Đuro Vilović | |
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Born | Brela, Kingdom of Dalmatia, Austria-Hungary | 11 December 1889
Died | 22 December 1958 Bjelovar, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia | (aged 69)
Occupation | Writer |
Language | Croatian |
Period | Interwar |
Đuro Vilović (11 December 1889 – 22 December 1958) was a Yugoslav publicist, one of the most widely read and controversial writers of Croatian interwar literature and a member of the Chetniks. [1] [2]
Initially, a Croatian nationalist and a Roman Catholic priest, Vilović left the Roman Catholic church, joining a Serbian nationalist Chetnik movement during World War II and becoming a close ally of Draža Mihailović, for which he was sentenced to 7 years in prison at the Belgrade Process in 1946 by the new communist regime. He died on 22 December 1958 in Bjelovar. [1] [2]
Vilović completed gymnasium high school in Split and theology program in Zadar. [3] Between 1913 and 1915 he was a Roman Catholic priest after which he went to study philosophy in Vienna. [3] He was prosecuted for World War II collaboration after the end of the war. [3]
Vilović was a significant author of Croatian literature. During the Interwar period, he was one of the most popular writers in Yugoslavia. [1]