Which Croatian writer and critic of the Moderna period wrote the poetry collections containing Jesenje vece and Utjeha kose?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. Antun Gustav Matos
- Step 1: Recall the poet who wrote the sonnet Utjeha kose following the death of a beloved woman. Step 2. Antun Gustav Matoš was the central aesthetic figure of Croatian Moderna, renowned for sonnets such as Jesenje veče, Utjeha kose, and Notturno. Answer: Antun Gustav Matos. Why not the others: Vladimir Vidrić published impressionist landscapes in Pjesme; Milan Begović wrote Pustolov pred vratima; Fran Galović was a Kajkavian dialect poet.
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