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Marija Jurić Zagorka was a Croatian journalist, novelist and dramatist, the first female journalist and second in the list of most popular Croatian writers of all time (by the 2005 poll compiled by Vjesnik, a Zagreb daily newspaper). Many of her works have been adapted to film.

She was born in the village of Negovec near Vrbovec, to a well-standing family, which allowed her a good education, but in spite of her talent and many gifts, her parents decided to end her education early and, soon after leaving school, married her off to a man whom she barely knew, a Hungarian railway clerk 18 years her senior. The marriage ended abruptly with her escape from the house, first to Sremska Mitrovica and then to Zagreb, due to her husband's and mother-i

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Mirko Bogović

Mirko Bogović (Varaždin, 1816 - Zagreb, 1893) was a Croatian poet, playwright and politician.

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Ivan Slamnig

Ivan Slamnig was a Croatian poet, novelist, literary theorist and translator.

Slamnig was born in Metković. He graduated from the University of Zagreb Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in 1955 and later taught at its Department of Comparative Literature.

Slamnig is considered one of the most important Croatian poets of the 20th century. His laconic, humor-infused modernist poetry is difficult to categorize, and proved popular with the critics and the public alike. His poem "Barbara", set to music by Zvonko Špišić, was a hit in 1975.

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Ivan Kozarac

Ivan Kozarac was a Croatian novelist, poet and writer of short stories.
He was an active writer for only four years. In his lifetime only a single book was published; a compilation of short stories, "Slavonian Blood" in 1906, and his other books were released only after his death (thanks in part to the efforts of Dragutin Tadijanović).

His cardinal work is the novel "Đuka Begović", first published in 1911. The novel describes many Slavonian traditions in an almost documentary style. It has since been made into a theatrical play and a movie by Branko Schmidt.

Kozarac failed to attract a particular attention to himself in his lifetime. He was a narrator of the life of typical villages of Šokadija during a time when the Military Frontier was fres

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Janko Leskovar

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U svom desetogodišnjem književnom stvaralaštvu Leskovar je bio zaokupljen psihološkom analizom likova naglašeno nezainteresiranih ili nesposobnih za životnu borbu. Njegovi junaci postaju žrtvama vlastitih fikcija, kao ljudi kontemplacije koji život motre sa strane umjesto da u njemu djeluju.

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Petar Šegedin

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Ksaver Šandor Gjalski

Ksaver Šandor Gjalski, or Ljubomil Tito Babić (26 October 1854 – 6 February 1935) was a Croatian writer and civil servant.

His real name was Ljubomil Babić and he was born in the Gredice castle near Klanjec and Zabok in Hrvatsko Zagorje, into a minor aristocratic family. He finished high school in Varaždin and earned law degrees in Zagreb and Vienna. He was also involved in politics. In 1906 he got elected into the Croatian Parliament. 1917 through 1918 he held the post of mayor of the Zagreb county.

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Sophocles

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Harold Pinter

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Arundhati Roy

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Jean Racine

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Giovanni Boccaccio

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Miroslav Krleža

A leading Croatian writer and figure in the cultural life of both Yugoslav states, the Kingdom (1918-1941) and the Republic (from 1945, until his death in 1981). He has been often proclaimed as the greatest Croatian writer of the 20th century.

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Christiane V. Felscherinow

DE: Vera Christiane Felscherinow wurde als jugendliche Drogenabhängige zu einer Symbolfigur für die Verbreitung des Drogenmissbrauchs in Deutschland und der damit verbundenen Probleme in der deutschen Gesellschaft. Bekannt wurde sie in der Öffentlichkeit gegen Ende der 1970er-Jahre durch eine Reportage und ein begleitendes Buch der Zeitschrift Stern unter der abgekürzten Namensform „Christiane F.“ Sie hatte eine Karriere als Sängerin unter dem Namen Sentimentale Jugend.

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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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Marija Jurić Zagorka

Marija Jurić Zagorka was a Croatian journalist, novelist and dramatist, the first female journalist and second in the list of most popular Croatian writers of all time (by the 2005 poll compiled by Vjesnik, a Zagreb daily newspaper). Many of her works have been adapted to film.

