Vinko Nikolić
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Born | Šibenik, Dalmatia, Austria-Hungary | 2 March 1912
Died | 12 July 1997 Šibenik, Croatia | (aged 85)
Occupation | Writer, poet, journalist |
Language | Croatian |
Nationality | Croat |
Alma mater | University of Zagreb |
Genre | Poetry |
Notable awards | Order 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
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
At the end of
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
Works
- Proljetna svitanja (Spring dawns), Zagreb, 1935
- Svijetli putovi (Lights and ways), Zagreb, 1939
- Moj grad (My town), Zagreb, 1941
- Oslobođeni žali (Free from regrets), Zagreb, 1943
- Duga nad porušenim mostovima: izabrane pjesme (Rainbow above destroyed bridges: chosen poems), chosen by Rajmund Kupareo, Buenos Aires, 1964
- Pred vratima domovine: susret s hrvatskom emigracijom 1965: dojmovi i razgovori (In front of fatherland: meetings with Croatian emigration 1965: impressions and conversations), Buenos Aires, 1966
- Gorak je zemje kruv (Bread is bitter because of land), München-Barcelona, 1977
- Povratak: izabrane pjesme (Return: selected poems), prepared by Božidar Petrač and Ivan Tolj, Zagreb, 1990
- Stepinac mu je ime. Zbornik uspomena, svjedočanstava i dokumenata (Stepinac is his name. Collection of memories, testimonies and documents), prepared by Vinko Nikolić, Zagreb, 1991. (First ed. München-Barcelona, knj. 1, 1978., knj. 2, 1980.)
- Opjevani grad (Singed town), Šibenik, 1994
- Tragedija se dogodila u svibnju: jedna (prva) godina egzila u dnevniku "ratnog" zarobljenika broj 324.664 (Tragedy occurred in May: one year of exile in a diary of the prisoner of war no. 324,644), Zagreb, 1995. (Prvo izd. Barcelona-München, 1984.)
- U službi domovine: studije, ogledi, portreti (In service of fatherland: studies, essays, portraits), prepared by Ivan Rodić, Zagreb, 1996
Posthumously:
- Izabrane pjesme (Selected poems), prepared by Cvjetko Milanja, Vinkovci, 1998.
Awards
- 1995: Order of Duke Trpimir[5]
Notes
- ^ a b c Biondia, Silvija (19 August 2017). "Vinko Nikolić, a Poet of emigration". glashrvatske.htr.hr. HRT.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b Hedges, Chris (12 April 1997). "Fascists Reborn as Croatia's Founding Fathers". The New York Times.
- ^ Bencetić, Lidija; Kljaić, Stipe (21 October 2017). "Nikolić, Vinko". cultural-opposition.eu.
- ^ a b Buljac, Miljenko. "Bliskost što briše daljine". Matica hrvatska.
- ^ Narodne novine: Odluka kojom se odlikuju Redom kneza Trpimira s ogrlicom i Danicom Preuzeto 12. lipnja 2011.
Bibliography
- Jandrić, Berislav (2003). "Stajališta Hrvatske političke emigracije o hrvatskom proljeću iznesena u najznačajnijem emigrantskom časopisu Hrvatskoj reviji". Časopis Za Suvremenu Povijest. 35 (2). Zagreb.