Risto Ratković (1903-1954)

Risto Ratković is a poet, playwright, essasyist, bohemian and the first Montenegrin novelist. His poetics is dominated by a very strong metaphors and contorted syntax.He didn’t write much but the certain works, especially poetry, makes him a founder of modern Montenegrin literature. Ratković is the author of the first novel in Montenegrin literature “Nevidbog” which contains a lot of biographical elements . In 1971 ,in his honour, people from Bijelo Polje established Ratković ‘s Evenings of Poetry.