Viktor Car Emin (Kraj at

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, 1 November 1870 –

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, 17 April 1963) was a prominent

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writer. He graduated from Teachers School in

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. He was expelled from the Italian controlled Istria first to settle on Sušak, and after the end of

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in 1945 he moved to

where he spent the rest of his life. His numerous novels and stories deal with economic-social and political problems of the past and the present of

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. His most significant works include: ''Insignificant People'' (1900), ''Become Parched Source'' (1904), ''In Doubt'' (1918), ''The Hero of the Sea'' (1939) and ''Dannunziade'' (1946). He dealt with the same topics in his theatre writing work, such as: ''Winter Sun'' (1902), and ''In Guard'' (1923). In 1952 Car Emin published a volume of memories entitled ''Left Days''.

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* 1870 births 1963 deaths Croatian dramatists and playwrights Croatian novelists Croatian male writers Male novelists People from Istria Members of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts {{Croatia-writer-stub