István Blazsetin (Croatian: ''Stipan Blažetin'', 24 October 1941 – 4 March 2001) was a Croatian writer, cultural worker and

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from

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. According to some authors, he is considered to be a Croatian writer from

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. He wrote poetry, novels and children's literature. Blažetin was an important collector of

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heritage of the Pomurje Croats.

Biography

Blazsetin lived and worked in Hungarian town of

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(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 Croatian. 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. Đuro Vidmarović: Teme o Hrvatima u Mađarskoj, Naklada Bošković, Split, 2008., p. 139-145

Works

*''Srce na dlanu'', poetry, 1981 *''Bodoljaši'', a novel for the children, 1986 *''Tralala, tralala, propjevala svirala'', poetry for children, 1990 *''Korenje'' *''Lirske narodne pjesme pomurskih Hrvata u Totszerdahelyju, Kajkavsko-čakavsko razmeđe, Kajkavski zbornik. Izlaganja na znanstvenim skupovima u Zlataru 1970-1974., Narodno sveučilište "Ivan Goran Kovačić",'' Zlatar, 1974. p. 117-123 (a collection of folk oral poetry) 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).

Awards

* honorary title "Excellent educational worker"

References

External sources

Hrvatski glasnik
(.pdf datoteka)
Oktatási és Kulturális Minisztérium
Okvirni program hrv. jezika i književnosti za dvojezične škole - Književna baština Hrvata u Mađarskoj
Hrvatska književnost u Mađarskoj

Stipan Blažetin {{DEFAULTSORT:Blazetin, Stipan 1941 births 2001 deaths People from Hercegszántó Croats of Hungary Croatian male poets Croatian children's writers 20th-century Croatian poets 20th-century Croatian male writers