István Blazsetin (1941)

Stipan Blažetin
Born (1941-10-24)October 24, 1941
Hercegszántó, Hungary
Died March 4, 2001(2001-03-04) (aged 59)
Pécs
Nationality Croatian
Other names István Blazsetin
Occupation Writer and educator

István Blazsetin (in Croatian: Stipan Blažetin) (Hercegszántó, Hungary, October 24, 1941 – Pécs, Hungary, March 4, 2001) was a Croatian writer, cultural worker and pedagogue from Hungary. According to some authors, he is considered to be a Croatian writer from Vojvodina, Serbia.[1] He wrote poetry, novels and children's literature. Blažetin was an important collector of oral literature heritage of the Pomurje Croats.

Biography

He lived and worked in Hungarian town of Tótszerdahely (Serdahel).

As a worker in education, he was an important author of workbooks, audio textbooks, and teaching manuals. He was a member of the Croatian Writers Society. Blažetin wrote poetry for children in the Croatian language.[2]

He was the father of the Croatian poet Stjepan Blažetin. The policy at that time dictated only Hungarian names could be used, so they are both shown as "István" in Hungarian documents.[3]

Works

Some of his poetry entered an anthology of Croatian poetry in Hungary, 1945-2000. Rasuto biserje (ed.: Stjepan Blažetin).

His works became the part of the anthology Pjesništvo Hrvata u Mađarskoj = Poemaro de kroatoj en Hungario (Poetry of Croats in Hungary) (ed.: Đuro Vidmarović, Marija Belošević and Mijo Karagić[5]).

Awards

References

  1. (Croatian)Hrvatska riječ Roman u književnosti vojvođanskih Hrvata, February 13, 2009
  2. (Croatian) Dom i svijet br. 293-94. Školstvo kao temelj, April 24, 2000
  3. Đuro Vidmarović: Teme o Hrvatima u Mađarskoj, Naklada Bošković, Split, 2008., p. 139-145
  4. (Croatian) Hrvatska znanstvena bibliografija Sanja Vulić: Govori pomurskih Hrvata
  5. (Croatian) Hrvatska matica iseljenika Predstavljanje knjiga HES-a i uručenje Nagrade HMI Silvije Strahimir Kranjčević, November 14/15, 2008

External sources

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