Mirko Javornik (September 26, 1909,

Cerknica Cerknica (; , german: Zirknitz''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 120.) is a town in the Karst region of southwestern Slovenia, with a p ...

– May 1, 1986, Washington, D.C.)Mlakar, Boris. 1990. "Javornik, Mirko." ''Enciklopedija Slovenije'' vol. 4, p. 276. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga. was a Slovene writer, editor, and translator.

Life

After Javornik graduated from high school in

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in 1929, he studied

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and law.Žitnik, Janja, & Helga Glušić. 1999. ''Slovenska izseljenska književnost'', vol. 2. Ljubljana: ZRC SAZU, p. 408. He worked as a freelance writer, and in 1935 he became the chief editor of the newspaper ''Slovenski dom'' (The Slovene Home). He left Slovenia after the Second World War for political reasons. He worked in

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and then in Rome as an official translator for the American and British military authorities, and then as the editor for political reports on Slovenian broadcasts by Radio Trieste. In 1961 he emigrated to the United States and was employed by the American government as a language specialist and a member of the PR service for visitors from

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Literary work

Javornik's literary production includes the following works: *''Črni breg: povest'' (The Black Shore: A Tale, 1933), dealing with social issues *''Srečanje z nepoznanimi: knjiga o potih in o ljudeh'' (Encounter with the Unknown: A Book on Travels and People, 1934), journalism *''Pomlad v Palestini: potopis'' (Spring in Palestine: A Travelogue, 1935) *''Črne bukve: o delu komunistične Osvobodilne fronte proti slovenskemu narodu'' (The Black Book: The Work of the Communist Liberation Front against the Slovene Nation, 1944, reprinted 1990) *''Mož božje volje: dr.

Lambert Ehrlich Lambert Ehrlich (18 September 1878 – 26 May 1942)Mlakar, Boris. 1989. “Lambert Ehrlich”. ''Enciklopedija Slovenije,'' vol. 3. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga. was a Carinthian Slovene Roman Catholic priest, political figure, and ethnologist. Ea ...

'' (A Man of God's Will: Dr. Lambert Ehrlich, 1952) *''Pero in čas'' (The Pen and Time, 1944), a collection of prewar works *''Pero in čas II'' (The Pen and Time 2, 1980) Javornik also wrote radio plays and translated from English, Italian, German, and Spanish.

Political activity

During the German occupation of Yugoslavia, Javornik transformed the newspaper ''Slovenski dom'' into a militantly anti-Communist publication that supported the

Slovene Home Guard The Slovene Home Guard ( sl, Slovensko domobranstvo, SD; german: Slowenische Landeswehr) was a Slovene anti- Partisan military organization that was active during the 1943–1945 German occupation of the formerly Italian-occupied Province of Lju ...

and General

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. Together with other editors of ''Slovenski dom'' he prepared and published the volume ''Črne bukve: o delu komunistične Osvobodilne fronte proti slovenskemu narodu'' (The Black Book: The Work of the Communist Liberation Front against the Slovene Nation) in 1944, which details crimes committed by the

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References

External links

Javornik, Mirko. 1944. ''Črne bukve: o delu komunistične osvobodilne fronte proti slovenskemu narodu''. Ljubljana: Slovenski dom.
1909 births 1986 deaths Slovenian writers Slovenian journalists Yugoslav emigrants to the United States University of Ljubljana alumni People from Cerknica 20th-century journalists {{slovenia-writer-stub