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Dinko Šimunović

Dinko Šimunović was born in Knin. He spent most of his life as a teacher in villages of the Zagora, the hinterland of southern Croatia.
He wrote many stories and novels, all dealing with people from his native region. He considered rural life superior to urban, but he showed compassion for people forced to emigrate due to poverty.
He died in Zagreb.

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Johanna Spyri

Johanna Spyri was a Swiss author of children's stories, best known for Heidi. Born Johanna Louise Heusser in the rural area of Hirzel, Switzerland, as a child she spent several summers in the area around Chur in Graubünden, the setting she later would use in her novels.

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Sophocles

Sophocles (497/496 BC-406/405 BC), (Greek: Σοφοκλής ; German: Sophokles , Russian: Софокл , French: Sophocle ) was an ancient Greek tragedian, known as one of three from whom at least one play has survived in full. His first plays were written later than, or contemporary with, those of Aeschylus; and earlier than, or contemporary with, those of Euripides. Sophocles wrote over 120 plays, but only seven have survived in a complete form: Ajax, Antigone, Women of Trachis, Oedipus Rex, Electra, Philoctetes, and Oedipus at Colonus. For almost fifty years, Sophocles was the most celebrated playwright in the dramatic competitions of the city-state of Athens which took place during the religious festivals of the Lenaea and the Dionysia

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Mark Twain

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Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist and essayist. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature." His novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), with the latter often called the "Great American Novel." Twain also wrote A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) and Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894), and co-wrote The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today (1873) with Charles Dudley Warner.

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Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl was a beloved British author, poet, screenwriter, and wartime fighter pilot, best known for his enchanting and often darkly humorous children's books that have captivated generations of readers around the world. Born in Llandaff, Wales, to Norwegian parents, Dahl led a life marked by adventure, tragedy, creativity, and enduring literary success. His vivid imagination and distinctive storytelling style have made him one of the most celebrated children's authors in modern literature.
Before becoming a writer, Dahl lived a life filled with excitement and hardship. He served as a Royal Air Force pilot during World War II, surviving a near-fatal crash in the Libyan desert. His wartime experiences and travels deeply influenced his story

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Lee Child

Lee Child was born October 29th, 1954 in Coventry, England, but spent his formative years in the nearby city of Birmingham. By coincidence he won a scholarship to the same high school that JRR Tolkien had attended. He went to law school in Sheffield, England, and after part-time work in the theater he joined Granada Television in Manchester for what turned out to be an eighteen-year career as a presentation director during British TV's "golden age." During his tenure his company made Brideshead Revisited, The Jewel in the Crown, Prime Suspect, and Cracker. But he was fired in 1995 at the age of 40 as a result of corporate restructuring. Always a voracious reader, he decided to see an opportunity where others might have seen a crisis and bou

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R.L. Stine

Robert Lawrence Stine known as R. L. Stine and Jovial Bob Stine, is an American novelist and writer, well known for targeting younger audiences. Stine, who is often called the Stephen King of children's literature, is the author of dozens of popular horror fiction novellas, including the books in the Goosebumps, Rotten School, Mostly Ghostly, The Nightmare Room and Fear Street series.

R. L. Stine began his writing career when he was nine years old, and today he has achieved the position of the bestselling children's author in history. In the early 1990s, Stine was catapulted to fame when he wrote the unprecedented, bestselling Goosebumps® series, which sold more than 250 million copies and became a worldwide multimedia phenomenon. His other

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Richard Bach

Since Jonathan Livingston Seagull - which dominated the #1 spot on the New York Times Bestseller List for two consecutive years - Richard Bach has touched millions of people through his humor, wisdom and insight.

With over 60 million copies of his books sold, Richard Bach remains one of the world's most beloved authors. A former USAF fighter pilot, Air Force captain and latter-day barnstorming pilot, Bach continues to be an avid aviator-author, exploring and chronicling the joys and freedom of flying, reporting his findings to readers.

His most recent works include Travels with Puff, which recounts Bach's journey from Florida to Washington state in his small seaplane, Puff, and Illusions II: The Adventures of a Reluctant S

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Deborah Ellis

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Deborah Ellis has achieved international acclaim with her courageous and dramatic books that give Western readers a glimpse into the plight of children in developing countries.

She has won the Governor General's Award, Sweden's Peter Pan Prize, the Ruth Schwartz Award, the University of California's Middle East Book Award, the Jane Addams Children's Book Award and the Vicky Metcalf Award.

