Mihovil Pavlek – Miškina (1887,

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, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia – 1942, Jasenovac,

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) was a Croatian

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writer and

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. He was a member of the

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and an opponent of the Ustaša regime. His work usually embraced

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ideas and protested against injustice. The

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"Miškina" was adopted later when he started participating in some literary activities of

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, and labeled a "peasant writer" some time after. He supported the election of Ivica Hiršl for Mayor of

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. He was executed at the

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in 1942. Today, there are elementary schools in Zagreb and Đelekovec named after Pavlek Miškina.http://os-mpavlek-miskina-djelekovec.skole.hr/

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*''"Opća enciklopedija"'', Zagreb, 1980. *''"Mala enciklopedija Prosveta"'', Belgrade, 1978. *Miškina: ''"Trakavica"'', Zagreb, 1946. *Šime Vučetić: ''"Mihovil Pavlek Miškina"'' u 115. knjizi edicije ''"Pet stoljeća hrvatske književnosti"'', Zagreb, 1985. *Jovan Nedić: ''"Pavlek"'', ''"Skandifeniks"'', ..., 277, 16 - Rijeka, 2004

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