Janko Leskovar Explained

Janko Leskovar
Birth Date:12 December 1861
Birth Place:Valentinovo
Death Date:4 February 1949
Death Place:Valentinovo
Parents:Ivan Leskovar
Spouse:Terezija Leskovar[1]
Occupation:Teacher
Years Active:1891–1905[2]

Janko Leskovar (12 December 1861 – 4 February 1949) was a Croatian novelist. His literary form was marked with the novella Misao na vječnost.[3]

Biography

Leskovar was born in Valentinovo[4] to a noble family. His grandfather was a blacksmith.[5] His father was named Ivan Leskovar, while his wife was Terezija Leskovar.[6]

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.[7]

His birth house remains preserved in Valentinovo.[8]

Works

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Leskovar - MISAO NA VJEČNOST - Srednjoškolske lektire... - Blog.hr . Blog.dnevnik.hr . 2012-12-02 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121027233934/http://blog.dnevnik.hr/lektiregim/2010/02/1627237276/leskovar-misao-na-vjecnost.html . 2012-10-27 .
  2. Leskovar u pismima. Brezinščak Bagola. Božidar. 14 February 2019. Vijenac. 651. Matica hrvatska. hr. 24 June 2019.
  3. History of the literary cultures of East-Central Europe: junctures and dis-junctures in the 19th and 20th centuries / 1. by Marcel Cornis-Pope
  4. Zagorski godišnjak. Kulturno-prosvjetno društvo hrvatskih Zagoraca "Matija Gubec", 1969.
  5. Book: Zbornik za historiju školstva i prosvjete - Google Knjige . 1977 . 2012-12-02.
  6. Web site: Osnovna škola "Matija Gubec" Magadenovac - Šljivoševci . Os-mgubec-magadenovac.skole.hr . 2012-12-02.
  7. Web site: Janko Leskovar Misao Na Vječnost . hr . Vijesti.gorila.hr . 2012-12-02 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120608015001/http://vijesti.gorila.hr/gorilopedija/lifestyle/knjizevnost/janko_leskovar_misao_na_vjecnost . 2012-06-08 .
  8. Web site: Pregrada.hr . Pregrada.hr . 2012-12-02 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130414102240/http://www.pregrada.hr/1_opregradi_spomenici.php . 2013-04-14 .
  9. Web site: Janko Leskovar. IMDb.com. 2012-12-02.
  10. Web site: Matica hrvatska - Knjige - Janko Leskovar - Izabrana djela . hr . Matica.hr . 2001-11-16 . 2012-12-02.

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