Predrag Matvejević Author

Predrag Matvejevic (1932 -2017) was a Yugoslav writer and scholar born in Mostar, Bosnia. 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 and La Sapienza University of Rome.