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Ulderiko Donadini: Abyss
Extremely rarely offered. The abyss: four scenes. Drama, printed by Kuzma Rožmanić, Zagreb 1919. Cover drawn by Ljubo Babić. Ulderiko Donadini - Abyss: four scenes. Drama, printed by Kuzma Rožmanić, Zagreb 1919. Cover drawn by Ljubo Babić. Very rarely offered. "Bezdan", performed at the Croatian National Theater in 1919. Director Dr. Branko Gavella. He received the Demeter Award for it. In 1920, it was performed in Ljubljana and Osijek; the backbone of the story is the unhappy love of Iva pl. Šubić and Nina Petrović, who, unable to bear the burden of their own existence, committed suicide. The piece stirred up the theater public at the time, more or less because of its immorality. Juraj Demetrović led the charge against Donadini. Donadini responds to him with the booklet "About my - immorality, and the morality of Mr. Juraj Demetrović". Ulderiko Donadini (Plaški, 1894-Zagreb, 1923) Storyteller, playwright and essayist. Together with Šimić, the founder of Croatian expressionism. He belonged to the bohemian circles of that time. He edited and launched the avant-garde magazine Kokot. Due to constant poverty, messy life; he was in constant conflict with the society around him, due to drunkenness and madness he is often in excessive situations. He was hospitalized several times in Stenjevac, he was diagnosed with schizophrenia and tuberculosis. On May 23, 1923, he committed suicide. Almost excellent condition!
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