Ervin Šinko, also known as Ervin Sinkó, (, born Franjo Spitzer; 5 October 1898 – 26 March 1967) was a Hungarian-Yugoslav writer, publisher and poet.
Biography Šinko was born in Apatin to a Jewish family on 5 October 1898. He attended elementary school in Apatin and gymnasium in Subotica. During World War I, in 1917, Šinko was mobilized and in 1918 he participated in the establishment of the Hungarian Soviet Republic. At the center of his literary occupation were the topics and questions about the Hungarian Revolution. Šinko worked writing for many Hungarian magazines such as: A Tett, Ma, Internationale, Tüz, Korunk, Nyugat, and others. He moved to Vienna where, in 1924, he published the magazine Testvér. Šinko also lived in Zurich, Moscow, and Paris. While in Paris, his articles were published in L'Europe, Le Monde and Ce Soir. In 1939, he moved to Zagreb, where he lived until World War II. During the war, he escaped to Dalmatia, where he was arrested and imprisoned by the Italian Fascists. After the capitulation of Italy and liberation, Šinko joined the Partisans. In 1945, he moved back to Zagreb, where stayed for the rest of his life. Šinko was member of the Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts from 1950 and as a regular member since 1960. He also was a member of the Croatian Writers Society. In 1946, he began to devote his energies to literary studies and writings on public affairs. In 1959, he became professor and director of the Hungarian department at Novi Sad University.
Šinko died on 26 March 1967 in Zagreb and was buried in Mirogoj Cemetery. Gradska groblja Zagreb: Ervin Šinko, Mirogoj Ž-3-I-13
Works
Poetry Nights and Dawns (, 1916) A Painful God (, 1923)
Novels Fourteen Days (, 1947) Optimists: A Novel From One Revolution (, 1954)
Novellas Giles Sets Off on the Road (, 1926) Aaron's Love (, 1951)
Stories Little Tales (, 1950)
Essays Eto ide naša sila...: uz omladinsku prugu, Nakladni zavod Hrvatske, Zagreb, 1947 Književne studije, Nakladni zavod Hrvatske, Zagreb, 1949 Sablast kruži Evropom: članci, rasprave i predavanja (1948.-1951.), Zora, Zagreb, 1951 Roman jednog romana: bilješke iz moskovskog dnevnika od 1935 do 1937 godine., Zora, Zagreb, 1955 Falanga Antikrista i drugi komentari, Zora, Zagreb, 1957 Lik književnika danas, Univerzum, Zagreb, 1957 Roman eines Romans: Moskauer Tagebuch, Verlag Wissenschaft und Politik, Köln, 1962 Csokonai életmüve, Forum, Novi Sad, 1965 Pjesme u prozi, Pripovijetke, Zapisi, Ogledi, Matica hrvatska, Zora, Zagreb, 1969 Sablast kruži Evropom, Globus, Zagreb, 1982 Drvarski dnevnik, BIGZ, Beograd, 1987 Krleža: esszék, tanulmányok, kommentárok, Forum Könyvkiadó, Novi Sad, 1987 Az út. Naplók: 1916–1939, Akadémiai Kiadó, Budimpešta, 1990 Roman eines Romans: Moskauer Tagebuch, 1935–1937, Das Arsenal, Berlin, 1990
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