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August Ivan Nepomuk Eduard Šenoa (originally Schönoa; 14 November 1838 – 13 December 1881) was a Croatian novelist. Born to an ethnic German and Slovak family, Šenoa became a key figure in the development of an independent literary tradition in Croatian and shaping the emergence of the urban Croatian identity of Zagreb and its surroundings at a time when Austrian control was weaning. He was a literary transitional figure, who helped bring Croatian literature from Romanticism to Realism and introduced the historical novel to Croatia. He wrote more than ten novels, among which the most notable are: Zlatarovo zlato (The Goldsmith's Treasure; 1871), Čuvaj se senjske ruke (Pirates of Senj; 1876), Seljačka buna (Peasants' revolt; 1877), and Diogenes (1878).
August Ivan Nepomuk Eduard Šenoa (Zagreb, 14. studenoga 1838. – Zagreb, 13. prosinca 1881.), bio je hrvatski novinar i književnik. Najutjecajniji je i najplodniji hrvatski pisac 19. stoljeća, te istinski tvorac moderne hrvatske književnosti.