Vinko Nikolić

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Vinko Nikolić
Vinko Nikolić holding a speech at the grave of Ante Starčević
Vinko Nikolić holding a speech at the grave of Ante Starčević
Born(1912-03-02)2 March 1912
Šibenik, Dalmatia, Austria-Hungary
Died12 July 1997(1997-07-12) (aged 85)
Šibenik, Croatia
OccupationWriter, poet, journalist
LanguageCroatian
NationalityCroat
Alma materUniversity of Zagreb
GenrePoetry
Notable awardsOrder of Duke Trpimir

Vinko Nikolić (2 March 1912 – 12 July 1997) was a Croatian writer, poet and journalist, and a high-ranking official in the

Buenos Aires, Argentina
, where he lived in exile until returning to Croatia, several years before his death.

Biography

Vinko Nikolić was born in Šibenik on 2 March 1912.[3] He attended elementary school and Catholic gymnasium in his birth town. He joined the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Zagreb and graduated in 1937.

As a professor at the Commercial Academy he saw political changes in

Ustaša
Headquarters. Supreme Ustaša Headquarters directed the operation of the Independent State of Croatia.

At the end of

Buenos Aires, Argentina, arriving there on 8 June 1947.[1]

At first he lived in an old house with Ante Pavelić. He worked as a journalist, and along with Franjo Nevistić, he published the magazine Hrvatska which he edited until June 1950. In the same year, along with Antun Bonifačić, he published the Croatian emigrant magazine Hrvatska revija,[4] which he edited from the first published issue of magazine in 1951 until his death.

He edited other Croatian emigrant magazines, including Ave, Hrvatski vitez (Croatian knight), Oganj (Flame), Novi život (New life), Za Boga i Hrvatsku (For God and Croatia), Danica, La Croatie, Osoba i duh (Person and spirit), Islam, Glasnik društva Muslimana Austrije (Herald of Muslims of Austria), Hrvatski radnik (Croatian worker), Hrvatska gruda (Croatian land), Hrvatska sloboda (Croatian freedom) and Rakovica. After the fall of Yugoslavia, he returned to his birthplace of Šibenik. He was appointed by Croatian President

Franjo Tudjman to the Croatian Parliament.[2] He was a representative in the County Assembly in Croatian parliament, the president of the Croatian Heritage Foundation and the vice-president of the Croatian Cultural Foundation.[1] He died on 12 July 1997 at the age of 85.[4]

Works

Posthumously:

  • Izabrane pjesme (Selected poems), prepared by Cvjetko Milanja, Vinkovci, 1998.

Awards

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Biondia, Silvija (19 August 2017). "Vinko Nikolić, a Poet of emigration". glashrvatske.htr.hr. HRT.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ a b Hedges, Chris (12 April 1997). "Fascists Reborn as Croatia's Founding Fathers". The New York Times.
  3. ^ Bencetić, Lidija; Kljaić, Stipe (21 October 2017). "Nikolić, Vinko". cultural-opposition.eu.
  4. ^ a b Buljac, Miljenko. "Bliskost što briše daljine". Matica hrvatska.
  5. ^ Narodne novine: Odluka kojom se odlikuju Redom kneza Trpimira s ogrlicom i Danicom Preuzeto 12. lipnja 2011.

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