Review article
INITIALS, PEN-NAMES AND CODES AS SIGNATURES OF VID BLAŽINČIĆ
MARICA VRABEC
Abstract
This study aims at determining initials, pennames and codes that Vid Blažinčić used to sign his works. From his first poems he used code V.
Bl. K. It consists of his given name initial (V-Vid), first two letters of his family name (Bl.Blažinčić) and letter K. Searching through data and comparing dictionaries, style, idioms, publishing time, topics, attitudes and problems dealt with, it is possible to identify the signature under literarytheoretical and art treatises: the same code is used in different order of lettersK.V. Bl. In this code the secret letter K is put at the beginning but it still stands for the same person. By doing so, the writer wanted either to point out or diminish the meaning. Letter K may be connected with some other meanings: katolik (Catholic), kršćanin (Christian), klerik (student of divinity), književnik (writer), Križevčanin ( Križevci-born). Initials V. B. were used in some reviews and essays on literary works. Pen-name Čičević V. B. was confirmed through the list of pen-names, codes and signs attributed to Croatian writers. His full signature, full name and surname can be read in his prose works, some outlines of literary works, accounts on art and current affairs that were published in dailies in the thirties of the twentieth century.
Keywords
sign marks; Blažinčić; literature; art
Hrčak ID:
52160
URI
Publication date:
10.2.2010.
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