Ksaver Šandor Gjalski

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Not to be confused with the painter Ljubo Babić (1890–1974).

Ksaver Šandor Gjalski
civil servant
LanguageCroatian
Notable workUnder Old Roofs
SpouseVilma Gönner

Ljubomil Tito Josip Franjo Babić, better known by his

civil servant.[2]

Biography

He was born in Gredice near

girls' school.[1] He served the royal government in Zagreb between 1891 and 1898, but, due to disagreements with the Khuen government, returned to Grenice.[1]

Gjalski, however, remained involved in politics. In 1906, he was elected into the Sabor, aligning himself with the Croat-Serb Coalition. From 1917 to 1918, he held the post of župan of the Zagreb County.[2] Between 1919 and 1920, he served as a member of the Provisional National Representation in the newly formed Kingdom of Yugoslavia in Belgrade, retiring at the end of 1920.[1] He served twice as the president of the Croatian Writers' Association (1909-1918, 1926)[1]

Gjalski wrote many novels, but his best known work is Under Old Roofs (

Turgenev and Šenoa, as well as realism and romanticism in general.[2]

Major works

  • In the New Castle (Croatian: U novom dvoru, 1885)
  • Under Old Roofs (Croatian: Pod starimi krovovima, 1886)
  • U noći (Croatian: At Night, 1887)
  • Janko Borislavić (1887)
  • Đurđica Agićeva (1889)
  • Na rođenoj grudi (1890)
  • Dawn (Croatian: Osvit, 1892)
  • Radmilović (1894)
  • For the Maternal Word (Croatian: Za materinsku rieč, 1902)
  • Arrival of the Croats (Croatian: Dolazak Hrvata, 1924)
  • Misappropriated Ideals (Croatian: Pronevjereni ideali, 1925)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Duda, Dean (1998). "GJALSKI, Ksaver Šandor". Hrvatski biografski leksikon. Zagreb: Leksikografski zavod Miroslav Krleža. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d "Gjalski, Ksaver Šandor" (in Croatian). Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  3. ^ a b Milorad Živančević (1971). Živan Milisavac (ed.). Jugoslovenski književni leksikon [Yugoslav Literary Lexicon] (in Serbo-Croatian). Novi Sad (SAP Vojvodina, SR Serbia): Matica srpska. p. 113-114.
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