| Jerko Skračić | |
|---|---|
| Born | Jerolim Skračić (1918-05-13)May 13, 1918 Murter, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 1945 or 1947 |
| Nationality | Croat |
| Occupation(s) | journalist, poet |
| Years active | 1940–1945 |
| Known for | Osunčani otoci Stihovi |
Jerko (Jerolim) Skračić (13 May 1918 – 1945 or 1947) was a Croatian journalist and poet.
Biography
He was born in Murter, where he attended elementary school. In Preko he attended a Franciscan gymnasium. He enrolled at the Faculty of Law in Zagreb, but didn't graduate because he was a political prisoner in Lepoglava. He described the experience in Lepoglava in his book Pod drugim ključem: sjećanja na život ustaških zatočenika u Lepoglavi 1940. i 1941. god.
He was released in 1942 and lived shortly in Berlin. Following his return to Croatia, he became the editor of a weekly newspaper Hrvatski tjednik in Zagreb, and the director of a radio station in Sarajevo. He wrote for Hrvatski krugoval, Glasnik sv. Ante and other magazines.
His death is disputed: some sources claim he was killed on his way to Bleiburg, while others claim he was imprisoned and died two years later.
Works
He published the following works:
- Pod drugim ključem: sjećanja na život ustaških zatočenika u Lepoglavi 1940. i 1941. god. (1942)
- Osunčani otoci (1944)
- Stihovi (1945)
References
- ^ Jerolimov, Pavao (14 May 2009). "Jerko Skračić". Zadarski list (in Croatian). Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ "Skračić, Jerko". Croatian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ Skračić, Tomislav (March 2010). "JERKO SKRAČIĆ - HRVATSKI KNJIŽEVNIK U SJENI PAMĆENJA (O NOVELAMA "OSUNČANI OTOCI")". Croatica et Slavica Iadertina (in Croatian). 5 (5): 449–472. doi:10.15291/csi.663.
