Author: Marija Jurić Zagorka
Alternate names: Marianna
Title: journalist and Croatian popular writer
Born: 1873.  (2nd March), Negovec, Croatia
Died: 1957. (30 November), Zagreb, Croatia
Dates: 12 th December 2008.
Bio: - first female political journalist in Central Europe (1896-1918) writing for Croatian daily news Obzor /Horizon (Zagreb) and Hungarian Nepszava
- author of about 40 popular Croatian historical novels (among them the most popular are novels about wiches of Grič)
- editor of popular women's journals Ženski list and Hrvatica (1925-1938, 1938-1941)
- co-founder of Croatian journalist society (Zagreb, 1910)
- activist for women's political and human wrights