Petar Zoranić

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Cover of the first edition of Planine from 1569, the first Croatian novel

Petar Zoranić (1508 - after 1569) was a Croatian Renaissance writer from Zadar. He is most important as the author of Planine, the first Croatian novel. Pastoral in nature, the novel shows influence of Virgil, Ovid, Dante Alighieri, Francesco Petrarca and Giovanni Boccaccio. The novel was written in 1538 and published in 1569. Zoranić wrote two other novels, but they have not survived.

Statue to Petar Zoranić

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Petar Zoranić

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 24635897 LCCN: nr90015156 ISNI: 0000 0001 0879 4894 GND: 123977673 BNF: cb121314117

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Name	Zoranic, Petar
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Short description	Croatian writer
Date of birth	1508
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