Janko Leskovar
# Janko Leskovar

Janko Leskovar (12 December 1861 – 4 February 1949) was a Croatian novelist. His literary form was marked with the novella Misao na vječnost.

## Biography

Leskovar was born in Valentinovo to a noble family. His grandfather was a blacksmith. His father was named Ivan Leskovar, while his wife was Terezija Leskovar.

Leskovar worked as a teacher. He finished the novel Misao na vječnost as a middle-aged writer. 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.

His birth house remains preserved in Valentinovo.

## Works

* Endless contemplation
* Fallen castles
* Shadows of love
* Catastrophe
* After the accident
* The lost son
* Jesenski cvijeci

## Sources

* 1 2 Brezinščak Bagola, Božidar (14 February 2019). "Leskovar u pismima". Vijenac (in Croatian). No. 651. Matica hrvatska. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
* ↑ "Leskovar - MISAO NA VJEČNOST - Srednjoškolske lektire... - Blog.hr". Blog.dnevnik.hr. Archived from the original on 2012-10-27. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
* ↑ History of the literary cultures of East-Central Europe: junctures and dis-junctures in the 19th and 20th centuries / 1. by Marcel Cornis-Pope
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* ↑ "Janko Leskovar Misao Na Vječnost" (in Croatian). Vijesti.gorila.hr. Archived from the original on 2012-06-08. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
* ↑ "Pregrada.hr". Pregrada.hr. Archived from the original on 2013-04-14. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
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* ↑ "Matica hrvatska - Knjige - Janko Leskovar - Izabrana djela" (in Croatian). Matica.hr. 2001-11-16. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
