Franjo Bartola Babić (19 December 1908 – 15 May 1945[1]) was a Croatian writer and journalist.
Franjo Babić | |
---|---|
Born | |
Disappeared | May 15, 1945 Maribor, Federal Slovenia, DF Yugoslavia | (aged 36)
Status | Missing for 79 years, 3 months and 17 days |
Nationality | Croatian |
Occupation(s) | Writer, journalist |
Background
editBabić was born in Babina Greda.[1] He finished elementary school in Zemun in 1919, and six grades of gymnasium in Vukovar and Vinkovci by 1926. Since 1929 he worked at the newspaper Hrvatski list in Osijek, and served as its editor-in-chief from 1941 to 1944.[1]
He attended the trial of the bandit Čaruga, about whom he later wrote a book.[2] From 1934 to 1943, Babić was active as a theater critic in Osijek.[3] From 1932 on, he also wrote articles about chess.[4]
He moved to Zagreb in 1944. During his attempt to escape to the western Allies in May 1945, he went missing near Maribor,[2] where he was presumably killed in the Bleiburg repatriations.[5]
Works
editSource:[1]
- Općinski načelnik (comedy in two acts, 1937)
- Čaruga (serialized novel, 1938–1940)
- Vjerna zemlja (novel, 1943)
- Graničarska ljubav ili Ivka (play, 1944)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d Marijanović, Stanislav (1983). "BABIĆ, Franjo B.". Croatian Biographical Lexicon (in Croatian). Zagreb: Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
- ^ a b "Književnici". Tz-zupanja.hr (in Croatian). City of Županja Tourist Board. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
- ^ Biskupović, Alen (May 2016). "Funkcije osječke kazališne kritike u prvoj polovici 20. stoljeća" [Functions of Osijek theatre criticism in the first half of the 20th century] (PDF). Dani Hvarskoga kazališta (in Croatian). 42 (1): 525–548. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2005-05-28. Retrieved 2005-05-28.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Šarčević, Josip (18 December 2010). "Franjo Bartola Babić". Hrvatski povijesni portal (in Croatian). Retrieved 26 June 2017.[better source needed]