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, and Antonija, née. Lučić, from

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. The father, commander of the Austrian

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''Pietro'', died in Brazil, when he was five years old. After his father's death the mother remarried with captain Vjenceslav Harasim from

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. From that marriage the famous writer and pedagogic

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was born, who maintained an epistolary relationship with her half-brother throughout her life. Rikard Lenac was a known lawyer, who after the collapse of Austro-Hungarian monarchy was nominated by the National Council of the

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as administrator of Fiume, taking the office from the deposed Hungarian governor, until November 17, 1918, when Italian army general

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relieved Dr. Rikard Lenac of his post and took power. Afterward he retired to private life, writing several literary and historical works. He died in 1949.

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