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Miljenko Turk
Miljenko may refer to: * Miljenko Grgic (born 1923), Croatian American winemaker in California * Miljenko Horvat (1935–2012), artist, architect, author and illustrator from Croatia *Miljenko Hrkać (1947–1978), Croatian terrorist sentenced to death by a Yugoslav court * Miljenko Jergović (born 1966), Bosnian Croat writer *Miljenko Kovačić (1973–2005), Croatian soccer player *Miljenko Licul (1946–2009), Slovenian graphic designer of Croatian descent *Miljenko Matijevic (born 1964), Croatian-American singer and songwriter *Miljenko Mihić (1933–2009), Bosnian Serb football coach * Miljenko Mumlek (born 1972), Croatian former footballer *Miljenko Prohaska (1925–2014), Croatian composer, music arranger and orchestral conductor *Miljenko Rak (born 1947), Croatian former long-jumper and fitness trainer * Miljenko Smoje (1923–1995), Croatian writer and journalist *Miljenko Stančić (1926–1977), Croatian painter and graphic artist See also * Milenko *Miljko Miljko ( sr, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miljenko Grgic
Miljenko "Mike" Grgić (born April 1, 1923) is a Croatian-American winemaker in California. He was born into a winemaking family in the town of Desne on Croatia's coastal region of Dalmatia. He is notable for being the winemaker behind the 1973 Chateau Montelena Chardonnay that bested several white Burgundy wines in the wine tasting event that became known as the Judgement of Paris. In recognition of his contributions to the wine industry, Grgich was inducted into the Culinary Institute of America's Vintner's Hall of Fame on March 7, 2008. The tribute came at the same time that Grgich was celebrating his 50th vintage of winemaking in the Napa Valley. History He attended the University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture, where he studied viticulture and enology. However, he learned about California and wanted to leave the then-Yugoslavia to become a winemaker there. In 1954, he left communist Yugoslavia for West Germany, obtaining a fellowship to study there. From there he emigra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miljenko Horvat
Miljenko Horvat (1935–2012) was an artist, architect, author and illustrator, born in 1935 in Varaždin, now Croatia. He spent much of his career in Canada. Career Horvat studied at Technical-architectural faculty of University of Zagreb, where Josip Vaništa was a professor. Horvat began to paint from an early age, and during the study of architecture has become the youngest member of the avant-garde group with an international reputation, Gorgona. His work within the group includes various projects: Gorgona - Then and Now, Neo Dada: Gorgona , Absurd Freedom, Socialism and Modernity, Marginal Specificities: Avant-Garde Art of ex-Yugoslavia 1914 - 1989, Marginal Specificities – Regional Avant-Garde Art, Marginal Specificities – Regional Avant-Garde Art 1915 – 1989. After graduating in architecture, he left Zagreb in 1962 to work in Paris, and in 1966 he moved to Canada. Horvat's works are in numerous public, corporate and museum collections: the Musée national d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miljenko Hrkać
Miljenko Hrkać (2 October 1947 – 11 January 1978) was a Croatian terrorist sentenced to death by a Yugoslav court which accused him of bombing the Belgrade cinema "20. oktobar" on 13 July 1968, which left one person dead and 89 others maimed or injured. He was also accused and convicted of an attack on the Belgrade rail station on 25 September 1968, which left 13 people injured. He was executed on 11 January 1978. Origin and early life An ethnic Croat, Hrkać was born in Mokro, Široki Brijeg, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1947. There are conflicting reports of his trade, some sources identifying Hrkać as a carpenter, others as a mason, while some sources simply identify him as a "worker". Hrvać may have had a daughter named Milijenka Hrvaća. As of now, no report of a wife or a mother of the daughter is available. Belgrade cinema bombing On 13 July 1968, at 21.05 CET, a bomb detonated in the Belgrade cinema "20. oktobar". One person was killed and 76-89 others injured, some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miljenko Jergović
