Petar Šegedin
Petar Šegedin (pětar ʃêgediːn, 8 July 1909 – 1 September 1998) was a Croatian writer. Šegedin was born in Žrnovo, on the island of Korčula. He finished elementary school education in Žrnovo, first grades of the high school in Korčula and teacher's college in Dubrovnik. He graduated from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb.
Petar Šegedin
- Died
- 1 September 1998
- Place of death
- Zagreb, Croatia
- Born
- 8 July 1909
- Birthplace
- Žrnovo, Dalmatia, Austria-Hungary (modern Croatia)
- Awards
- Vladimir Nazor Award for Life Achievement in Literature (laureate)
- Nationality
- Croatia
- Occupation
- writer
- Education
- Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and University of Zagreb · University of Zagreb
- Honours
- Vladimir Nazor Award
- Languages
- Croatian
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Petar Šegedin (pětar ʃêgediːn, 8 July 1909 – 1 September 1998) was a Croatian writer. Šegedin was born in Žrnovo, on the island of Korčula. He finished elementary school education in Žrnovo, first grades of the high school in Korčula and teacher's college in Dubrovnik. He graduated from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb.
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He worked as a professor and diplomat, and later as a professional writer. In 1964 he became a member of the Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts. In the 1970s he was blacklisted due to his criticism of the communist authorities, and lived for a while in a self-imposed exile in Germany. From his debut novel Children of God (Djeca božja), published in 1946, Šegedin's work broke away from socialist realism and introduced existentialism into Croatian literature. He is also noted for his essays and travelogues. Šegedin served as a president of Matica hrvatska and the Croatian Writers' Association. He was a full member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts since 1963. Šegedin is the 1991 laureate of the Vladimir Nazor Award for Life Achievement in Literature.
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• Died — 1 September 1998 • Place of death — Zagreb, Croatia • Born — 8 July 1909 • Birthplace — Žrnovo, Dalmatia, Austria-Hungary (modern Croatia) • Notable Works — Children of God (Djeca božja) • Genre — socialist realism, existentialism • Awards — Vladimir Nazor Award for Life Achievement in Literature (laureate)
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1909
Petar Šegedin born at Korčula.
1998
Petar Šegedin died at Zagreb.
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Šegedin, Petar, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020. Šegedin, Petar: Existenzialistische Trilogie, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020.
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- 1.Draško Ređep. Jugoslovenski književni leksikon. Matica srpska. 522–523. 1971.
- 2.Znanje i Srce. Šegedin. 2006.
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