VJEKOSLAV KALEB
Vjekoslav Kaleb (1905 - 1996) born in Tisno, was known as a writer, novelist, teacher and academic. He gained his education in Zadar, Šibenik and Zagreb, and for most of his career he worked as a writer and teacher. Kaleb also wrote film scripts, articles, reportages and reviews and was the editor of several magazines, as well as the secretary of Matica Hrvatska and the Society of Croatian Writers.
In total, he published 57 short stories and three novels. As a teacher in Dalmatinska Zagora, he often depicted the life of the remote villages of this region in his novels. He participated in the People's Liberation War, and after the war he wrote short prose and novels with the theme of the struggle, describing people's lives in their most difficult and beautiful moments.
Among his best-known works are the novellas "The Guest", "Hasty Wind" and "Brigade", as well as the novels "White Stone", "Humiliated Streets" and "Dead Sounds". "The Guest" is considered his best-known and earliest novella. That his literary work was so successful is also evidenced by the fact that his works have been translated into many foreign languages, and the Elementary School in his hometown was named after him.
Sources:
Kaleb, Vjekoslav. Hrvatska enciklopedija, mrežno izdanje. Leksikografski zavod Miroslav Krleža, 2013. – 2024. Pristupljeno 25.9.2024. https://www.enciklopedija.hr/clanak/kaleb-vjekoslav
Kaleb, Vjekoslav. Hrvatski biografski leksikon (1983–2024), mrežno izdanje. Leksikografski zavod Miroslav Krleža, 2024. Pristupljeno 25.9.2024. https://hbl.lzmk.hr/clanak/kaleb-vjekoslav
