Branko Miljković

Who was Branko Miljković?

Branko Miljković was an iconic Serbian poet.

He was best known across Yugoslavia and the Soviet bloc for his influential writings. At a time when no one could have foreseen anything but a bright future for the poet, he died prematurely in 1961 at the age of 27. He was found hanging from a tree in Zagreb, Croatia. This controversial incident was officially recorded as a suicide.

In his one-line poem "Epitaph," he writes "Ubi me prejaka reč" almost sensing his premature end of life. During the last years of his life, he published five books of poetry