A long-time feminist and anti-war activist, she is best known for The Breadwinner Trilogy, which has been published around the world in seventeen languages, with more than a million dollars in royalties donated to Street Kids International and to Women for Women, an organi

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Pavao Pavličić

Pavao Pavličić rođen je 16. kolovoza 1946. godine u Vukovaru gdje je završio osnovnu školu i gimnaziju. Na Filozofskom fakultetu u Zagrebu diplomirao je poredbenu književnost i talijanski jezik, a doktorirao je 1974. tezom iz područja metrike (Sesta rima u hrvatskoj književnosti).
Od 1970. g. zaposlen je na Filozofskom fakultetu u Zagrebu gdje je i danas redoviti profesor na Odsjeku za komparativnu književnost. Književni i znanstveni interesi kod njega su podjednako zastupljeni i isprepliću se. Kao znanstvenika, Pavličića zaokupljaju teme iz starije hrvatske književnosti i literarne teorije. Iz tog područja objavio je veći broj rasprava i nekoliko knjiga: Rasprave o hrvatskoj baroknoj književnosti, 1979, Književna genologija, 1983, Stih u dr

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Marin Držić

Marin Držić (also Marino Darza or Marino Darsa; 1508-1567) is considered the finest Croatian Renaissance playwright and prose writer. His works cover many fields: lyric poetry, pastorals, political letters and pamphlets, and comedies.

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Ferenc Molnár

Ferenc Molnár (Americanized name: Franz Molnar) was a Hungarian dramatist and novelist. During the World War II he emigrated to the United States to escape the Nazi persecution of Hungarian Jews.

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Vjenceslav Novak

Vjenceslav Novak (Senj, 11. rujna 1859. - Zagreb, 20. rujna 1905.), hrvatski romanopisac, novelist, publicist, glazbeni kritičar i pedagog

Rođen je u doseljeničkoj češkoj obitelji, gdje je majka Senjanka iz doseljene bavarske obitelji. Bio je najugledniji pisac hrvatskog realizma, te su ga zvali hrvatskim Balzacom. Osnovnu i srednju školu je završio u Senju i Gospiću. Poslije završene preparandije u Zagrebu radi neko vrijeme kao učitelj u Senju.

U književnost ulazi 1881. godine pripovijetkom Maca. Napisao je sedam romana. Objavio je tridesetak pripovjedaka, a osim pripovjedne proze piše pjesme, feljtone, dramske pokušaje, recenzije, kritike i rasprave iz muzikologije i muzičke pedagogije.
U svom proznom stvaralaštvu (ponajprije kao pripovjedač

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Dinko Šimunović

Dinko Šimunović was born in Knin. He spent most of his life as a teacher in villages of the Zagora, the hinterland of southern Croatia.
He wrote many stories and novels, all dealing with people from his native region. He considered rural life superior to urban, but he showed compassion for people forced to emigrate due to poverty.
He died in Zagreb.

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Hrvoje Hitrec

Hrvoje Hitrec is contemporary Croatian writer. Graduated comparative literature. He wrote theatre plays, movie and television scenarios, but he is especially known for his children books.

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Ivan Kušan

Ivan Kušan rođen je 1933. godine u Sarajevu. Školovao se te živio i radio u Zagrebu. Akademski je slikar. Radio je kao urednik na RTV Zagreb i u "Telegramu", bio je dramaturg u Zagreb-filmu, urednik u "Školskoj knjizi" te redoviti profesor Akademije dramske umjetnosti u Zagrebu. Uređivao je časopis "Most" i knjižnice "Znanja" i "Školske knjige". Autor je mnoštva drama, filmskih scenarija, radio i televizijskih drama, romana, priča, eseja i kritika. Sastavio je nekoliko antologija. Priredio je dvije samostalne izložbe. Djela su mu prevođena na više stranih jezika.

Objavio je knjigu drama Svrha od slobode, romane Uzbuna na zelenom vrhu, Razapet između, Koko i duhovi, Domaća zadaća, Zidom zazidani, Zagonetni dječak, Lažeš, Melita, Toranj, Koko

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Božidar Prosenjak

BOŽIDAR PROSENJAK je rođen 19. kolovoza 1948. godine u Koprivnici. Djetinjstvo je proveo u podravskom selu Kuzmincu. Tamo je započeo svoje školovanje, nastavio ga zatim u Koprivnici, Parizu i Zagrebu, gdje je diplomirao romanistiku na Filozofskom fakultetu. Zaposlio se u Velikoj Gorici kao novinar i urednik kulture u listu i na radiju.

Godine 1980. pokreće i više od šesnaest godina uređuje biblioteku "Albatros" u Velikoj Gorici. Uređije također Časopise Matice hrvatske u Velikoj Gorici i Društva hrvatskih književnika u Zagrebu. Od godine 1984. djeluje kao slobodni umjetnik. Član je Društva hrvatskih književnika i Republičke zajednice samostalnih umjetnika Hrvatske, gdje je niz godina i član Upravnih tijela.

