Original scientific paper
ADDITIONS FOR THE BIOGRAPHY OF BUDISLAV pl. BUDISAVLJEVIĆ-PRIJEDORSKI WITH THE HELP OF HIS UNPUBLISHED MEMOIRS "MOMENTS FROM MY LIFE"
ŽELJKO KARAULA
Abstract
The paper along with the help from the handwritten memoirs of Budislav Budisavljević Prijedorski Pomenci iz moga života which are kept in the archives if the Institute for the History of Croatian Literature, Theatre and music HAZU in Zagreb, archival sources, newspapers and literature, make additions to his biography. The life and political journey of Budislav Budisavljević-Prijedorski is roughly divided into two parts in the paper. The first part covers his youth, when the young Budisavljević as pupil of Kurelac and tough populist with his own literary work and friendly connections with Croatian writers supported their political and cultural work, and involved himself in politics, he began working on raising awareness of the people and the improvement of their economic opportunities, confronting the invading Germanism and Hungarianism. The second part covers the period of his life when Budisavljević left his career as a Krajina administrative officer and as a young deputy governor in Syrmia, and later as a chief governor under the Khuen regime in three Croatian counties (Bjelovar-Križevci, Lika-Krbava and Zagreb) he moved within the framework of the official Hungarian regime in the then Triune Kingdom as a typical "Khuenian". His concerns for national definition in the memoirs are clearly illustrated in the first part of his life, later he accepted Serbian national feeling, since the Yugoslavian ideology was the closest, which he clearly embraced in the older days. The memoirs of Budislav Budisavljević pl. Prijedorski Croatian and Serbian politician and writer are autobiographical annals in which Budisavljevi! apart from descriptions of the political situations dealt with contemporary accounts, and other various events from many towns in Croatia and Slavonia where he served. At the beginning the memoirs describe his adolescence and adulthood, then the historical events in which he mainly served as a deputy or chief governor. In them Budisavljević is engrossed in his own personal and patriarchal family life, folk customs, native land and profession. Ultimately it can be concluded that Budisavljević's memoirs are non-critical of his actions, but despite this subjective view his memoirs are an important contribution tot he understanding of 19th century Croatian history, especially on local levels, mostly in areas of the once Lika-Krbava County.
Keywords
Budislav Budisavljević-Prijedorski; Lika; Bjelovar; Gospić; Military Border; "Khuenian Serbs"
Hrčak ID:
86416
URI
Publication date:
31.12.2011.
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