She was born in the village of Negovec near Vrbovec, to a well-standing family, which allowed her a good education, but in spite of her talent and many gifts, her parents decided to end her education early and, soon after leaving school, married her off to a man whom she barely knew, a Hungarian railway clerk 18 years her senior. The marriage ended abruptly with her escape from the house, first to Sremska Mitrovica and then to Zagreb, due to her husband's and mother-i

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Mato Lovrak

Mato Lovrak was a Croatian children's literature writer.
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Mato Lovrak je bio hrvatski dječji pisac.

Mato Lovrak rođen je u Velikom Grđevcu, selu kod Bjelovara, u šesteročlanoj obitelji krojačkog obrtnika Mate i majke Ane. Četverogodišnju pučku školu završio je u rodnom selu, a nakon četiri razreda niže realne gimnazije u Bjelovaru upisao se u Učiteljsku školu u Zagrebu koju je završio 1919. godine. Nakon završetka škole je službovao kao učitelj u Kutini, Klokočevcu, Velikom Grđevcu i Velikim Zdencima, a od 1934. godine do mirovine 1954. godine u Zagrebu.

Pisao je i pripovijetke, ali je osobitu popularnost stekao romanima tematski vezanim uz djetinjstvo. Gradi zanimljivu fabulu s elementima pustolovnog, ali i s didaktičkim naglascima. Izuz

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August Šenoa

August Šenoa was a Croatian novelist, critic, editor, poet, and dramatist.

He was a transitional figure, who helped bring Croatian literature from Romanticism to Realism and introduced the historical novel to Croatia. He wrote more than ten novels, among which the most notable are:

Zlatarovo zlato (Goldsmith's gold; 1871)
Čuvaj se senjske ruke (Pirates of Senj; 1876)
Seljačka buna (Peasants' revolt; 1877)
Diogenes (1878)
Šenoa was also the author of the popular patriotic song "Živila Hrvatska".

He was born in Zagreb, then part of the Habsburg Empire, into a family of Czech-German origin. His surname was originally spelled Schönoa. He studied law in Prague. He also lived in Vienna for a while, but returned to Zagreb in 1866. From 1874 to 1881, Šeno

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Vladan Desnica

Vladan Desnica (Zadar, 17. rujna 1905. - Zagreb, 4. ožujka 1967.), srpski književnik. Prvim se radovima javio uoči Drugoga svjetskog rata objavivši svoj novelistički prvijenac Životna staza Jandrije Kutlače (1935) u Magazinu sjeverne Dalmacije. Ali tek kad je objavio roman pod oksimoronskim naslovom Zimsko ljetovanje (1950.), Desnica je, prateći skupinu Zadrana koji su se pred savezničkim bombama tijekom rata sklonili u sela zadarskog zaleđa, ušao u književnost kroz glavna vrata i odmah stao u red prvih srpskih pripovjedača kao umjetnik visoko njegovane rečenice realističko-naturalističkog stila, koja ima uzor u stilu talijanskoga verizma pa je, unatoč agitpropovsko-cekaovskoj kritici, odmah pozdravljen i prihvaćen od najmlađih pisaca.

Njego

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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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Ivan Kozarac

Ivan Kozarac was a Croatian novelist, poet and writer of short stories.
He was an active writer for only four years. In his lifetime only a single book was published; a compilation of short stories, "Slavonian Blood" in 1906, and his other books were released only after his death (thanks in part to the efforts of Dragutin Tadijanović).

His cardinal work is the novel "Đuka Begović", first published in 1911. The novel describes many Slavonian traditions in an almost documentary style. It has since been made into a theatrical play and a movie by Branko Schmidt.

Kozarac failed to attract a particular attention to himself in his lifetime. He was a narrator of the life of typical villages of Šokadija during a time when the Military Frontier was fres

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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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Slobodan Novak

Ante Slobodan Novak was a Croatian writer and novelist. He is best known for his novel "Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh" (1968), often listed as one of the best Croatian novels of the 20th century.

Novak was born in Split on 3 November 1924 to Duje and Marija (née Smoje) Novak. He was baptized in the local church as Ante Slobodan Novak. He finished elementary school in Rab, attended the Classical gymnasium in Split, then graduated in Sušak. During World War II he joined the Yugoslav Partisans.

