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
Harekrishna Deka contribution in Ann Ejan in 1987, and he was awarded the Katha Award for his short story, "Bandiyar" (Prisoner) in 1995. After retiring as the DGP of Assam, Deka was the editor of the English daily, "The Sentinel" for brief period before serving as editor of the Assamese literary monthly "Gariyasi". He won the Assam Literary Award in 2010. Harekrishna Deka Harekrishna Deka (Assamese: হৰেকৃষ্ণ ডেকা) was a former member of the Indian Police Service who is now known for his writing. Although he began writing poetry as a hobby while working on the police force, he later quit to