Nikola Šop

Nikola Šop (Jajce, 19 August 1904 - Zagreb, 2 January 1982) was a Bosnian and Yugoslav poet. He was born in Jajce to a family of Bosnian Croats.

Overview

According to Saša Vereš, in a preface to Selected Works, in the 5th centuries of Croatian literature, Šop's work deals with a solitude, in which he place his "imagined poetic world, more so than religiosity itself", which "radiates from most of his poems as a natural state of mind and consciousness". Šop is a "modern Christian who overcomes dogmas with humanity, naivety and kindness, like fra. Marko Krneta from Andrić's short story, author addresses his verses directly to Jesus without piety, with warm human immediacy, as intimate messages to a friend who is equal to, and who shares good and evil with him". Šop's Christ is a "complete man", who renounces "divine power in order to soften, ennoble human hearts with his own humility and goodness".

Šop's poetry collections notably include Mysterious Prela (1943), whose "inner sophistication of religious feeling, ascended to the cosmic heights" which will inspire his follow-up collections, Houses in Space (1957) and Astrals (1961). In Chop's poetry, "religiosity reached a cosmic dimension" and "revealed its aesthetic value".

Literary works

Poetry collections also include:

• “Pjesme siromašnog sina” (1926.)
• “Isus i moja sjena” (1934.)
• “Od ranih do kasnih pijetlova” (1939.)
• “Za kasnim stolom” (1943.)
• “Tajanstvena prela” (1943.)
• “Kućice u svemiru” (1957.)
• “Astralije” (1961.)