Miljenko Jergović (born 28 May 1966) is a prominent Bosnian writer. Biography Born in Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia to Croatian parents, Jergović received his M.A. in literature from the Sarajevo University. While at high-school, he started working as a journalist in printed and electronic media, as a contributor to literary and youth magazines, and was soon recognized as Croatia's media correspondent from Sarajevo. Writing Jergović's novels treat his family members and their histories. He is also a journalist and has published a collection of his articles in ''Historijska čitanka'' (''A Reader in History,'' 1996). Jergović writes a column in the Serbian daily ''Politika'', for ''Vreme'' magazine and a regular column in the Croatian daily '' Jutarnji list'' entitled ''Sumnjivo lice'' (trans. "suspicious character", lit. "suspicious face"). Works His novel ''Buick Riviera'' was made into a movie in 2008 by filmmaker Goran Rušinović, and the two were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miljenko Kovačić
Miljenko Kovačić (19 March 1973 – 20 August 2005) was a Croatian football player. His nickname was "The Son of the Wind". Club career He played professionally for quite a few teams, most notably for Dinamo Zagreb with which he was part of the national championship victory in 1995–1996 and Brescia (Italy). Certain choices he made in his professional career were interesting, at one point he quit playing because of religious reasons (he was a member of the Hare Krishna Hare Krishna may refer to: * International Society for Krishna Consciousness The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), known Colloquialism, colloquially as the Hare Krishna movement or Hare Krishnas, is a Gaudiya Vaishnav ... religion) stating money being the root of evil and that he was content with what he had. This was a shock to his employer at the time, the professional Italian team Brescia. Kovačić did return to professional soccer briefly in 2001, but quit again in 2005 due t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miljenko Licul
Miljenko may refer to: *Miljenko Grgic (born 1923), Croatian American winemaker in California *Miljenko Horvat (1935–2012), artist, architect, author and illustrator from Croatia *Miljenko Hrkać (1947–1978), Croatian terrorist sentenced to death by a Yugoslav court *Miljenko Jergović (born 1966), Bosnian Croat writer *Miljenko Kovačić (1973–2005), Croatian soccer player *Miljenko Licul (1946–2009), Slovenian graphic designer of Croatian descent * Miljenko Matijevic (born 1964), Croatian-American singer and songwriter * Miljenko Mihić (1933–2009), Bosnian Serb football coach *Miljenko Mumlek (born 1972), Croatian former footballer *Miljenko Prohaska (1925–2014), Croatian composer, music arranger and orchestral conductor * Miljenko Rak (born 1947), Croatian former long-jumper and fitness trainer *Miljenko Smoje (1923–1995), Croatian writer and journalist *Miljenko Stančić (1926–1977), Croatian painter and graphic artist See also *Milenko *Miljko Miljko ( sr, М ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miljenko Matijevic
Miljenko Matijevic (born November 30, 1964) is a Croatian-American singer, best known as the lead vocalist and songwriter of the rock band Steelheart. He has a big following in South Korea and has worked on several South Korean TV series. He has also released several soundtracks for South Korean TV series. In 2010, he did a tour with Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger of rock band the Doors, singing the parts of the late Jim Morrison. Early life Matijevic was born in Zagreb in 1964. He lived there with his brother and grandparents until 1970 when his parents collected him from Croatia and moved with him and his brother to Scarsdale, New York. When Matijevic was 7, the family moved to Greenwich, Connecticut. Michael's brother, John, learned to play the guitar and Michael would often sing along, particularly country music, as that is what their father enjoyed. When Michael was 9 he joined the local church choir. However, the biggest change was when Michael was 11 and discovered Led ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miljenko Mihić
Miljenko Mihić (November 30, 1933 – December 17, 2009) was a Bosnian Serb football coach. He was born in Mostar, Littoral Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (today Bosnia and Herzegovina) and died in Belgrade, Serbia. Coaching career Red Star Belgrade Mihić had worked as a coach in the youth categories of Red Star Belgrade for a decade, before he became the head coach of the first team in May 1974, at the end of the 1973–74 Yugoslav First League season, following the departure of the longtime coach Miljan Miljanić to Real Madrid. In the season 1974–75 Mihić led Red Star to the 1974–75 European Cup Winners' Cup semi-finals. During the competition, Red Star eliminated PAOK, Avenir Beggen and, most notably, Real Madrid, that was coached by Miljan Miljanić, Mihić's predecessor at the Red Star bench. After a 2–0 loss in Madrid, Red Star won by the same result in the return leg, and the match was decided when goalkeeper Ognjen Petrović saved Santillana's kick in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miljenko Mumlek
