Dobitnik je brojnih nagrada kao što su Orden rada sa zlatnim vijencem, Zmajeva nagrada Matice srpske u Novom Sadu za knjigu Prsten (1964), Povelja Pododbora Matice hrvatske kao znak priznanja za toplu ljubav prema zavičaju (1965) u Slavonskom Brodu, brončana medalja kipara Željka Janeša (1966), Nagrada Vladimir Nazor za životno djelo (1968), plaketa Marko Marulić (1972) u Žminju, Orden zasluga za narod sa zlatnom zvijezdom (1976) u Parizu, Plaketa grada Zagreba i dr. Godine 2000. objavio je zbirku Svi moji haiku.

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Born in Rastušje nearby Slavonski Brod, died on July 6th 2007 in Zagreb. He graduated in the study of literature and philosophy in Zagreb in 1937. A member of the Croatian Academy of Arts and Sciences, he was the President of the Croatian Writer’s Association 1964-1965. He edited numerous critical works by Croatian Writer’s of the 19th and 20th Century, translated numerous poems by V. Nezval, Goethe, Hölderlin, Novalis and Heine and edited several anthologies. Many of his poems and collections of poems have been translated into over twenty languages.

He published over 500 poems in over twenty collections and prepared several editions of his selected and collected poems. For his work he received many prestigeous awards and prizes: Medal for work with golden wreath, Novi Sad 1964 ‘Zmajeva’ award of ‘Matica Srpska’, Novi Sad (1964) for the collection The Ring, (1964), Diploma of the subcommittee of ‘Matica hrvatska’ as a recognition for one’s heartfelt love for the region of Slavonski Brod, 1965 in Slavonski Brod; Bronze medal by the sculptor Željko Janeš (1966), The Vladimir Nazor Prize for life’s work (1968), Plaque Marko Marulić (1972), Žminj, Medal for services to the people with golden star (1976), Paris, Medallion of City of Zagreb etc. In year 2000 he published his collection Svi moji haiku (All my Haiku).