Janko Leskovar

Janko Leskovar
Janko Leskovar
Janko Leskovar
Born Janko Leskovar
Valentinovo
Died February 04, 1949
Valentinovo
Spouse(s) Terezija Leskovar[1]
Parent(s) 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 writer. 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

  1. ↑ "Leskovar - MISAO NA VJEČNOST - Srednjoškolske lektire... - Blog.hr". Blog.dnevnik.hr. Archived from the original on 2012-10-27. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
  2. ↑ History of the literary cultures of East-Central Europe: junctures and dis-junctures in the 19th and 20th centuries / 1. by Marcel Cornis-Pope
  3. ↑ Zagorski godišnjak. Kulturno-prosvjetno društvo hrvatskih Zagoraca "Matija Gubec", 1969.
  4. ↑ Zbornik za historiju školstva i prosvjete - Google Knjige. Books.google.hr. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
  5. ↑ "Osnovna škola "Matija Gubec" Magadenovac - Šljivoševci". Os-mgubec-magadenovac.skole.hr. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
  6. ↑ "Janko Leskovar Misao Na Vječnost" (in Croatian). Vijesti.gorila.hr. Archived from the original on 2012-06-08. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
  7. ↑ "Pregrada.hr". Pregrada.hr. Archived from the original on 2013-04-14. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
  8. ↑ "Janko Leskovar". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
  9. ↑ "Matica hrvatska - Knjige - Janko Leskovar - Izabrana djela" (in Croatian). Matica.hr. 2001-11-16. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
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