Antun Barac

Antun Barac (20 August 1894 – 1 November 1955),[1] was a Croatian historian.

He graduated at the Faculty of philosophy at the University of Zagreb in 1917, and received his Ph.D. as a high school professor on Sušak in 1918, with the thesis on Vladimir Nazor's poetry.

He was accepted as a regular member of Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts in 1947.

He served as a prorector of the University of Zagreb after his rectorship mandate expired (1950–1951).

He published numerous monographies on top Croatian artists such as Nazor, Šenoa, Vidrić or Mažuranić, a number of critic-essayist writings on lesser known writers, as well as great syntheses on Croatian literary criticism of the 19th century, and the unfinished history of Croatian literature from Croatian National Revival to the time of creation of Yugoslavia.