Petar Pekić (;

Felsőszentiván Felsőszentiván (Croatian: ''Gornji Sveti Ivan'' and ''Gornji Sentivan'') is a village and municipality in Bács-Kiskun county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population of 2 ...

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, 1896 – 1965) was a Hungarian-Croatian historian,

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and

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from Bácska (Bačka). The quality of his works opened him the place in the Geza Kikić's anthology of

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and poetry of

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. Petar Pekić was also an important person in politics. As a Bunjevci Croat from southern Hungary, he participated at the

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on September 22, 1919, as a part of the Bunjevci Croat mission.

Works

*translations *

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: ''Moj boravak u Berlinu'', 1951. *historical *''Povijest oslobođenja Vojvodine'', Grafika, Subotica, 1939 *''Vae victis : ili pobijanje kritike dra Dušana Popovića i Vase Stajića'', Subotica, 1930 *''Propast Austro-Ugarske Monarhije : i postanak nasljednih država'', Grafika, Subotica, 1937 *''Povijest Hrvata u Vojvodini : od najstarijih vremena do 1929. godine'', Matica hrvatska, Zagreb, 1930

References

* Geza Kikić: ''Antologija proze bunjevačkih Hrvata'', Matica Hrvatska, Zagreb, 1971 * Geza Kikić: ''Antologija poezije bunjevačkih Hrvata'', Matica Hrvatska, Zagreb, 1971 * Milovan Miković: ''Roman u književnosti Hrvata u Vojvodini - antologija, Osijek, 2008.

External links

Eötvös József Főiskola, Baja
Nemzetiségi referens felsőfokú szakképzési program - A horvát kisebbség irodalma I.II.III.
Antologija proze bunjevačkih Hrvata

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Roman u književnosti vojvođanskih Hrvata, 13. veljače 2009. {{DEFAULTSORT:Pekic, Petar 1896 births 1965 deaths Croatian novelists Male novelists Croatian male poets 20th-century Croatian historians Hungarian people of Croatian descent 20th-century Croatian poets 20th-century novelists 20th-century male writers Bunjevci Croats of Vojvodina