Vladan Desnica is one of the most prominent writers of the twentieth century who, with his authentic opus and strong creative attitude purified from the war and political ideology of his time, left a significant mark in the literature of the twentieth century. Behind him remain numerous texts that are the subject of critical study in the history of literature. Prolific in various creative forms, from essays, feuilletons, dramatic works: Jacobʼs Ladder, four collections of short stories: Wrecks in the Sun, Spring in Badrovac, There, right next to us, The Friar with the Green Beard, to his two greatest works of art, novels: The Winter Summer Holiday and The Spring of Ivan Galeb with the subtitle The Games of Spring and Death, gives a broad overview of his literary and artistic work. The aim of this paper is to present the poetics of Vladan Desnica and his novel Winter Summer Holiday with the interpretation of female and male characters in the novel as well as the reception of the novel by the critics of the time. With itʼs rich offer of motifs and symbolism, the novel successfully arouses the interest of todayʼs readership.