Croatian Latin literature Known by his contemporaries as the new Lucretius. Encouraged by this success, in Rome Stay began to expound Newtonian philosophy and scientific discoveries in verse. The finished poem, with more than 24,000 lines, was entitled "Ten Books of Philosophy in Verse" ("Philosophiae recentioris versibus traditae libri decem", 1755–1792). During the 19th century, Latin literature began to disappear throughout Europe, and in the 20th century (in spite of individual efforts) it almost completely disappeared. A Croatian Latinist of this period was Ton Smerdel (1904–1970), a classical philologist who has published seven books of Latin verse by modern neo-Latin poets. Croatian Latin
Pabitra Kumar Deka During the 1960s and 1970s, Deka was drawn to leftist thoughts and activities. In 1967, he along with two other employees of the Assam Tribune group published a magazine called Samakalin edited by Padma Borkotoki. After the magazine closed down, Deka along with Nitya Bora published and edited a little magazine called "Naxa" in 1970 where the chief adviser was Dr. Hiren Gohain. The magazine "Naxa" was controversial at that time and also ceased publication after a few years. During this period, he also started an amateur theatre group called "Naxa Natya Parishad" where he produced plays, including Maxim Gorky’s