Predrag Matvejević

Croatian writer (1932-2017) · Croatia · On the map · Writers · Died at 84

Predrag Matvejević 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...

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2017Died2 February 20172014Officer of the Legion of HonourAward2011Honorary Doctorate of University of Corsica Pasquale PaoliAward2003Strega PrizeAward2000Honorary Doctorate of University of PerpignanAward1992Prix Européen de l'Essai Charles VeillonAward1975Vladimir Nazor AwardAward1932Born7 October 1932

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Officer of the Legion of Honour2014

Honorary Doctorate of University of Corsica Pasquale Paoli2011

Strega Prize2003

Honorary Doctorate of University of Perpignan2000

Prix Européen de l'Essai Charles Veillon1992

Vladimir Nazor Award1975

Order of Arts and Letters

Commander of the Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity

Order of Danica Hrvatska

Honorary Citizen of Sarajevo

Order of Freedom of the Republic of Slovenia

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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.

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Croatia