosor born?
Josip Kosor was born on 27 January 1879 in Tribunj.
When did Josip Kosor die?
Josip Kosor died on 23 January 1961 in Dubrovnik.
What was Josip Kosor's occupation?
Josip Kosor was a playwright and writer.
What nationality was Josip Kosor?
Josip Kosor was Yugoslav.
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