August Šenoa
August Ivan Nepomuk Eduard Šenoa (; originally
Schönoa; 14 November 1838 – 13 December 1881) was a Croatian
novelist,
playwright,
poet, and
editor. Born to an ethnic
German and
Slovak family, Šenoa became a key figure in the development of an independent literary tradition in
Croatian and shaping the emergence of the urban Croatian identity of
Zagreb and its surroundings at a time when Austrian control was weaning. He was a literary 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'' (''
The Goldsmith's Treasure''; 1871), ''Čuvaj se senjske ruke'' (''Pirates of
Senj'', ; 1876), ''Seljačka buna'' (''The Peasant Revolt''; 1877), and ''Diogenes'' (1878).
Šenoa was one of the most popular Croatian novelists in his day, and the author of the popular patriotic song "
Živila Hrvatska".
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