Коста Абрашевић, први пролетерски песник

Abstract

Kosta Abrašević, though already forgotten, deserves the attention as our first proletarian poet who had founded a new poetry – social and proletarian one. The paper presents his exhaustive biography, analyses his influences, beside the surroundings, of the folk songs from the south and Šabac, the influence of the teacher (Vladimir Jovanović) and the poet (Zmaj). It completes his body of work by presenting his unknown contribution to the Sombor’s magazine for the children – Golub and unknown aphoristic verses, published after his death under the pseudonym “Abraš”.