Petar Šegedin (writer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Croatian writer
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Place of Birth: Korčula, Dubrovnik-Neretva County, Croatia
About Petar Šegedin (writer)
- Petar Šegedin (8 July 1909 – 1 September 1998) was a Croatian writer. Šegedin was born in Žrnovo, on the island of Korcula.
- He graduated from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb.
- He worked as a professor and diplomat, and later as a professional writer.
- In the 1970s he was blacklisted due to his criticism of the communist authorities, and lived for a while in a self-imposed exile in Germany. From his debut novel Children of God (Djeca božja), published in 1946, Šegedin's work broke away from socialist realism and introduced existentialism into Croatian literature.
- He is also noted for his essays and travelogues. Šegedin served as a president of Matica hrvatska and the Croatian Writers' Association.
- He was a full member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts since 1963.
- Šegedin is the 1991 laureate of the Vladimir Nazor Award for Life Achievement in Literature.
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