Vasko Popa


 
 

Vasko Popa (Serbian: ????? ????) (June 29, 1922 - January 5, 1991) was a Yugoslav poet of Romanian descent.

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He wrote in a succinct modernist style that owed more to French surrealism and Serbian folk traditions than to the Socialist Realism that dominated Eastern European literature after World War II. Popa fought with the partisans during World War II.

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  • Collected Poems, Anvil Press Poetry, 1998
  • Homage to the Lame Wolf: Poems by Vasko Popa, Oberlin College Press, 1987
  • Earth Erect, Anvil P Poetry, 1973
  • Golden Apple, Anvil P Poetry, 1980

 

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June 29: June 29 is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 185 days remaining....

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