Josip Kozarac was a Croatia

Croatia

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n writer.

Josip Kozarac was born in Vinkovci

Vinkovci

Vinkovci is a city in Croatia, in the Vukovar-Syrmia County. In the 2011 census, the total population of the city was 35,375, making it the largest town of the county...

. He studied forestry management in Vienna

Vienna

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 and later served as forestry official in Vinkovci.

He wrote stories, plays and novels. In them he showed great ability to portray Slavonia

Slavonia

Slavonia is a geographical and historical region in eastern Croatia...

n peasants and expressed his displeasure over the decay of Slavonian economy and foreigners taking over Croatian national wealth. His most well-known work is his novel, Mrtvi kapitali.

Works

• Biser-Kata
• Male pripovijesti
• Među svjetlom i tminom
• Mira Kodolićeva
• Mrtvi kapitali
• Oprava
• Priče djeda Nike
• Slavonska šuma
• Tena

See also

• Ivan Kozarac
  Ivan Kozarac
  Ivan Kozarac was a Croatian novelist, poet and writer of short stories.-Biography:Ivan Kozarac was born in Vinkovci, Croatia . He came from a peasant family that sent him to school, but he managed to finish only two classes...