Petar Zoranić (1508 – before 1569) was a Croatian

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. He is most important as the author of ''

Planine ''Planine'' ( en, The Mountains) is a work of prose fiction, generally considered to be the first Croatian novel. It was written by Petar Zoranić in 1536 and published posthumously in Venice in 1569. The story tells about a poet's imaginary se ...

'', regarded as the first Croatian novel. Pastoral in

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, the novel was written in 1538 and published in 1569. Zoranić wrote two other works, ''Ljubveni lov'' and ''Vilenica'', but neither of these has survived.

Biography

Petar Zoranić was born in 1508, as a descendant of an old noble family Tetačić from Nin, which moved to Zadar at the end of 15th century amidst Ottoman danger. At that time, his mother Elizabeth, was expecting a child. He is first mentioned in 1531, as a notary and judiciary, which probably implies that he previously enrolled as a law student. Because of lack of sources, it is not known in which year he died. He died somewhere between 1548 and 1569.

Works

* ''Ljubveni lov'' * ''Vilenica'' * ''

'' (1532.)

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*http://www.matica.hr/vijenac/366/Petar%20Zorani%C4%87%2C%20stablo%20domovine/ 1508 births 16th-century deaths 16th-century Croatian people 16th-century novelists Croatian novelists Croatian male writers Male novelists Republic of Venice novelists Writers from Zadar {{Croatia-writer-stub