”Vesna Parun – from beyond Medvednica” at the Prigorje Museum

On the 14th anniversary of Vesna Parun's death (October 25, 2010), the Prigorje Museum hosted the exhibition of the Museum of Peasants' Revolts Vesna Parun – Beyond Medvednica. The exhibition opened on November 14 and can be visited until December 20, 2024.

Vesna Parun, one of the most important Croatian writers, left an indelible mark on the Prigorje region. In the 1940s, she lived in Sesvete, where her famous collection Dawns and Winds was created. The Prigorje Museum preserves a valuable collection of her manuscripts, paintings and books, most of which were purchased from her close friend Branko Pejnović.

The exhibition by authors Žarka Vujić and Vlatka Filipčić Maligec shows Vesna's connection with Zagorje, which she considered her third homeland and where she created many works, including those in the Kajkavian dialect. The Zagorje exhibition story examines the personal, literary and linguistic connections between Vesna Parun, a Chakavian from Zlarin, and the Kajkavian Croatian Zagorje. Vesna Parun felt a fateful connection to Zagorje after meeting the beggar Magdica, who spent her life wandering in that region. It was she who inspired her to create the famous poetic-photographic-graphic map Magdica in collaboration with Zlata Vucelić and Zdenko Pozaić.

The exhibition also presents the rich literary work that Vesna Parun left behind during her final stay in Stubičke Toplice (where she lived and created from 2000 until the end of her life) and her personal belongings, displayed for this occasion thanks to Vlasta Horvatić-Gmaz, Božidar Brezinščak Bagola, Narcisa Brezinščak, Borislav Vodopija and the Kajkaviana Association.

The exhibition will provide visitors with a unique opportunity to learn about the rich cultural heritage of Vesna Parun and her invaluable contribution to Croatian literature and art, as she will be remembered not only in poetry, but also in painting.

The exhibition was made possible by the City Office for Culture and Civil Society of the City of Zagreb and the Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia.