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'''Mijo Mirković''' ({{IPA
Mirković was born in [[Rakalj]], southeastern [[Istria]]. His family was evacuated to [[Moravia]] at the beginning of the [[Great War]]. Upon his return to Croatia he worked as a journalist in [[Pula]] before moving to [[Zagreb]], where he graduated from the [[Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb|Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences]]. He later studied economy and social sciences in [[Berlin]] and [[Frankfurt]], where he had gone in order to examine the original manuscripts of Matija Vlačić. He obtained his doctorate from the [[Goethe University Frankfurt|University of Frankfurt]] in 1922, and subsequently taught in [[Osijek]], [[Subotica]] and [[Belgrade]]. After [[World War II in Yugoslavia|World War II]], he was a professor at the [[Faculty of Economics, University of Zagreb|Faculty of Economics]] in Zagreb until his death. A member of [[Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts|Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts]] (JAZU) since 1947, he was its [[List of members of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts|Secretary General]] from 1958 until 1961, and in 1960 received the [[:hr:Državna nagrada za znanost RH|Lifetime Achievement Award]].
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He later came back to Istria, working as a journalist and an editor for the Pula newspaper ''Hrvatski list''.<ref name="istr"/><ref name="hrv"/><ref name="business"/> Mirković was in Pula at the time of the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy.<ref name="istr"/>
Starting from 1919 he studied [[philosophy]] and [[Slavonic studies]] in [[Zagreb]] and [[Belgrade]]. He later studied economics and humanities in [[Berlin]] and [[Frankfurt am Main]], where in 1922<ref name="kadic">{{cite book|
Mirković had decided to go study in Frankfurt, because there were stored the manuscripts of Vlačić (Flacius), who he considered the "greatest Istrian of all time."<ref name="istrianet"/> His studies of Vlačić's manuscripts in Frankfurt later resulted in his extensive and well-documented work on the reformer.<ref name="istrianet"/> In the [[interwar period]] he worked as a substitute professor in several places throughout former Yugoslavia, including the Trade Academy in [[Osijek]] and the Maritime Academy in [[Bakar, Croatia|Bakar]]. He taught at the [[Subotica Law School]] (1928–39) and at the [[University of Belgrade Faculty of Economics|Belgrade School of Economics]].<ref name="hrv"/><ref name="istr"/> Mirković also visited many European universities and scientific cultural centers.<ref name="istr"/><ref name="business"/><ref name="hrv"/>
[[File:Ante Mirković.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Ante Mirković, father of Balota]]
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During the [[Second World War]] he completed his only novel ''[[Tight Country: A Novel from Istrian Folk Life]]'', or ''Tijesna zemlja. Roman iz istarskog narodnog života'' (1946). He united documentary and fiction works in his ''Puna je Pula'' (1954). Another well known book by Mirković is ''Stara Pazinska Gimnazija'' (1950). Mirković's [[Verismo (literature)|verist]] works depict life in the Istrian villages, with the Istrians' happy, sad and tragic moments.
Mirković participated to the [[Paris Peace Conference (1946)|Paris Peace Conference]], and thus contributed to the annexation of Istria to [[SR Croatia|Croatia]].<ref name="istr"/><ref name="hrv"/><ref name="business">{{cite web|title=Mijo Mirković|url=https://www.efzg.unizg.hr/mijo-mirkovic-42022/42022|publisher=[[Faculty of Economics & Business, University of Zagreb]]|access-date=22 March 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210322131542/https://www.efzg.unizg.hr/mijo-mirkovic-42022/42022|archive-date=22 March 2021}}</ref> From 1957 until his death he was full professor at the [[Faculty of Economics & Business, University of Zagreb|Faculty of Economics in Zagreb]].<ref name="istr"/><ref name="business"/><ref name="hrv"/> In 1960, he received the [[:hr:Državna nagrada za znanost RH|Lifetime Achievement Award]].<ref name="hrv"/><ref name="crorep">{{cite web|title=Državne nagrade za znanstvenoistraživački rad za 1960. godinu|url=https://mzo.gov.hr/print.aspx?id=662&url=print|publisher=[[Republic of Croatia]]|access-date=21 March 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210322134918/https://mzo.gov.hr/print.aspx?id=662&url=print
Mirković published a large number of university textbooks and works on economy, including ''Ekonomsku historiju Jugoslavije'' (1958).<ref name="istr"/> He was one of the most prolific writers on economy between the two world wars.<ref name="istr"/> He published works on economy history and discussions in the field of foreign and domestic trade theory, agrarian economics, and industrial policy. Such works include ''Trgovina i unutrašnja trgovinska politika'' ("Trade and Domestic Trade Policy"), 1931; ''Spoljna trgovinska politika'' ("Foreign Trade Policy"), 1932; ''Industrijska politika'' ("Industrial Policy"), 1936; ''Agrarna politika'' ("Agrarian Policy"), 1940; ''Ekonomska struktura Jugoslavije 1918–1941'' ("Economic Structure of 1918–1941 Yugoslavia"), 1950; ''Ekonomika agrara FNRJ'' ("Economics of Agriculture of the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia"), 1950; ''Seljaci u kapitalizmu'' ("Peasants and Capitalism"), 1952; ''Ekonomska historija Jugoslavije'' ("Economic History of Yugoslavia"), 1958; ''Uvod u ekonomiku Jugoslavije'' ("Introduction to the Economy of Yugoslavia"), 1959.<ref name="hrv">{{cite web|title=Mirković, Mijo|url=https://www.enciklopedija.hr/Natuknica.aspx?ID=41145|publisher=[[Croatian Encyclopedia]]|access-date=21 March 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210321210537/https://www.enciklopedija.hr/Natuknica.aspx?ID=41145|archive-date=21 March 2021}}</ref>
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The South Istrian Chakavian of his poetry has been described as musical and somewhat archaic. In his songs he has his most unstable verse, which in places is completely [[free verse|free]]. The rhythm of poetry "often follows the rhythm of folk songs."<ref name="istr"/> The "relation to verse, versification and metrics is unpredictable," and the verse is markedly [[freedom|free]], as is "the relation to language and its grammatical and orthographic laws, regardless of whether it is written in a dialect or a book-standard." His poems treat urban themes.<ref name="istr"/> His collection of poems "became a cult book of Istrian Croats due to its great popularity."<ref name="hrv"/> Mirković is credited with having expressed in poetry and journalism "the voice of the [common] people of Istria."<ref name="istrianet"/> He is one of the most appreciated Croatian dialect poets.<ref name="Brucke">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vpZIAQAAIAAJ|title=Brücke
|language=it|page=3|publisher=[[Ministry of Culture and Media (Croatia)|Ministry of Culture]]|year=2008
==Prose==
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* Istria on the Internet, Prominent Istrians - Mate Balota - https://www.istrianet.org/istria/illustri/mirkovic/index.htm
* [http://www.labin.com/web/neobavezna.asp?id=1138&idkat=53 Biografija] {{in lang|hr}}
*{{cite encyclopedia | url=http://www.istrapedia.hr/hrv/296/mirkovic-mijo-mate-balota/istra-a-z/ | encyclopedia=Istrapedia | title=Mirković, Mijo (Mate Balota) | last=Biletić | first=Boris Domagoj | publisher=[[Istria County]] | language=Croatian |
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