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Eugen Kumii was a prominent Croatian writer and politician.

Kumii was born in Brse, Moenika Draga , a small town in Istria, then part of the Austrian Empire. After majoring philosophy at the University of Vienna, he returned to Croatia and worked as a teacher in high schools in Split, Zadar and Zagreb. From 1875 to 1878 he spent two years in Paris and six months in Venice, preparing for his French and Italian teaching examinations. While in France, he came into contact with naturalist writing, primarily through the works of mile Zola.

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