Tin Ujević

thumb|Tin Ujević in 1940 Tin Ujević Augustin Josip "Tin" Ujević (5 July 1891 – 12 November 1955) was a Croatian poet, considered by many to be the greatest poet in 20th-century Croatian literature. From 1921, he ceased to sign his name as Augustin, thereafter using the signature Tin Ujević. Quotes about Ujević A voice with no hunger. No grief. No gossip. A voice that’s never bitten itself trying not to speak. Real language stumbles. It hesitates. It remembers.I think of Tin Ujevic, Croatia’s great poet, who [had] once entered a tavern unshaven and was refused wine. He returned the next day in a suit. They served him. He poured the wine into his pocket. Feeding the coat, he said. You weren’t serving me.That, too, is language. Who’s being fed? What’s being served? Maria B. Olujic, "Creating New Tongues: On Language as Adaptation and Resistance", Literary Hub (November 24, 2025) External links Category:1891 births Category:1955 deaths Category:Poets from Croatia