This final thesis represents the city of Pula and contemporary literature creativity in the city. The time period which contains this final thesis, covers the time period from the second half of the twentieth century to the present day. In the first part of the final thesis, Pula is presented in a socio-historical context during two periods. In the first period, Pula was presented as post-war and contemporary Pula, while in the second period, Pula was presented as in independent Croatia. The third chapter, after the introduction, contains a historical review of the literature in the city, from the second half of the twentieth century to the present time. One part of the historical review of the literature in the city contains the Istrian literary magazines in Croatian language. Italian literary magazines are also mentioned in the final thesis. The final thesis also contains the literary creativity of Nelida Milani Kruljac. In the fourth chapter, Pula is presented in the literary works "Via Pula", "Stogodišnje djetinjstvo" and "Podijeljeni grad". The fifth, and the last chapter of the final thesis, contains the analysis and presentation of the common topics of the chosen literary works and their authors. The common topics of the chosen literary works and their authors are: identity that the characters change through the periods they are in, Pula during different important historical periods, and the mass emigration of the Italian population from Pula.