Branko Ve Poljanski Explained

Branko Ve Poljanski (pseudonym of Branislav Micić, 22 October 1898, Sošice - 14 January, 1947, Recloses, France) was a Serb poet and painter active in the Serbo-Croat avant-garde. He was the co-founder of the avant-garde movement Zenitism and its magazine Zenit.[1]

Biography

He was born Branislav Micić in Austro-Hungarian Empire's part of nowadays Croatia. Both he and his brother, Ljubomir Micić became prominent avant-garde artists. Branko qualified as teacher in Zagreb and moved to Ljubljana where he founded Svetokret journal in 1921.[2] He then moved first to Vienna and then Berlin, where he got involved with Der Sturm, the Avant-garde magazine published by Herwarth Walden.[2]

He married a French woman, with whom he had four children.[3] He did not publish anything after 1940, although he died only in 1947.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: The Routledge Companion to Expressionism in a Transnational Context. 9781351777995. Wünsche. Isabel. 2018-09-03.
  2. Web site: Branko Ve Poljanski . Avantgarde Museum . Avantgarde Museum . 17 March 2019.
  3. Web site: Branislav Micić /Branko Ve Poljanski/ (1898—1947) . riznicasrpska.net . Riznica Sprska . 17 March 2019 . 18 January 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230118172010/http://riznicasrpska.net/knjizevnost/index.php?topic=1106.0;wap2 . dead .