Fran Novljan
Franjo (Fran) Novljan (7 August 1879 – 12 January 1977) was a
Esperantist.[1]
Biography
Novljan was born in
NDH sent him into retirement him in 1941.[1]
He was a prominent member and commissioner of Matica hrvatska for Istria.[3]
Novljan was an active
Esperantist. He was among the founders of the Prosvjetnoga saveza (Educational Alliance), of which he was first secretary. He organized Esperanto institutions in Zagreb. Novljan collaborated with Esperanto newspapers and magazines. He was the author of the Esperanto textbook Internacia lingvo esperanto i Esperanto en tridek lecionoj.[1]
Novljan had been collecting, writing and describing ethnographic material in and about the Boljun region since he was young. This effort resulted in the work Boljun, kmiečki život i už (a) nci. He wrote the work Gospodarstvo, prosvjeta, politika with Josip Predavec and Stjepan Radić, and published it in Zagreb in 1907.[4]
He died in Zagreb.
References
- ^ a b c d Istarska enciklopedija Josip Šiklić: Novljan, Fran (pristupljeno 23. ožujka 2020.)
- ^ Gimnazija i strukovna škola "Jurja Dobrile" u Pazinu 120. obljetnica (pristupljeno 23. ožujka 2020.)
- ^ Matica hrvatska Archived 2009-04-20 at the Wayback Machine Branimir Crljenko: Kako je u prvoj regionalnoj Enciklopediji prešućena Matica hrvatska, Vijenac, Broj 333 - 335, 21. prosinca 2006.
- ^ Josip Predavec; Franjo Novljan; Stjepan Radić (1907). Gospodarstvo, prosvjeta, politika: Josip Predavec, Franjo Novljan, Stjepan Radić. Radic, Novljan.
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