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 peasant. 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. 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. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
7. "Pregrada.hr". Pregrada.hr. 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.