Objavljuje prozne, pjesničke, drams

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Nada Mihelčić

Hrvatska književnica za djecu i mlade. U Zagrebu je završila gimnaziju, apsolvirala na FPN, paralelno upisala studij filozofije i indologije na FF i pohađala predavanja na pravnom fakultetu, trudeći se dobiti što šire obrazovanje, a onda je sve napustila i odlučila putovati. Dugo godina se bavila astronomijom, alpinizmom, te prodavala američke građevinsku i brodograđevnu opremu diljem Europe. Počinje pisati tek u zreloj dobi.

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Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić

Within her native land, as well as internationally, she has been praised as the best Croatian writer for children.

She started writing poetry, diaries and essays rather early but her works were not published until the beginning of the 20th century.
Her book Croatian Tales of Long Ago (Priče iz davnine), published in 1916, is among the most popular today.In the book Mažuranić created a series of new fairy-tales, but using names and motifs from the Slavic mythology of Croats. It was this that earned her comparisons to Hans Christian Andersen and Tolkien who also wrote completely new stories but based in some elements of real mythology.

Brlić-Mažuranić was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature four times. However, she never won the prize du

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Milivoj Matošec

Milivoj Matošec (Zagreb, 1929.- Zagreb, 1982.) je novinar, urednik i pisac.

Završio je studij prava, bio je dramaturg Radio-televizije Zagreb. Napisao je brojne priče, romane, radio-igre (60 ih je emitirano), scenarije za televizijske emisije, serije i crtane filmove. Njegova djela prevedena su na ruski, mađarski, slovenski i albanski. Bio je urednik listova i časopisa Vjesnik, Kerempuh, Omladinski borac, Horizont i dr.

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Dragutin Tadijanović

Dragutin Tadijanović (Rastušje, kod Sl. Broda, 4. studenog 1905. - Zagreb, 27. lipnja 2007.), hrvatski pjesnik.

Dragutin Tadijanović rođen je 4. studenoga 1905. godine u Rastušju, kod Slavonskog Broda, kao najstariji sin zemljoradnika Mirka Tadijanovića i Mande. Polazio je Nižu pučku školu u susjednom selu Podvinju (1912. - 1916.) i u Slavonskom Brodu dva razreda Više pučke škole (1916. - 1925.), a od 1918. Realnu gimnaziju. Od jeseni 1920. godine, stanujući u brodskom samostanu, kao učenik petog razreda gimnazije, piše pjesme.U Zagrebu je na Gospodarsko-šumarskom fakultetu upisao studij šumarstva (1925.), ali je kasnije prešao na Filozofski fakultet (povijest južnoslavenske književnosti i filozofija 1928.). Diploma Filozofskog fakulteta Sve

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Trish Doller

Hi, I'm Trish! I don't really visit goodreads too often, but you can find me on both Instagram and Twitter as @trishdoller. Instagram is my favorite, so look there first. I don't bite, so come say hello!

(Note: I'm sorry that don't have any review copies for my books. You'll have to contact the publisher.)

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Damir Miloš

Damir Miloš rođen je 1954. godine u Opatiji. Objavljivao je drame, prozne, esejističke i teorijske tekstove, knjige i priručnike o jedrenju. Prozne knjige: Bijeli klaun, Zoe, Kapetanov dnevnik, Nabukodonozor, jedriličarski brevijar Pod jedriljem krstača.

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Stjepan Tomaš

Stjepan Tomaš je rođen 1947., poslije II. Svjetskog rata u Novoj Bukovici kod Slatine. Gimnaziju je završio u Našicama, a Filozofski fakultet u Zagrebu. Živi i radi u Osijeku.

Objavio je nekoliko romana za djecu: «Moljac i noćni čuvar», «Dobar dan, tata» i «Halo, ovdje komandosi». Knjiga ratnih dnevničkih zapisa «Moj tata spava s anđelima» nadopunjena pojavila se ponovno pod naslovom «Mali ratni dnevnik».
Napisao je i četiri zbirke pripovijedaka za odrasle: «Sveti bunar», «Tko kuca otvorit će mu se», «Smrtna ura», «Anđeli na vrhu igle» te romane: «Građani u prvom koljenu», «Taninska četvrt», «Život u provinciji», «Zlatousti».

Zastupljen je u nekoliko antologija suvremene hrvatske i jugoslovenske proze. Kritika je uglavnom povoljno ocijenila

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