| Jerko Skračić | |
| Birth Name: | Jerolim Skračić |
| Birth Date: | 13 May 1918 |
| Birth Place: | Murter, Austria-Hungary |
| Death Date: | 1945 or 1947 |
| Nationality: | Croat |
| Occupation: | Journalist, poet |
| Years Active: | 1940–1945 |
| Known For: | Osunčani otoci Stihovi |
Jerko (Jerolim) Skračić (13 May 1918 – 1945 or 1947) was a Croatian journalist and poet.[1]
He was born in Murter, where he attended elementary school. In Preko he attended a Franciscan gymnasium. He enrolled in the Faculty of Law in Zagreb, but didn't graduate because he was a political prisoner in Lepoglava. He described the experience in Lepoglava in his book Pod drugim ključem: sjećanja na život ustaških zatočenika u Lepoglavi 1940. i 1941. god.[1]
He was released in 1942 and lived shortly in Berlin. Following his return to Croatia, he became the editor of a weekly newspaper called Hrvatski tjednik in Zagreb, and the director of a radio station in Sarajevo. He wrote for Hrvatski krugoval, Glasnik sv. Ante and other magazines.[1]
His death is disputed: some sources claim he was killed on his way to Bleiburg,[1] while others claim he was imprisoned and died two years later.[2]
He published the following works:[2] [3]