WRITER

Predrag Matvejević

1932 - 2017

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Predrag Matvejević (7 October 1932 – 2 February 2017) was a Bosnian and Croatian writer and scholar. A literature scholar who taught at universities in Zagreb, Paris and Rome, he is best known for his 1987 non-fiction book Mediterranean: A Cultural Landscape, a seminal work of cultural history of the Mediterranean region which has been translated into more than 20 languages. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Predrag Matvejević is the 2,480th most popular writer (down from 2,454th in 2019), the 85th most popular biography from Bosnia and Herzegovina (up from 86th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Bosnian, Herzegovinian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Predrag Matvejević ranks 2,480 out of 7,302. Before him are Atsushi Nakajima, Rolf Hochhuth, Jean-François Regnard, Ivan Yefremov, Sergey Aksakov, and C. W. Ceram. After him are Vonda N. McIntyre, Albert Robida, Eben Alexander, Delmira Agustini, Stephen Baxter, and Jacob Cats.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Predrag Matvejević ranks 173. Before him are Orlando Letelier, Vasily Aksyonov, Étienne Tshisekedi, Arnold Wesker, Jacques Roubaud, and Boris Shakhlin. After him are Javier Echevarría Rodríguez, Chea Sim, Bronisław Geremek, Walter Cunningham, Henri Schwery, and Nichelle Nichols. Among people deceased in 2017, Predrag Matvejević ranks 163. Before him are Linda Nochlin, Veljo Tormis, Cy Young, John Wetton, Stephen Paddock, and Michael Parks. After him are Maryam Mirzakhani, Henning Jensen, Quett Masire, Bayezid Osman, Jean d'Ormesson, and Claude Rich.

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In Bosnia and Herzegovina

Among people born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Predrag Matvejević ranks 85 out of 375. Before him are Damat Ibrahim Pasha (1550), Danilo Ilić (1891), Kuyucu Murad Pasha (1530), Branko Mikulić (1928), Abdulah Sidran (1944), and Raif Dizdarević (1926). After him are Isak Samokovlija (1889), Rasim Delić (1949), Silvana Armenulić (1939), Zdravko Tolimir (1948), Rajko Kuzmanović (1931), and Dragan Čović (1956).

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Among WRITERS In Bosnia and Herzegovina

Among writers born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Predrag Matvejević ranks 9. Before him are Branko Ćopić (1915), Petar Kočić (1877), Jovan Dučić (1871), Aleksa Šantić (1868), Mak Dizdar (1917), and Abdulah Sidran (1944). After him are Isak Samokovlija (1889), Filip Višnjić (1767), Staka Skenderova (1828), Safvet-beg Bašagić (1870), Dževad Karahasan (1953), and Nísia Floresta (1810).

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