Josip Kozarac (18 March 1858 – 21 August 1906) was a

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n writer. Josip Kozarac was born in

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. He studied forestry management in

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and later served as forestry official in

. He wrote stories, plays and novels. In them he showed great ability to portray

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n peasants and expressed his displeasure over the decay of Slavonian economy and foreigners taking over Croatian national wealth. His most well-known work is his novel, ''Mrtvi kapitali'' (1890).

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*''Biser-Kata'' *''Male pripovijesti'' *''Među svjetlom i tminom'' *''Mira Kodolićeva'' *''Mrtvi kapitali'' *''Oprava'' *''Priče djeda Nike'' *''Slavonska šuma'' *''Tena''

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