Janko Leskovar
Janko Leskovar (12 December 1861 – 4 February 1949) was a Croatian novelist. His literary form was marked with the novella Misao na vječnost.
Janko Leskovar
- Name
- Janko Leskovar
- Born
- 12 December 1861
- Birthplace
- Valentinovo
- Died
- 4 February 1949
- Spouse
- Terezija Leskovar
- Occupation
- Teacher
- Nationality
- Croatia
- Languages
- Croatian
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Janko Leskovar (12 December 1861 – 4 February 1949) was a Croatian novelist. His literary form was marked with the novella Misao na vječnost.
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Janko Leskovar (1861–1949) was a Croatian teacher and writer. The teacher was born and died in Valentinovo, Pregrada. Languages used include Croatian.
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• Name — Janko Leskovar • Born — 12 December 1861 • Birthplace — Valentinovo • Died — 4 February 1949 • Place of death — Valentinovo • Parents — Ivan Leskovar • Spouse — Terezija Leskovar • Occupation — Teacher • Years Active — 1891–1905
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Leskovar was born in Valentinovo to a noble family. His grandfather was a blacksmith. His father was named Ivan Leskovar, while his wife was Terezija Leskovar. 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. His birth house remains preserved in Valentinovo.
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• Endless contemplation • Fallen castles • Shadows of love • Catastrophe • After the accident • The lost son • Jesenski cvijeci
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- 1.Blog.dnevnik.hr. Leskovar - MISAO NA VJEČNOST - Srednjoškolske lektire. - Blog.hr. June 2019.
- 2.Brezinščak Bagola, Božidar. Leskovar u pismima. Vijenac. Matica hrvatska. 651. 14 February 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.Zbornik za historiju školstva i prosvjete - Google Knjige. 1977.
- 6.Os-mgubec-magadenovac.skole.hr. Osnovna škola "Matija Gubec" Magadenovac - Šljivoševci.
- 7.Vijesti.gorila.hr. Janko Leskovar Misao Na Vječnost.
- 8.Pregrada.hr.
- 9.IMDb.com. Janko Leskovar.
- 10.Matica.hr. Matica hrvatska - Knjige - Janko Leskovar - Izabrana djela. 2001-11-16.
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