Andrei Glavina

Andrei Glavina
Andrei Glavina in 1920
Born	30 November 1881 Šušnjevica, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Died	9 February 1925 Pula, Kingdom of Italy
Occupation	Writer, professor, politician
Nationality	Italian
Spouse	Fiorella Zagabria

Andrei Glavina (30 November 1881 – 9 February 1925; Croatian: Andrej Glavina; Italian: Andrea Glavina) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Istro-Romanian writer, professor and politician born in Šušnjevica. Known as the "Apostle of the Istro-Romanians", he is recognized for his struggle for the Istro-Romanian culture and language, being notable his book Calindaru lu rumeri din Istrie, the first in history written in this language in collaboration with Constantin Diculescu. He also managed the creation of an Istro-Romanian municipality in 1922 being the first mayor, giving classes in Istro-Romanian in the only school of the municipality.

Glavina was born in 1881 in the village of Šušnjevica. At age 12, he was taken to Romania by the Romanian ethnographer and folklorist Teodor Burada to be educated at the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University in Iași. Then he would return to Istria to teach in two other villages until the opening of the first school in Šušnjevica by Italy just after the end of the World War I.