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August Šenoa (November 14, 1838 – died December 13, 1881) 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
• "Seljačka buna" / Peasants' revolt
• "Diogenes"
• "ÄŒuvaj se senjske ruke" / Pirates of Senj

Life

He was born in Zagreb, then part of the Habsburg empire into a family with Czech-German origins. His surname was originally spelled Schönoa. He studied law in Prague. He also lived in Vienna for a period, but returned to Zabreb in 1866. He died in Zagreb at the age of 43.

From 1874-1881, he edited the literary journal Viejnac.

Work

In his novels, he fused the national romanticism characterized by buoyant and inventive language with realist depiction of the growth of petite bourgeois class.

This "father of Croatian novel" (and modern national literature) is at best in his mass Cecildemillean scenes and poetic description of oppressed Croatian peasantry, nobility struggling against foreign rule (Venetians, Austrians/Germans and Hungarians) and romanticised period from the 15th to the 18th century. It has become a commonplace phrase that "Å enoa created the Croatian reading public", especially by writing in a popular style.

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