Predrag Matvejević
1932
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2017
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: Croatia, Italy, Kingdom of Italy
educated at: University of Sarajevo, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Arts of Paris, Sorbonne Nouvelle-Paris 3
occupation: essayist, opinion journalist, literary historian, translator, university teacher, writer
award received: Prix Européen de l'Essai Charles Veillon, Officer of the Legion of Honour, Order of Arts and Letters, docteur honoris causa de l'université de Perpignan, prix du meilleur livre étranger, Strega Prize, Vladimir Nazor Award, Order of Freedom of the Republic of Slovenia, honorary citizen of Sarajevo, Commander of the Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity, Order of Danica Hrvatska
Predrag Matvejević (7 October 1932 – 2 February 2017) was a Bosnian and Croatian writer and scholar. A literature scholar who taught at universities in Zagreb, Paris and Rome, he is best known for his 1987 non-fiction book Mediterranean: A Cultural Landscape, a seminal work of cultural history of the Mediterranean region which has been translated into more than 20 languages. Source: Wikipedia (en)
Works 5
Bréviaire méditerranéen
Bréviaire méditerranéen
L'Autre Venise
La otra Venecia
Between exile and asylum
Articles
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Editions prefaced or postfaced by Predrag Matvejević 3
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