Predrag Matvejević (7 October 1932 – 2 February 2017) was a Yugoslav writer and scholar. A literature scholar who taught at universities in Zagreb, Paris and Rome, he is best known for his 1987 non-fiction book Mediterranean: A Cultural Landscape, a seminal work of cultural history of the Mediterranean region which has been translated into more than 20 languages. Throughout his long academic career, he taught Slavic literature at the University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle from 1991 to 1994 and then moved on to the Sapienza University of Rome until 2007.Selected works in English:Sarajevo (Smithsonian Institution Press, 1998) Mediterranean: A Cultural Landscape (University of California Press, 2000). The Other Venice: Secrets of the City (Reaktion Books 2007).

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Predrag Matvejević (7 October 1932 – 2 February 2017) was a Yugoslav writer and scholar. A literature scholar who taught at universities in Zagreb, Paris and Rome, he is best known for his 1987 non-fiction book Mediterranean: A Cultural Landscape, a seminal work of cultural history of the Mediterranean region which has been translated into more than 20 languages. Throughout his long academic career, he taught Slavic literature at the University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle from 1991 to 1994 and then moved on to the Sapienza University of Rome until 2007.Selected works in English:Sarajevo (Smithsonian Institution Press, 1998) Mediterranean: A Cultural Landscape (University of California Press, 2000). The Other Venice: Secrets of the City (Reaktion Books 2007).

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Predrag Matvejević (7 October 1932 – 2 February 2017) was a Yugoslav writer and scholar. A literature scholar who taught at universities in Zagreb, Paris and Rome, he is best known for his 1987 non-fiction book Mediterranean: A Cultural Landscape, a seminal work of cultural history of the Mediterranean region which has been translated into more than 20 languages. Throughout his long academic career, he taught Slavic literature at the University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle from 1991 to 1994 and then moved on to the Sapienza University of Rome until 2007.Selected works in English:Sarajevo (Smithsonian Institution Press, 1998) Mediterranean: A Cultural Landscape (University of California Press, 2000). The Other Venice: Secrets of the City (Reaktion Books 2007).

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