Ivo Stern

Ivo Stern
Born(1889-12-24)24 December 1889
Zagreb, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Croatia)
Died1961 (aged 72)
Chiavari, Italy
NationalityCroat
Alma materUniversity of Zagreb
Occupation(s)Writer, journalist, lawyer

Dr. Ivo Stern (24 December 1889 – 1961) was a Croatian lawyer, writer, journalist, director and founder of the "Zagreb Radiostation" (now Croatian Radiotelevision).[1][2]

Stern was born to a wealthy Jewish family on 24 December 1889 in Zagreb.[1][2] He studied and graduated at the Faculty of Law at the University of Zagreb in 1913. After graduation, he practiced the law for a while. After World War I, in which he participated as a soldier in the Austro-Hungarian Army, Stern lived in Vienna. In 1926 as the head of the Zagreb group of bankers and industrials, despite the opposition from Belgrade, Stern founded the "Zagreb Radiostation". Stern was first director and major shareholder of the "Zagreb Radiostation". He was also the program editor until 1938. Stern was close friend of Croatian writer Milan Begović.[3][4][5]

Distinctly higher in education, polyglot, charming and elegant, financially independent, Stern fraternize with many Croatian writers. His apartment in Jurišićeva street was a place of elegant banquets. He was a member of the Croatian Freemasonry and founder of the elite "Rotary Club" which had predominantly Masonic membership.[5][6]

Stern wrote left pacifist oriented emphatic expressive poetry, which was published in the magazine "Plamen". He also wrote political feuilletons. One of his feuilletons was devoted to the problem of the Jewish diaspora in the new post-war Europe, for which he was criticized and accused that he represents the Jewish messianism of Bolsheviks, Leon Trotsky and Béla Kun.[5][7][8]

In the eve of World War II, Stern changed his surname to Globnik and moved to Italy where he died in 1961.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b Snješka Knežević (2011, p. 40)
  2. ^ a b Bajruši, Robert; Biluš, Marina; Zahtila, Viktor (15 February 2005). "Židovi koji su izgradili moderni Zagreb" [Jews who built modern Zagreb] (in Croatian). Nacional. Archived from the original on 25 February 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
  3. ^ (in Croatian) Usp. podatke iz radova N. Vončine, nav. u bilj. 13.
  4. ^ (in Croatian) Usp. Ivan Mužić: Masonstvo u Hrvata (masoni i Jugoslavija), str. 272, Split, 2/1983.
  5. ^ a b c d (in Croatian) Nikola Batušić; Erich Singer – "Krležijanac" prije Krleže; stranica 243, 244, 245.
  6. ^ (in Croatian) Nikola Batušić; Neke podatke o Ivi Sternu dugujem svome ocu dr. Nikoli Batušiću (1907–1985), jednome od prvih spikera zagrebačke radiostanice od koga sam, u ranoj mladosti, čuo pripovijedati o njegovu nekadašnjem ravnatelju (i ne sluteći da ću se jednom pozabaviti njime kao književnikom!) i svojoj majci dr. Ivani Batušić (1912), koja je sredinom tridesetih godina upoznala Sterna.
  7. ^ (in Croatian) O smislu lutanja — problem jevrejske rase — politički feljton, br. 9, str. 85 — 87.
  8. ^ (in Croatian) Usp. bilj. br. 10.

Bibliography

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  • Snješka Knežević, Aleksander Laslo (2011). Židovski Zagreb. Zagreb: AGM, Židovska općina Zagreb. ISBN 978-953-174-393-8.
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