Franjo Nevistić Explained

Vladimiro Nevistic (2 July 1913, Šujica, Tomislavgrad, Bosnia and Herzegovina – 13 June 1984, Buenos Aires, Argentina), was a Croatian journalist and essayist.[1]

Biography

Franjo Nevistić was born in Šujica in 1913. He was born in the family of Ilija and Ruža (Lauš) Nevistić. attended elementary school in his native village and secondary education received a Franciscan Classical Gymnasium in Široki Brijeg. He studied in Zagreb where he graduated in October 1939. he received his PhD on 31 October 1940 at the Faculty of Law in Zagreb.

In 1937 he participated in the murder of an anti-fascist student Krsto Ljubičić. The court in Zagreb sentenced him to strict imprisonment for eight months on June 22 of the same year.[2]

From 1941–42, he was in Rome as secretary of the local mission of the Independent State of Croatia. In exile, he was Secretary domobrana Croatian and Croatian-Argentine Cultural Club. He published a newsletter, Croatia, and edited the magazine Studia croatica, for which he also wrote articles.

Works

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CROWN - Croatian World Network Discussion Forum • View topic - Dr. Franjo Nevistić: Temelji demokracije, Buenos Aires 1971 . 2015-04-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052354/http://www.croatia.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=713 . 2016-03-04 . dead .
  2. https://digitalna.nb.rs/wb/NBS/novine/vreme/1937/06/23?pageIndex=00008 "Vreme", 6-23-1937