Croatian literature

Živi i mrtvi

Život Ivana Matića: Bogu dušu

Viola Matagić Šinko’s biographical-historical work portrays the life journey of Ivan Matić, offering a poignant testament to faith, human suffering, one’s homeland, and devotion to God and the people during difficult times.

Život je hobotnica

Životni krug

A collection of poetic and reflective writings by Zvonko Penović. Through the motif of the cycle of life, the author explores transience, the inner search for meaning, a sense of belonging to one's homeland, and enduring human values.

Život treći

Život u pričama

Strong women for strong women

Život za opanke

The first literary work by Ivo Balentović, in which, through stories from Slavonian, Šokac rural life, he depicts the difficult fate of peasants, the penetration of capitalism into the countryside, emigration and the struggle for survival.

Zlatarovo zlato

August Šenoa

The first Croatian historical novel - the most Zagreb of all stories. It is a story about the forbidden love of a goldsmith's daughter and a nobleman's son on the historical stage of Zagreb's streets and squares in the sixteenth century.

Zlatarovo zlato

August Šenoa

The first Croatian historical novel - the most Zagreb of all stories. It is a story about the forbidden love of a goldsmith's daughter and a nobleman's son on the historical stage of Zagreb's streets and squares in the sixteenth century.

Zlatarovo zlato

August Šenoa

Goldsmith's Gold, Šenoa's first and most famous historical novel, is considered the first modern novel in Croatian literature. August Šenoa himself is the most widely read Croatian writer of all time.