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Grigor Vitez (Grigorije Vitez) was born on 15 February, 1911 in Kosovac near Gornji Bogićevci, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, Austro-Hungary, is a Yugoslav writer and translator. Discover Grigor Vitez's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 55 years old?

Popular As Grigorije Vitez
Occupation Writer
Age 55 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 15 February 1911
Birthday 15 February
Birthplace Kosovac near Gornji Bogićevci, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, Austro-Hungary
Date of death 23 November, 1966
Died Place Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality Hungary

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1911

Grigorije "Grigor" Vitez (Григорије "Григор" Витез; 15 February 1911 – 23 November 1966) was a Yugoslav writer and translator.

He is best remembered as the author of children's poetry and other forms of literature for children and youth.

He was born to a Serb family from north Dalmatia, which had previously used the surname Alavanja.

One of his ancestors held the honorary title of knight (vitez), which became the family surname.

He went to elementary school in Okučani and to a gymnasium in Nova Gradiška.

As a high school student he started collection folk poetry of the area.

Vitez went on to finish the state school for teachers.

1933

In 1933, he joined the Communists and fought in the World War II as a member of the Yugoslav Partisans.

After the World War II, he worked in the Ministry of Education and as editor for Mladost publishing house, in charge for children's and youth edition.

Vitez was also working for the Novo pokoljenje publishing company.

He edited thirteen publishing series for children and youth.

When Borislav Pekić authored an anthology of children's poetry, Vitez criticised him because, even though Serbian literature for children is de facto richer than Croatian, he should have included more poets from Croatia.

Vitez was a prolific translator, mostly from Russian.

He translated poems by Alexander Pushkin, Mikhail Lermontov, Boris Pasternak, Sergei Yesenin, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Eduard Bagritsky, Vera Inber, Alexey Surkov, Mikhail Golodny, Stepan Shchipachev, Aleksandr Tvardovsky etc., and prose from the works of Leo Tolstoy, Anton Chekhov, Maxim Gorky and Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy.

He also translated Pavel Golia, Fran Levstik, Srečko Kosovel, Matjaž Klopčič, Alojz Gradnik, Cene Vipotnik, Tone Pavček, Janez Menart and other Slovenian poets.

Alongside Russian and Slovenian he translated works from French language.

He held a correspondence with Nobel Prize winning writer Boris Pasternak.

Vitez died at the age of 55 and was buried in his hometown.

1967

Grigor Vitez Award for literature written for children was established in 1967.

It is the oldest awards of its kind in modern-day Croatia.

He was awarded the Yugoslav Order of Labour, Order of the Republic and Award of the city of Zagreb.

Schools in Osijek, Sveti Ivan Žabno, Poljana and Zagreb are named after him, as well as the local library in Gornji Bogićevci.

2011

Prosvjeta published his selected works in 2011, marking 100 years of his birth.

Most of the works by Serbian writers was removed from the textbooks and schools from Croatia during and after the Croatian War of Independence, but Vitez's works was continuously part of the school curriculum in Croatia.