Grigor Vitez

Grigor Vitez
Portrait of Vitez
Portrait of Vitez
BornGrigorije Vitez
15 February 1911
Kosovac near Gornji Bogićevci, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, Austro-Hungary[1]
Died23 November 1966(1966-11-23) (aged 55)
Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
OccupationWriter
LanguageSerbo-Croatian
CitizenshipYugoslav
Notable awardsOrder of Labour
Order of the Republic

Grigorije "Grigor" Vitez (Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: Григорије "Григор" Витез; 15 February 1911 – 23 November 1966) was a Yugoslav writer and translator. He is best remembered as the author of children's poetry and other forms of literature for children and youth.

  1. ^ Draško Ređep (1971). Živan Milisavac (ed.). Jugoslovenski književni leksikon [Yugoslav Literary Lexicon]. Novi Sad (SAP Vojvodina, SR Serbia: Matica srpska. p. 569.