He then attended the University of Zagreb and earned a degree in Croatian and Yugoslav literature in 1953. He worked as an instructor, proofreader, and playwright for the Croatian National Theatre in Split. Later he worked as a journalist and an editor in

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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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Dubravka Ugrešić

Dubravka Ugrešić was a Yugoslav, Croatian and Dutch writer. She left Croatia in 1993 and was based in Amsterdam since 1996. She described herself as "post-Yugoslav, transnational, or, even more precisely, postnational writer".

Dubravka Ugrešić earned her degrees in Comparative Literature, Russian Language and Literature at the University of Zagreb, and worked for twenty years at the Institute for Theory of Literature at Zagreb University, successfully pursuing parallel careers as a writer and a literary scholar.

She started writing professionally with screenplays for children’s television programs, as an undergraduate. In 1971 she published her first book for children Mali plamen, which was awarded a prestigious Croatian literary prize for ch

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Ivan Slamnig

Ivan Slamnig was a Croatian poet, novelist, literary theorist and translator.

Slamnig was born in Metković. He graduated from the University of Zagreb Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in 1955 and later taught at its Department of Comparative Literature.

Slamnig is considered one of the most important Croatian poets of the 20th century. His laconic, humor-infused modernist poetry is difficult to categorize, and proved popular with the critics and the public alike. His poem "Barbara", set to music by Zvonko Špišić, was a hit in 1975.

Slamnig was a full member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts since 1992.

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Antun Šoljan

Antun Šoljan rođen je 1. prosinca 1932. u Beogradu, a umro je 9. srpnja 1993. u Zagrebu. Gimnaziju je završio u Zagrebu, gdje je studirao njemački i engleski jezik i književnost. Plodan pjesnik, prozaik, esejist, dramatičar i prevoditelj, uređivao je časopise “Krugovi”, “Međutim”, “Književnik”, bio je predsjednik Hrvatskog centra PEN-a (1971. – 1973.), urednik u nekoliko nakladničkih kuća, autor niza važnih antologija svjetske i hrvatske književnosti. Svojim kulturnim angažmanom, javnom riječju, književnim i prevodilačkim djelovanjem bez sumnje je bio jedna od središnjih osobnosti hrvatske kulture druge polovice dvadesetoga stoljeća.

Objavio je zbirke poezije Na rubu svijeta, Matica hrvatska, Zagreb 1956.; Izvan fokusa, Lykos, Zagreb 1957.;

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Petar Šegedin

NAPOMENA: za istoimenog filozofa vidi Petar Šegedin

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Ivan Gundulić

Ivan Gundulić (Giovanni Gondola; nadimak Mačica; Dubrovnik, 8. siječnja 1589. - Dubrovnik, 8. prosinca 1638.) hrvatski je pjesnik, epik, lirik i dramatik.
Rođen je kao najstariji sin Frana Gundulića i Džive Gradić. Obitelj Gundulić bila je poznata još u 13. stoljeću, a njezini su članovi, kao pripadnici aristokracije, obavljali različite državno-administrativne poslove u Dubrovniku i okolici.

Obrazovao se u Dubrovniku, gdje su mu, uz ostale, učitelji bili Toskanac Camillo Camilli, koji je dopunio Tassov Oslobođeni Jeruzalem te svećenik Petar Palikuća, koji je na hrvatski preveo Život Karla Borromea. Nakon završetka školovanja, 1608. postaje član Velikoga vijeća. Nastavljajući obiteljsku tradiciju, obavlja više državno-administrativnih službi

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Ksaver Šandor Gjalski

Ksaver Šandor Gjalski, or Ljubomil Tito Babić (26 October 1854 – 6 February 1935) was a Croatian writer and civil servant.

His real name was Ljubomil Babić and he was born in the Gredice castle near Klanjec and Zabok in Hrvatsko Zagorje, into a minor aristocratic family. He finished high school in Varaždin and earned law degrees in Zagreb and Vienna. He was also involved in politics. In 1906 he got elected into the Croatian Parliament. 1917 through 1918 he held the post of mayor of the Zagreb county.

He wrote novels, but his best known work is Pod starim krovovima (Under Old Roofs), a collection of short stories in which he described the economic decline of the Croatian aristocracy. Gjalski managed to combine realism and poetry in his work be

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