Ksaver Šandor Gjalski, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Croatian writer
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Place of Birth: Klanjec, Krapina-Zagorje County, Croatia
About Ksaver Šandor Gjalski
- Ksaver Šandor Gjalski (26 October 1854 – 6 February 1935) was a Croatian writer and civil servant.He was born Ljubomil Babic at Gredice, near Klanjec in Hrvatsko Zagorje into a minor aristocratic family.
- He finished high school in Varaždin and earned law degrees in Zagreb and Vienna.He was involved in politics.
- In 1906, he was elected into the Croatian Parliament.
- From 1917-18, he held the post of mayor of the Zagreb county.He wrote novels, but his best known work is Pod starim krovovima (Under Old Roofs), a collection of short stories in which he described the economic decline of the Croatian aristocracy.
- His writings were heavily inspired by Turgenev and Šenoa, as well as realism and romanticism in general.
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