Nikola Polić (26 November 1890 – 15 October 1960) was a Croatian poet. Polić's family (including his more widely-known brother Janko Polić Kamov) moved to

Zagreb Zagreb ( ) is the capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Croatia#List of cities and towns, largest city of Croatia. It is in the Northern Croatia, north of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the ...

where he attended high school and then alternated living in Zagreb and Sušak where he worked as the City Library principal. He wrote under the influence of

Antun Gustav Matoš Antun Gustav Matoš (; 13 June 1873 – 17 March 1914) was a Croatian poet, short story writer, journalist, essayist and travelogue writer. He is considered the champion of Croatian modernist literature, opening Croatia to the currents of E ...

and his first poems were published in the 1914 collection ' ("Croatian Young Poetry") edited by

Ljubo Wiesner Ljubo Wiesner (February 2, 1885 in Zagreb – July 3, 1951 in Rome) was a Croatian poet. He was a follower of Antun Gustav Matoš's work.

. He published ''Jučerašnji grad'' ("Yesterday's City") as his first collection of poetry in 1936, followed by ''Pjesme'' ("Poems") and ''Nad ukočenim gradom'' ("Above the Inflexible City") in 1951 and 1961, respectively. His

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''Fortunatov utorak'' ("Fortune's Tuesday") was published in 1930, and a collection of

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s ''Marginalia'' in 1921.

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