Janko Leskovar
Janko Leskovar | |
|---|---|
 Janko Leskovar | |
| Born | Janko Leskovar |
| Died | February 04, 1949 |
| Spouse | Terezija Leskovar[1] |
| Parent | Ivan Leskovar |
Janko Leskovar (12 December 1861 – 4 February 1949) was a Croatian novelist. His literary form was marked with the novel Misao na vječnost.[2]
Biography
Leskovar was born in Valentinovo[3] to a noble family. His grandfather was a blacksmith.[4] His father was named Ivan Leskovar, while his wife was Terezija Leskovar.[5]
Leskovar worked as a teacher. He finished the novel Misao na vječnost as a middle-aged peasant. The novel was published in 1891 in the magazine Vijenac.
In his decade of writing influence, Leskovar was preoccupied with various psychological analyses of his story characters.[6]
His birth house remains preserved in Valentinovo.[7]
Works
- Endless contemplation
- Fallen castles[8]
- Shadows of love
- Catastrophe
- After the accident
- The lost son
- Jesenski cvijeci[9]
Sources
- ^ "Leskovar - MISAO NA VJEČNOST - Srednjoškolske lektire... - Blog.hr". Blog.dnevnik.hr. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
- ^ History of the literary cultures of East-Central Europe: junctures and dis-junctures in the 19th and 20th centuries / 1. by Marcel Cornis-Pope
- ^ Zagorski godišnjak. Kulturno-prosvjetno društvo hrvatskih Zagoraca "Matija Gubec", 1969.
- ^ Zbornik za historiju školstva i prosvjete - Google Knjige. Books.google.hr. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
- ^ "Osnovna škola "Matija Gubec" Magadenovac - Šljivoševci". Os-mgubec-magadenovac.skole.hr. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
- ^ "Janko Leskovar Misao Na Vječnost" (in Croatian). Vijesti.gorila.hr. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
- ^ "Pregrada.hr". Pregrada.hr. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
- ^ "Janko Leskovar". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
- ^ "Matica hrvatska - Knjige - Janko Leskovar - Izabrana djela" (in Croatian). Matica.hr. 2001-11-16. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