Miljenko Mumlek (born 21 November 1972 in Varaždin) is a Croatian former footballer who played as a midfielder until being sentenced to prison for match fixing. He later returned as a football team manager for one season. Club career Born in Varaždin, Mumlek started his professional career in his hometown with NK Varteks in early 1992 and went on to establish himself as one of the club's key players during the 1990s. In the 1998–99 season, he was an important part of the Varteks team that reached the quarter-finals of the now-defunct UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, appearing in all of the six matches played by the team in the competition that season, as well as scoring three goals in the two matches against SC Heerenveen in the second round of the competition. After grabbing a 5–4 aggregate win against the Dutch side in the extra time of the second leg at home in Varaždin, Varteks faced RCD Mallorca in the quarter-finals, losing the return leg 3–1 after a goalless draw at home ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miljenko Prohaska
Miljenko Prohaska (17 September 1925 – 29 May 2014) was a Croatian composer, arrangement, music arranger and Conducting, orchestra conductor. He was mainly known for founding a number of prominent Croatian orchestras and for his longtime service as the conductor of the Radio Zagreb Dance Orchestra (the present-day Croatian Radiotelevision Big Band Orchestra). Biography Prohaska was born in Zagreb and he first began learning the violin at a children's music school in Zagreb. He went on to enroll at a secondary music school where he was educated as a double bass, contrabass player and graduated in 1951, before continuing his studies at the Academy of Music, University of Zagreb, Zagreb Music Academy and graduating in 1956 from the music teaching department. Since the mid-1950s until the late 1980s Prohaska was a contrabass player with the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, the Radio Zagreb Symphony Orchestra, the Yugoslav Radio Orchestra, the Zagreb Jazz Quartet and many other music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miljenko Rak
Miljenko Rak (born 20 September 1947) is a Croatian former long-jumper and fitness trainer. He had worked as the trainer with Olympic gold medal-winning skier, Janica Kostelić, and football manager, Slaven Bilić. He is currently fitness coach in Dinamo Zagreb and the Croatia men's national handball team. Rak was the fitness coach for the Croatia national handball team that won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Having studied for a degree is physical education at University of Novi Sad, competing for SFR Yugoslavia, as a long-jumper he took part in the 1967 Mediterranean Games in Tunis winning the gold medal with a jump of . Four years later in the 1971 Mediterranean Games he won the silver medal with a jump of , and in the 1979 Mediterranean Games in Split he won the bronze medal with a jump of . Rak worked as a coach in Osijek training athletes such as 800-metre runner Slobodanka Čolović and long-jumper Siniša Ergotić. Rak started as a footballing f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miljenko Smoje
Miljenko Smoje (14 February 1923 – 25 October 1995) was a Croatian writer and journalist. Smoje was born in Split, at the time in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, in a family of poor labourers. The neighbourhood where he grew up was known for its support for anarchism, socialism and other left-wing ideologies. This would later influence Smoje's work and help him develop a strong dislike of authorities and the establishment. Smoje finished high school in Split in 1941, but his further education was interrupted by the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia and Split being occupied by Italy. Smoje joined Communist Party of Yugoslavia and took part in local resistance movement. However, due to his rebellious nature, he was expelled from the Party, but he survived that, as well as brief incarceration by Italian authorities. After the end of the war he finished college and worked as a teacher. In 1950 he took a job as a reporter for the Split daily newspaper ''Slobodna Dalmacija'', where he would wr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
