Đuro Vilović (11 December 1889 22 December 1958) was a
Yugoslav publicist, one of the most widely read and controversial writers of
Croatian interwar literature and a member of the
Chetniks
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Initially, a
Croatian nationalist
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Modern Croatian nationalism first arose in the 19th century after Budapest exerted increasing pressure for Magyarization of Cro ...
and a
Roman Catholic
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priest, Vilović left the Roman Catholic church, joining a
Serbian nationalist Chetnik movement during
World War II
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and becoming a close ally of
Draža Mihailović
Dragoljub "Draža" Mihailović ( sr-Cyrl, Драгољуб Дража Михаиловић; 27 April 1893 – 17 July 1946) was a Yugoslavs, Yugoslav Serb general during World War II. He was the leader of the Chetniks, Chetnik Detachments ...
, for which he was sentenced to 7 years in prison at the
Belgrade Process
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in 1946 by the
new communist regime. He died on 22 December 1958 in
Bjelovar.
Biography
Vilović completed
gymnasium high school in
Split and theology program in
Zadar
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Between 1913 and 1915 he was a Roman Catholic priest after which he went to study philosophy in
Vienna
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He was prosecuted for World War II collaboration after the end of the war.
Literature works
Vilović was a significant author of Croatian literature. During the
Interwar period
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, he was one of the most popular writers in
Yugoslavia
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.
Novels
* ''Aesthete'' (1919)
* ''Međumurje'' (1923)
* ''Three Hours'' (1925)
* ''The Master of the Soul'' (1931)
* ''The Bell Mourned the Virgin'' (1938)
Short stories
* ''A Stale Life'' (1923)
* ''Mandorlato'' (1924)
* ''Croatian North and South'' (1930).
References
1889 births
1958 deaths
People from Makarska
Yugoslav Roman Catholics
Croatian writers
Yugoslav prisoners and detainees
Chetnik personnel of World War II
Croatian nationalists
Serbian nationalists
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People convicted of treason against Yugoslavia