


After the Second World War, he held various cultural posts in Socialist Yugoslavia, and was most notably the editor of the Yugoslav Lexicographical Institute and a constant advisor on cultural affairs to President Tito. A "Communist of his own making", he was severely criticized in Communist circles in the 1930s for his refusal to submit to the tenets of socialist realism. Krleža dominated the cultural life of Croatia and Yugoslavia for half a century. His style combines visionary poetic language and sarcasm. Krleža wrote numerous essays on problems of art, history, politics, literature, philosophy, and military strategy, and was known as one of the great polemicists of the century. His works often include themes of bourgeois hypocrisy and conformism in Austria-Hungary and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Glembay, 1929), short stories ( Croatian God Mars, 1922), novels ( The Return of Philip Latinowicz, 1932 On the Edge of Reason, 1938), and an intimate diary. He wrote notable works in all the literary genres, including poetry ( Ballads of Petrica Kerempuh, 1936), theater ( Messrs. Miroslav Krleža ( pronounced 7 July 1893 – 29 December 1981) was a Yugoslav and Croatian writer who is widely considered to be the greatest Croatian writer of the 20th century. Novelist, playwright, poet, philosopher, essayist, cultural critic
