Josip Eugen Tomić | |
Birth Date: | 18 October 1843 |
Birth Place: | Požega, Kingdom of Croatia, Austrian Empire |
Death Place: | Zagreb, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, Austria-Hungary |
Nationality: | Austro-Hungarian |
Occupation: | novelist, translator |
Josip Eugen Tomić (in Croatian pronounced as /jǒsip ěugen tômit͡ɕ/; October 18, 1843 – July 13, 1906)[1] was a Croatian writer and translator.
Tomić was born in Požega.[1] He specialised in writing light-hearted fiction, with which he became very popular. Many of his works dealt with neighbouring Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is known for translating 50 plays to Croatian. He is also known for completing August Šenoa's historical novel Kletva (The Curse) and for writing his own historical novels. He died in Zagreb.