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25 december 2009 croatian 22 june 1921 radovan ivšić 20th century poetry , drama , essays university of zagreb paris , france 200px annie le brun annie_le_brun _ et_radovan_ivsic . jpg radovan ivšić poet , dramatist , translator radovan ivšić and annie le brun zagreb , kingdom of yugoslavia stjepan ivšić -lrb- father -rrb- surrealism '' king gordogan '' radovan ivšić

radovan ivšić

radovan ivšić -lrb- june 22 , 1921 -- december 25 , 2009 -rrb- was a croatian writer , best known for his drama `` kralj gordogan '' and book of poems crno .
ivšić spent his life uncompromising in the spirit of liberty .
those values made him close to surrealist movement .
he was a friend of andré breton and toyen and was one of the signers of the last manifeste du surréalisme , 1955 .
his best-known quotations are `` never gave up your dreams '' and paraphrase `` we are our dreams '' .
