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Drago Gervais (April 18, 1904, Opatija – July 3, 1957, Sežana) was a Croatian Istrian poet and playwright, one of the most prominent authors of Istrian poetry in Chakavian dialect. Events 1025 - Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Opatija (Sankt Jakobi Italian: Abbazia) is a Town in western Croatia, just southwest of Rijeka on the Adriatic coast Events 324 - Battle of Adrianople Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Sežana (Sesana is a town and a municipality in the Karst region of western Slovenia, near the border with Italy. Croatia (Hrvatska ˈxȓvatska officially the Republic of Croatia ( Republika Hrvatska) is a southern Central European country at the crossroads between This article is about a geographical region bordering the Adriatic Sea Chakavian dialect ( Čakavian; Croatian: čakavski, proper name čakavica or čakavština) is a dialect of the Croatian language

Drago Gervais was born in 1904 in Opatija. His father Artur who was descendant of a French soldier who came here during Napoleon's occupation was music teacher born in Severin na Kupi in Gorski kotar region and his mother Klementina was native from Opatija. Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821 was a French military and political leader who had a significant impact on the History of Europe. Gorski kotar (English Mountain District) is the mountainous Region in Croatia between Karlovac and Rijeka. He had one sister Blanka. In 1918 because of Italian anexation of Istria he moves with his family to Bakar. Bakar (Buccari is a town in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar county in western Croatia. In 1922 he graduates in Sušak lycee and goes to Zagreb Law School. Sušak is a part of the city of Rijeka in Croatia, where it composes the eastern part of the city During his study he starts to cooperate with Triest magazine Naš Glas where he published his first two poems Iz Improvizacija and Mi. Trieste (Trieste Slovene and Croatian: Trst; German: Triest) is a city and port in northeastern Italy very near to After his second year study he moves to Ljubljana Law School, but finishes his senior year in Zagreb. Ljubljana ( is the largest and Capital city of Slovenia. It is located in the center of the country and is a mid-sized city of some 270000 inhabitants Zagreb (ˈzɑːgrɛb is the Capital and the largest city of Croatia. Soon after his diploma he moves to Crikvenica where he finds a job in local law firm. Crikvenica (pronounced /ˈtsrikvɛnitsa/ Latin: Ad Turres) is a town in the west of Croatia, population 7121 (2001 total municipality population 11348 Next year he publishes his first collection of Poems Čakavski stihovi. Later he worked in Bjelovar and Belgrade where he spent war years. Bjelovar (Belovár is a city in central Croatia. It is the administrative centre of Bjelovar-Bilogora county. Belgrade (Београд Beograd is the Capital and largest city of Serbia.

After the war he goes back Istria but went back to Belgrade where he worked for state news agency Tanjug and ministry of foreign affairs but soon went back to Rijeka were he became director of Rijeka's Croatian National theater Ivan Zajc and remained on this position until his sudden death in car accident near Sežana in 1957. Rijeka (other Croatian dialects Rika and Reka, Reka Italian and Hungarian: Fiume, Sankt Veit am Pflaumb is Sežana (Sesana is a town and a municipality in the Karst region of western Slovenia, near the border with Italy.

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