Farces & Novellas (ePub)

Janko PoliĿ (1886 - 1910) was born in Sušak today part of the Croatian city of Rijeka. In this period Croatia was governed by Austro-Hungary. He became increasingly rebellious, even spending a short time in prison because of his political views. After a troubled childhood, disillusionment with school, part time jobs and theatrical performances, he found solace in literature and soon began writing himself. In 1905 he wrote his first stories and began travelling to the inspirational literary cities of the day. During this period he gave himself the pseudonym of 'Kamov' - after the Old Testament character of 'Ham.' Ham was one of Noah's sons who had seen his father naked after a drinking spree. Many of the themes in Kamov's writings would reflect his real life experiences and are written in the first person or as his alter ego. Kamov's work, the dramas, poems, farces, novellas are seen as a precursor of Croatian modernism, existentialism, avant-garde, absurdism and surrealism, at a time when these genres were only just emerging globally. During his short life he struggled to be accepted and published as a professional poet, dramatist and novelist. He is considered to be highly original writer for the period, despising bourgeois hypocrisy, injustice, ridiculing the social norms and niceties of the day. His work also deals with the darker side of the human psyche, madness, violence, sexual excess, alcohol, religious duality, the class system, poverty and the overall human condition. His one and only novel 'Isušena kaljuſa' ('The Dried-Out Mire') was finally published in 1953, long after his death and its surreal expressionist narrative, psychosexually, spiritually conflicted stream of consciousness is considered by many to be one of Croatian literature's best writings, yet is still not translated into English. Unfortunately Kamov was not properly recognised for his contribution to literature until many years after his death in Barcelona from an unspecified abdominal

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