Ervin Šinko

Ervin Šinko
Born (1898-10-05)5 October 1898
Apatin, Austro-Hungarian monarchy, (now Serbia)
Died 26 March 1967(1967-03-26) (aged 68)
Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia, (now Croatia)
Nationality Croat
Occupation Writer, poet

Ervin Šinko (born Franjo Spitzer; 5 October 1898 – 26 March 1967) was a Croatian – Hungarian writer, publisher and poet.

Šinko was born in Apatin to a Jewish[1][2] family on 5 October 1898. He attended elementary school in Apatin and gymnasium in Subotica. During World War I, in 1917, Šinko was mobilized and in 1918 he participated in the establishment of the Hungarian Soviet Republic. At the center of his literary occupation were the topics and questions about the Hungarian Revolution. Šinko worked in many Hungarian magazine such as: "A Tett", "Ma", "Internationale", "Tüz", "Korunk", "Nyugat" and others. He moved to Vienna, where in 1924 he published magazine "Testvér". Šinko also lived in Zurich, Moscow and Paris. While in Paris his articles where published in "L'Europe", "Monde" and "Ce Soir". In 1939 he moved to Croatia, Zagreb, where he lived until World War II. During World War II he escaped to Dalmatia, where he was arrested and imprisoned by Italian Fascist. After the capitulation of Italy and liberation, Šinko joined the Partisans. In 1945 he moved back to Zagreb, where stayed for the rest of his life. Šinko was member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts and Croatian Writers Society. In 1946 he began to devote his energies to literary studies and writings on public affairs. In 1959 he became professor and director of the Hungarian department at Novi Sad University.[3][4]

Šinko died on 26 March 1967 in Zagreb and was buried at the Mirogoj Cemetery.[5]

Works

Book of songs

Novel

Novella

Stories

Literary Studies and essays

Bibliography

  • Kraus, Ognjen (1998). Dva stoljeća povijesti i kulture Židova u Zagrebu i Hrvatskoj. Zagreb: Židovska općina Zagreb. ISBN 953-96836-2-9. 
  • Romano, Jaša (1980). Jevreji Jugoslavije 1941–1945: žrtve genocida i učesnici narodnooslobodilačkog rata. Beograd: Jevrejski Istorijski Muzej, Saveza jevrejskih opština Jugoslavije. 
  • Ladan, Tomislav (2005). Hrvatski obiteljski leksikon. Zagreb: Leksikografski zavod »Miroslav Krleža«. ISBN 953-6748-26-6. 
  • Goldstein, Ivo (2001). Holokaust u Zagrebu. Zagreb: Novi Liber. ISBN 953-6045-19-2. 

References

  1. Ognjen Kraus (1998, p. 228)
  2. Jaša Romano (1982, p. 486)
  3. Tomislav Ladan (2005)
  4. Ivo Goldstein (2001, p. 509)
  5. (Croatian) Gradska groblja Zagreb: Ervin Šinko, Mirogoj Ž-3-I-13
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