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Ivan Kozarac (February 8, 1885 – November 16, 1910) was aCroatian novelist, poet and writer of short stories.
Ivan Kozarac was born inVinkovci,Croatia (thenKingdom of Croatia-Slavonia,Austria-Hungary). He came from apeasant family that sent him to school, but he managed to finish only two classes. As a thirteen-year-old boy wanting to avoid the family poverty, he was employed as a clerical trainee in a district in Vinkovci.
From 1900 until 1906, he worked as a lawclerk in the office of Levin aristocracy.In 1903, Ivan suffered fromtuberculosis, but he is not relieved from his military duty. In 1907, he went to the army (first inPetrovaradin, then inKarlovac).
In 1909, he returned to his hometown, but in the fall of the year he went toZagreb where he was employed as a fund manager and director of the Croatian Writers Society.In the summer of 1910, the writer and doctorMilivoj Dežman referred him to treatment in Brestovac. However, Ivan returned home uncured and eventually died in Vinkovci at the age of 25.
Ivan Kozarac was an active writer for only four years. In his lifetime only a single book was published; a compilation of short stories,Slavonian Blood in 1906, and his other books were released only after his death (thanks in part to the efforts ofDragutin Tadijanović).
His cardinal work is the novelĐuka Begović, first published in 1911. The novel describes many Slavonian traditions in an almost documentary style. It has since been made into a theatrical play anda film byBranko Schmidt.[1]
Kozarac failed to attract a particular attention to himself in his lifetime. He was a narrator of the life of typical villages ofŠokadija during a time when theMilitary Frontier was freshly reintegrated intoSlavonia. He wrote much about the corruption of women and fashion and took a critical stance towards the Church, the wealthy life of some priests, and the false love towards God. His love for his native Slavonia emerges from each of his works.
Today a local prize for literary achievement is named after himJosip Kozarac (his uncle and also a writer).
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