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Contribution to the Biography of Milutin Mayer, a Teacher in Sveta Helena and Writer of Historical Novels
Mira Kolar-Dimitrijević
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During his long life, Milutin Mayer (Zmaj helenski) was a teacher, writer, secretary to the Trade Organization in Zagreb and the Vice-Mayor of Zagreb. In all of these areas he gave his contribution, so he deserves a description of the total of his work on all of these areas. There is naturally still much that we do not know yet, but we believe that his place will not stay empty in the Croatian encyclopaedias of the future. With his moderateness, systematicalness, diligence, versatility, the good texts of his novels and his good speeches as member of the Society of the Brothers of the Croatian Dragon, which had for its purpose the nurturing Croatian traditions, he did much good for the Croatian culture and covered the areas where we were the weakest. After graduating from the School for Teachers in Zagreb, he started working in Sveta Helena near Križevci, where he began to write historical novels, in which he described events from the Croatian history, always with the intention for the contents of these novels to have a didactic effect in the upbringing of the young generation and to develop the Croatian consciousness. After being transferred several times, he finally settled down in Zagreb, where he was noted as the great Master of the Society of the Brothers of the Croatian Dragon, Vice-Mayor of the city of Zagreb from 1925 to 1929 as well as secretary to the Assembly of Craftsmen of the city of Zagreb. He never forgot Križevci and he is also the connecting link which reminds us of the great historical tradition of Križevci and its cultural monuments. (Translated by Marina Bertovic)
Ključne riječi
Križevci; Milutin Mayer; historical novel; The Society of the Brothers of the Croatian Dragon; trade
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2612
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Datum izdavanja:
20.12.2005.
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