Milan Begović (January 19, 1876 – May 13, 1948) was a

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ian writer, born in

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, in the territory of today's

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. He was educated in

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and

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and spent some time as high school professor in Split before going to

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and Vienna to pursue career in theatre. Begović wrote stories and novels, but he is best known for plays he wrote in 1920 and 1930. The best known titles are ''Pustolov pred vratima'' (Adventurer at the Door) and comedy ''Amerikanska jahta u splitskoj luci'' (American Yacht in Split Harbour). He also wrote the lyrics for a famous Croatian opera ''

Ero s onoga svijeta ''Ero s onoga svijeta'' (usually translated as ''Ero the Joker'', literally ''Ero from the other world'') is a comic opera in three Act (theater), acts by Jakov Gotovac, with a libretto by Milan Begović based on a Folklore, folk tale. The genesis ...

''. In 1942, he edited ''Hrvatska proza XX. stoljeća'', a collection of contemporary Croatian writers. With the establishment of communist Yugoslavia in 1945, the Writers' Society of Croatia judged that Begović had collaborated with the war-time

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.Timeline of Milan Begović
Begović died in Zagreb in 1948 and, due to his falling out with the regime, his death was neither announced nor given special honours. He was buried at

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.Milan Begović at Gradska Groblja

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Ljetopis Milana Begovića
1876 births 1948 deaths People from Vrlika Croatian dramatists and playwrights Croatian writers Members of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts Burials at Mirogoj Cemetery Yugoslav writers {{Croatia-writer-stub