  august Å enoa (originally schÃ¶noa; 14 november 1838 â 13 december 1881) was a croatian novelist. he was a transitional figure, who helped bring croatian literature from romanticism to realism and introduced the historical novel to croatia. he wrote more than ten novels, among which the most notable are: * zlatarovo zlato (goldsmith's gold; 1871) * Äuvaj se senjske ruke (pirates of senj; 1876) * seljaÄka buna (peasants' revolt; 1877) * diogenes (1878) Å enoa was one of the most popular croatian novelists and the author of the popular patriotic song "Å½ivila hrvatska". == life == thumb|upright|left|statue of august Å enoa in vlaÅ¡ka street, zagreb he was born in zagreb, then part of the habsburg empire, into a family of slovak-german origin. his surname was originally spelled schÃ¶noa. his father was alois schÃ¶noa, and mother was terezija rabacs, a slovak woman from budapest. he studied law in prague. he also lived in vienna for a while, but returned to zagreb in 1866. he died in zagreb at the age of 43. from 1874 to 1881, he edited the literary journal vijenac ("wreath"). he died from disease picked up after the 1880 zagreb earthquake. == work == in his novels, he fused national romanticism characterized by buoyant and inventive language with realistic depictions of the growth of the petite bourgeois class. this "father of the croatian novel" (and modern national literature) is at his best in his mass cecildemillean scenes and poetic description of oppressed croatian peasantry, nobility struggling against foreign rule (venetians, austrians/germans and hungarians) and romanticised period from the 15th to the 18th century. it has become a commonplace phrase that "Å enoa created the croatian reading public", especially by writing in a popular style. ==references==  *august Å enoa at the zagreb city museum  {{persondata | name = senoa, august | alternative names = | short description = croatian novelist | date of birth = 14 november 1838 | place of birth = | date of death = 13 december 1881 | place of deat
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