WRITER

Marija Jurić Zagorka

1873 - 1957

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Marija Jurić (Croatian pronunciation: [mǎrija jǔːritɕ]; 2 March 1873 – 30 November 1957), known by her pen name Zagorka (IPA: [zǎːɡoːrka]), was a Croatian journalist, writer and women's rights activist. She was the first female journalist in Croatia and is among the most read Croatian writers. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marija Jurić Zagorka is the 2,976th most popular writer (down from 2,806th in 2019), the 169th most popular biography from Croatia (down from 165th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Croatian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Marija Jurić Zagorka ranks 2,976 out of 7,302. Before her are Sergei Nilus, Pierre Souvestre, Fatma Aliye Topuz, Fumiko Hayashi, Salimbene di Adam, and Mahasweta Devi. After her are Abraham Goldfaden, Robert de Nola, Dracontius, Tom Sharpe, Willibald Pirckheimer, and L. Sprague de Camp.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, Marija Jurić Zagorka ranks 102. Before her are José Martínez Ruiz, Willa Cather, Gyula Peidl, Henry, Duke of Parma, Marcel Boulenger, and Theodoor Hendrik van de Velde. After her are Nikolai Tcherepnin, Lady Ottoline Morrell, Emmanuel de Martonne, Charles Fox Parham, Cesare Orsenigo, and Henri Rabaud. Among people deceased in 1957, Marija Jurić Zagorka ranks 115. Before her are Charles Kay Ogden, José Linhares, Grace Coolidge, Kiyoshi Shiga, Maurice McLoughlin, and Bertha Krupp. After her are Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell, Avetik Isahakyan, Paja Jovanović, Josephine Hull, and Oldřich Duras.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Marija Jurić Zagorka ranks 169 out of 700. Before her are Stjepan Sarkotić (1858), Maximilian Njegovan (1858), Matteo Bartoli (1873), John Vitéz (1408), Leo Sternbach (1908), and Zlatko Kranjčar (1956). After her are Vatroslav Lisinski (1819), Ivica Vastić (1969), Dado Topić (1949), Josipa Lisac (1950), Zlatko Burić (1953), and Marco Antonio de Dominis (1560).

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Among WRITERS In Croatia

Among writers born in Croatia, Marija Jurić Zagorka ranks 17. Before her are Marin Držić (1508), Antun Vrančić (1504), Tin Ujević (1891), Ivan Mažuranić (1814), Petar Preradović (1818), and Branko Radičević (1824). After her are Ivo Brešan (1936), Tomaž Šalamun (1941), Andrija Kačić Miošić (1704), Petar Hektorović (1487), August Šenoa (1838), and Niccolò Tommaseo (1802).

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