Nikola Šop (Jajce, 19 August 1904 – Zagreb, 2 January 1982) was a Yugoslav poet.
[3] According to Saša Vereš, in a preface to Selected Works, in the Five centuries of Croatian literature,[4] Šop's work deals with a solitude, in which he placed his "imagined poetic world, more so than religiosity itself", which "radiates from most of his poems as a natural state of mind and consciousness".
Šop is a "modern Christian who overcomes dogmas with humanity, naivety and kindness, like fra.
Marko Krneta from Andrić's short story, author addresses his verses directly to Jesus without piety, with warm human immediacy, as intimate messages to a friend who is equal to, and who shares good and evil with him".
Šop's Christ is a "complete man", who renounces "divine power in order to soften, ennoble human hearts with his own humility and goodness".