WRITER

August Šenoa

1838 - 1881

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August Ivan Nepomuk Eduard Šenoa (Croatian pronunciation: [ǎuɡust ʃěːnoa]; originally Schönoa; 14 November 1838 – 13 December 1881) was a Croatian novelist, playwright, poet, and editor. Born to an ethnic German and Slovak family, Šenoa became a key figure in the development of an independent literary tradition in Croatian and shaping the emergence of the urban Croatian identity of Zagreb and its surroundings at a time when Austrian control was weaning. He was a literary 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 ('The Goldsmith's Treasure'; 1871), Čuvaj se senjske ruke ('Pirates of Senj', lit. 'Beware the Hand of Senj'; 1876), Seljačka buna ('The Peasant Revolt'; 1877), and Diogenes (1878). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. August Šenoa is the 3,327th most popular writer (down from 3,035th in 2019), the 189th most popular biography from Croatia (down from 176th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Croatian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, August Šenoa ranks 3,327 out of 7,302. Before him are Ibn Zaydún, Anatoly Rybakov, Harold Russell, Christopher Robin Milne, Butrus al-Bustani, and Alan Sillitoe. After him are Sohrab Sepehri, Salomėja Nėris, Antoine Furetière, Robert M. Pirsig, Horace McCoy, and Monteiro Lobato.

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Among people born in 1838, August Šenoa ranks 63. Before him are John Morley, Henry Irving, Siegfried Bing, Sherburne Wesley Burnham, Shah Jahan Begum of Bhopal, and Raffaello Giovagnoli. After him are Keshub Chandra Sen, Thomas Blake Glover, Édouard Colonne, Nicolás Salmerón y Alonso, Marin Drinov, and Jules Méline. Among people deceased in 1881, August Šenoa ranks 58. Before him are Aleksey Pisemsky, Jim Bridger, Karl Christian Bruhns, Konstantin Thon, Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen, and Countess Franziska Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau. After him are Tanaka Hisashige, Édouard Drouyn de Lhuys, Jane Digby, Robert Mallet, Ercole Dembowski, and Mary Seacole.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, August Šenoa ranks 189 out of 700. Before him are Archduke Leo Karl of Austria (1893), Ivo Brešan (1936), Ivica Šurjak (1953), Tomaž Šalamun (1941), Andrija Kačić Miošić (1704), and Petar Hektorović (1487). After him are María Baxa (1946), Franjo Rački (1828), Branko Mamula (1921), Aljoša Asanović (1965), Zinka Milanov (1906), and Nina Badrić (1972).

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Among WRITERS In Croatia

Among writers born in Croatia, August Šenoa ranks 22. Before him are Branko Radičević (1824), Marija Jurić Zagorka (1873), Ivo Brešan (1936), Tomaž Šalamun (1941), Andrija Kačić Miošić (1704), and Petar Hektorović (1487). After him are Niccolò Tommaseo (1802), Franco Sacchetti (1332), Pavao Ritter Vitezović (1652), Antun Mihanović (1796), Ivo Vojnović (1857), and Dimitrija Demeter (1811).

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