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'''Mijo Mirković''' ({{IPA-sh|mǐjo mǐːrkɔ̝v̞it͡ɕ|hr}}; 28 September 1898 – 17 February 1963), also known by his [[
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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Mirković is one of the most appreciated Croatian [[Dialects of Serbo-Croatian|dialect]] poets.<ref name="Brucke"/> Beside poetry, he is also known for his narrative and nonfiction books, and for his works on economy. He published many discussions, books and textbooks on the theory of foreign and domestic trade, industrial policy, national economy, history of economy and economics of agriculture, publishing such works as ''Trade and Domestic Trade Policy'' (1931), ''Foreign Trade Policy'' (1932), ''Industrial Policy'' (1936), ''Agrarian Policy'' (1940), ''Economic Structure of Yugoslavia 1918–1941'' (1950) and ''Economic History of Yugoslavia'' (1958).<ref name="hrv"/><ref name="istr"/>
His best known work of poetry is the collection ''[[Dragi Kamen|Dragi kamen]]'', published in Zagreb in 1938 and named after the 1931 poem,<ref name="istr2">{{cite web|title=Susreti na dragom kamenu|url=http://istra.lzmk.hr/clanak.aspx?id=2620|publisher=[[Istrian Encyclopedia]]|access-date=21 March 2021|archive-url=
==Early life==
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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|authors=Ante Kadic, Ante Kadić|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Contemporary_Croatian_Literature/UYAwAAAAIAAJ?hl|title=Contemporary Croatian Literature|
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]]. He taught at the [[Subotica Law School]] (
[[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/T75WW|archive-date=22 March 2021}}</ref> From 1957 until his death he was full professor at the [[Faculty of Economics & Business, University of Zagreb|
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/oMY0k|archive-date=21 March 2021}}</ref>
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Mirković wrote his first poem, ''Kuraj'' ("Courage"), about the courage of fishermen at sea at 9. In high school he founded the magazine ''Nada - Hope'', in which he also published his poems.<ref name="istrianet"/>
Mirković is considered one of the leading Croatian poets of the 20th century, is often credited as the greatest poet from Istria, and has been described as the most prominent Istrian of all times, with [[Tone Peruško]] crediting him as the second greatest Istrian after [[Matija Vlačić Ilirik]].<ref name="istrapedia"/>
His poetry influenced the following generation of poets. He published a total of 50 poems of uniform quality. With his poetry, "he anticipated and touched on important ideological problems and existential doubts of the contemporary intellectual."<ref name="istr"/>
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://www.google.com/books/edition/Br%C3%BCcke/vpZIAQAAIAAJ?hl|title=Brücke
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==Prose==
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==Legacy==
Today, there is a street or square dedicated to Balota in most towns of the Kvarner and Istria, and in cities such as [[Rijeka]], [[Zadar]] and [[Pula]]. The Faculty of Economics and Tourism "Dr. Mijo Mirković" in Pula owes its name to Mirković.<ref name="istr"/> Rijeka's Mijo Mirković School of Economics is named after him.<ref name="eko">{{cite web|title=Ekonomska škola Mije Mirkovića Rijeka (official website)|url=http://ss-ekonomska-mmirkovica-ri.skole.hr/|publisher=Ekonomska škola Mije Mirkovića Rijeka|access-date=21 March 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/TQrfY|archive-date=27 September 2015}}</ref>
The scientific conference ''[[Susreti na dragom kamenu]]'' ("Encounters on a Precious Stone") is held every year in Mirković's honour in his native Rakalj.<ref name="hrv"/><ref name="istr"/> The historic KSI Mate Balota in Zagreb is named after him.<ref name="jutarnji">{{cite web|last= Boltižar|first=Matija|url=https://www.jutarnji.hr/vijesti/hrvatska/foto-gasi-se-154-kvadrata-istre-u-zagrebu-klubu-studenata-istre-nakon-vise-od-50-godina-prijeti-izbacivanje-iz-kultnog-prostora-u-ilici-13-8673125|title= FOTO: GASI SE 154 KVADRATA ISTRE U ZAGREBU Klubu studenata Istre nakon više od 50 godina prijeti izbacivanje iz kultnog prostora u Ilici 13|publisher= [[Jutarnji list]]|access-date=22 March 2021|archive-date=22 March 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/rdf4j |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Jadrolinija]]'s [[MF Mate Balota]], mostly sailing around Zadar, is named after him.
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