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Ivan Kozarac (Vinkovci, February 8, 1885. - Vinkovci, November 16, 1910.) was a Croatian novelist, poet and writer of short stories.

Ivan Kozarac was born in Vinkovci, Croatia. He came from a peasant family that sent him to school, but he managed to finish only two classes. As a thirteen year old boy wanting to avoid the family poverty, he was employed as a clerical trainee in a district in Vinkovci. From 1900 until 1906, he worked as a law clerk in the office of Levin aristocracy. In 1903, Ivan suffered from tuberculosis, but he is not relieved from his military duty. In 1907, he went to the army (first in Petrovaradin, then in Karlovac). In 1909, he returned to his hometown, but in the fall of the year he went to Zagreb where he was employed as a fund manager and director of the Croatian Writers Society. In the summer of 1910, the writer and doctor Milivoj Dežman referred him to treatment in Brestovac. However, Ivan returned home uncured and eventually dies.

Ivan Kozarac was an active writer for only four years. In his lifetime only a single book was published; a compilation of short stories, "Slavonian blood" in 1906, and his other books were released only after his death. Failed to attract a particular attention to himself, Kozarac was a narrator of the village Šokadije. Ivan wrote much about the corruption of women and fashion and took a critical stance towards the church, the wealthy life of some priests, and the false love towards god. His love for his native Slavonia emerges from each of his works.

In his honor, the prize for the literary achievement was named Josip Ivan Kozarac.

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 '''Ivan Kozarac''' (Vinkovci, [[February]] 8, [[1885]]. - Vinkovci, [[November]] 16, [[1910]].) was a [[Croatian]] [[novelist]], [[poet]] and [[writer]] of short stories.
-Ivan Kozarac was born in [[Vinkovci]]. He comes from a [[peasant]] family that sent him to school. He enrolled in school, but managed to finish only two classes. As a thirteen year old boy, wanting to avoid the family poverty, he was employed as a clerical trainee in a district in Vinkovci.
+Ivan Kozarac was born in [[Vinkovci]], [[Croatia]]. He came from a [[peasant]] family that sent him to school, but he managed to finish only two classes. As a thirteen year old boy wanting to avoid the family poverty, he was employed as a clerical trainee in a district in Vinkovci.
-From [[1900]]. until [[1906]]., he was working as a law [[clerk]] in the office of Levin aristocracy.
+From [[1900]] until [[1906]], he worked as a law [[clerk]] in the office of Levin aristocracy.
-In [[1903]]. Ivan suffers from [[tuberculosis]], but he dosent get relieved from his military duty, and in 1907. he went to the army (the first in [[Petrovaradin]], and then in [[Karlovac]]). In [[1909]]. he returns to his hometown, but in the fall of the year he went to [[Zagreb]] where he was employed as a fund manager of the Croatian Writers Society, and director.
+In [[1903]], Ivan suffered from [[tuberculosis]], but he is not relieved from his military duty. In 1907, he went to the army (first in [[Petrovaradin]], then in [[Karlovac]]). In [[1909]], he returned to his hometown, but in the fall of the year he went to [[Zagreb]] where he was employed as a fund manager and director of the Croatian Writers Society.
-In the summer, 1910. the writer and doctor Milivoj Dežman referred him to treatment in Brestovac. However, Ivan returns home uncured and eventually dies.
+In the summer of 1910, the writer and doctor Milivoj Dežman referred him to treatment in Brestovac. However, Ivan returned home uncured and eventually dies.
-Ivan Kozarac was an active writer for only four years. In his lifetime only a single book was published; a compilation of [[short stories]], "Slavonian blood" in 1906. , and his other books were released only after his death.
+Ivan Kozarac was an active writer for only four years. In his lifetime only a single book was published; a compilation of [[short stories]], "Slavonian blood" in 1906, and his other books were released only after his death.
 Failed to attract a particular attention to himself, Kozarac was a narrator of the village Šokadije.
-Ivan wrote a lot about the corruption of women and fashion and takes a critical stance towards the [[church]] and the wealthy life of some [[priest]]s, the false love towards [[god]]. His love for his native Slavonia emerges from each of his works.
+Ivan wrote much about the corruption of women and fashion and took a critical stance towards the [[church]], the wealthy life of some [[priest]]s, and the false love towards [[god]]. His love for his native [[Slavonia]] emerges from each of his works.
 In his honor, the [[prize]] for the literary achievement was named Josip Ivan Kozarac.
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