WRITER

Petar Preradović

1818 - 1872

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Petar Preradović (Croatian pronunciation: [pětar prerǎːdoʋit͡ɕ]; 19 March 1818 – 18 August 1872) was a Croatian poet, writer, and military general. He was one of the most important Croatian poets of the 19th century Illyrian movement and the main representative of romanticism in Croatia. He was also the paternal grandfather of the Austrian writer and poet Paula Preradović, who is best known for composing the lyrics of the Austrian national anthem. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Petar Preradović is the 2,644th most popular writer (down from 2,446th in 2019), the 144th most popular biography from Croatia (down from 134th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Croatian Writer.

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Among writers, Petar Preradović ranks 2,644 out of 7,302. Before him are Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadani, Ramón Sampedro, Maria Teresa Horta, Rahman Baba, Andy Weir, and Frigyes Karinthy. After him are John of Ephesus, Antimachus, Artur Lundkvist, Henri Desgrange, Ernst Weiss, and Marcel Prévost.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1818, Petar Preradović ranks 55. Before him are P. G. T. Beauregard, Louis Gerhard De Geer, Gustave Aimard, Antonio Bazzini, Amelia Bloomer, and Mary Elizabeth Barber. After him are Konstantin Petrovich von Kaufmann, Angelica Singleton Van Buren, Louis Buffet, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, Artúr Görgei, and Şihabetdin Märcani. Among people deceased in 1872, Petar Preradović ranks 34. Before him are Johan Rudolph Thorbecke, John Bowring, Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg, Alfred Clebsch, and Andrew Smith. After him are Friedrich Welwitsch, Avram Iancu, Horace Greeley, Jacques Babinet, Kamehameha V, and Carl Jaenisch.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Petar Preradović ranks 144 out of 700. Before him are Mirko Jozić (1940), Petar Nadoveza (1942), Jakov Gotovac (1895), Josip Runjanin (1821), Željko Čajkovski (1925), and Ivo Lola Ribar (1916). After him are Andrea Schiavone (1510), Duje Bonačić (1929), Franjo Kuharić (1919), Pietro I Candiano (842), Vladimir Bakarić (1912), and Ante Žanetić (1936).

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Among WRITERS In Croatia

Among writers born in Croatia, Petar Preradović ranks 15. Before him are Petar Zrinski (1621), Slavenka Drakulić (1949), Marin Držić (1508), Antun Vrančić (1504), Tin Ujević (1891), and Ivan Mažuranić (1814). After him are Branko Radičević (1824), Marija Jurić Zagorka (1873), Ivo Brešan (1936), Tomaž Šalamun (1941), Andrija Kačić Miošić (1704), and Petar Hektorović (1487).

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