Enver Čolaković
Enver Čolaković | |
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| Born | 27 May 1913 |
| Died | 18 August 1976 (aged 63) |
| Resting place | Mirogoj cemetery, Zagreb, Croatia |
| Occupation | Writer, journalist, translator |
| Language | Bosnian, German and Hungarian |
| Nationality | Yugoslav |
| Alma mater | University of BelgradeUniversity of Zagreb |
| Period | Postmodern |
| Genre | Poetry, novels |
| Notable works | The Legend of Ali Pasha |
| Notable awards | Matica hrvatska (1943) |
| Spouse |
Stella Čolaković
(m. 1947, posthumous year 1988) |
| Children | Esad Čolaković (1970-) Zlatan Čolaković (1955-2008) |
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Enver Čolaković (Cyrillic: Енвер Чолаковић; 27 May 1913 – 18 August 1976) was a Bosnian, Croatian and Hungarian writer, journalist and translator, best known for his 1944 novel The Legend of Ali Pasha. During the later stages of World War II, he served as a cultural attaché to the Independent State of Croatia embassy in Budapest. After the war, he spent the rest of his life in Zagreb, where he published several literary translations from Hungarian and German.