Background
Kosta was born in Ohrid in the Manastir Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire (in present-day Republic of Macedonia) on May 29, 1879, to a poor merchant family. His father, Naum Hrisrić, was Serb and his mother Sotira Greek.
Kosta was born in Ohrid in the Manastir Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire (in present-day Republic of Macedonia) on May 29, 1879, to a poor merchant family. His father, Naum Hrisrić, was Serb and his mother Sotira Greek.
In his poetry social ideas are prevalent. This could be seen in his poem Red, where the expression "Ruby-red" is associated with blood and "Mighty veins," "lighting" and "dark eyes" all showed the inevitable triumph of the workers and the crushing defeat of tyrants (Turks). He died in Šabac on January 20, 1898.
He was only 19 years old.
After Grigor Parlichev of Ohrid, the wearer of the laureate wreath is Kosta Abrašević. Both were born in Ohrid, yet each claimed a different loyalty, one was a Bulgarian and the other a Serb respectively.
Early on in his life he came in contact with Socialist ideas, and founded a political-writer group in Šabac, which published magazines Omirov venac and Grbonja. He translated German Socialist poets. His original poems are found in socialist magazines after his death, and his collection, which had seen many editions, was printed by high school and college student groups in 1903.