Aleksa Šantić ( sr-Cyrl, Алекса Шантић, (); 27 May 1868 – 2 February 1924) was a poet from Bosnia and Herzegovina. His poetry reflecting both the urban culture of the region. The most common themes of his poems are
social injustice
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, nostalgic love, and the
unity
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of the
South Slavs
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. He was the editor-in-chief of the magazine ''
Zora'' (1896–1901). Šantić was one of the leading persons of Serbian literary and national movement in
Mostar
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. In 1914 Šantić became a member of the
Serbian Royal Academy
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.
Early life
Aleksa Šantić was born into a
Herzegovinian Serb family in 1868 in
Mostar
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Mostar is sit ...
in the
Ottoman Empire
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. His father Risto was a merchant, and his mother Mara was from notable Aničić family from Mostar. He had three siblings: brothers Jeftan and Jakov and sister Radojka known as Persa; another sister Zorica died in infancy. The family did not have much patience for Aleksa's
lyrical talents.
Just as Aleksa turned 10 years of age,
Bosnia Vilayet (including Mostar) was
occupied
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by
Austria-Hungary
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as per decision made by European Great Powers at the
Congress of Berlin
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during summer of 1878.
Aleksa's father Risto died, which is when his brother Miho known as Adža (Aleksa's uncle) got custody of Aleksa and his siblings. In 1880 and 1881, Šantić attended a Merchant school in
Trieste
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in
Italian language
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. While studying in Trieste, Šantić lived with his uncles Lazar and Todor Aničić who were merchants in Trieste. In 1881, Šantić became a student of a merchant school in
Ljubljana
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During antiquity, a Roman city called Emona stood in the ar ...
(Marova Akademija) where lectures were given in
German
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.
In 1883, he returned to Mostar with knowledge of Italian and German languages.
Serb cultural movement
Together with
Svetozar Ćorović
Svetozar Ćorović (29 May 1875 – 17 April 1919) was a Bosnia and Herzegovina novelist. and
Jovan Dučić
Jovan Dučić ( sr-cyr, Јован Дучић, ; 17 February 1871 – 7 April 1943) was a Herzegovinian Serb poet-diplomat and academic.
He is one of the most influential Serbian lyricists and modernist poets. Dučić published his first collec ...
, Šantić was a follower of
romanticism
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of
Vojislav Ilić
Vojislav Ilić (Serbian Cyrillic: Војислав Илић; 14 April 1860 – 21 January 1894) was a Serbian poet, known for his finely chiseled verse. His poetry exemplifies a classic example of modern Serbian language and features the standar ...
and among most important leaders of cultural and national movement of Herzegovina Serbs.
Šantić and Ćorović intended to establish a journal for Serb children called ''Херцеговче'' ( en, Little Herzegovinian), not only for Serb children from Herzegovina, but for all Serb children.
![Šantić Aleksa](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/%C5%A0anti%C4%87_Aleksa.jpg)
Šantić was one of the notable members of the Serb cultural society
Prosvjeta
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. The hymn of the society was authored by Šantić.
Šantić presided over the Serbian Singing Society "Gusle" established in 1888.
[: "Santić je sada predsjednik Srpskog pjevačkog društva "Gusle"."] In this society Šantić was not only its president but also a lead singer of its chorus, composer and lecturer. The literature magazin ''
Zora'' was published under patronage of "Gusle". Šantić became the editor-in-chief of this magazine review ''Zora'' (; 1896–1901) published by Serbian Cultural Society in Mostar which was among the most important societies which struggled for preservation of Serb cultural autonomy and national rights. ''Zora'' became one of the best Serbian literature magazines. The journal ''Zora'' gathered members of the Serbian intelligentsia who strived to improve education of Serbian population necessary to reach economic and political progress.
In 1903 Šantić was among the founders of the Serbian Gymnastics Society "Obilić".
In this capacity he came into focus of the life of this region which, by its cultural and national consciousness, showed a stubborn opposition to the German ''Kulturträger''. In the spring of 1909, because of the
Bosnian Crisis caused by the annexation of
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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by
Austria-Hungary
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, Šantić had to escape to
Italy
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together with
Nikola Kašiković
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and Ćorović. In 1910, the Šantić family bought a country house in the village
Borci, near
Konjic
Konjic ( sr-Cyrl, Коњиц) is a city and municipality located in Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in northern Herzegovina, around southwest of Sarajevo. ...
from Austro-Hungarian baron Benko who built it in 1902.
The product of his patriotic inspiration during the
Balkan Wars
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of 1912–1913 is the book ''Na starim ognjištima'' (; 1913). Šantić belonged to poets who wrote whole collections of songs glorifying victories of
Army of Kingdom of Serbia during the Balkan Wars, including ''On the coast of
Drač'' ( sr, На обали Драча) which glorifies liberation of the ancient city that once was part of the
Serbian Kingdom under
King
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*In the context of prehistory, antiquity and contemporary indigenous peoples, the tit ...
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*Stephen Uroš II Milutin of Serbia (1253–1321), king of Serbia
*Milutin Bojić (1892–1917), poet
*Milutin Ivković (1906–1943), football ...
. On 3 February 1914, Šantić became a member of the Serbial Royal Academy (precedent of the modern
Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
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).
During
World War I
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, he was taken by the
Austrians
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as hostage, but he survived the war. Šantić moved from Mostar to Borci near Konjic in 1914 when suspicious urban
Serb population of Mostar was evacuated from the town. On 13 November 1914, Austrian governor in
Sarajevo
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banned Šantić's collection of poems ''Pjesme'' published in 1911.
Šantić was a prolific poet and writer. He wrote almost 800 poems, seven theatrical plays and some prose. Many of the writings were of high quality and aimed to criticize the Establishment or advocate diverse social and cultural issues. He was strongly influenced by
Heinrich Heine
Christian Johann Heinrich Heine (; born Harry Heine; 13 December 1797 – 17 February 1856) was a German poet, writer and literary critic. He is best known outside Germany for his early lyric poetry, which was set to music in the form of '' Lied ...
, whose works he translated. His friends and peers in the field of culture were Svetozar Ćorović,
Jovan Dučić
Jovan Dučić ( sr-cyr, Јован Дучић, ; 17 February 1871 – 7 April 1943) was a Herzegovinian Serb poet-diplomat and academic.
He is one of the most influential Serbian lyricists and modernist poets. Dučić published his first collec ...
and
Milan Rakić
Milan Rakić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милан Ракић; 18 September 1876 – 30 June 1938) was a Serbian poet-diplomat and academic.
He focused on dodecasyllable and hendecasyllable verse, which allowed him to achieve beautiful rhythm and rhyme ...
. One of his sisters, Radojka (Persa) married Svetozar Ćorović.
Works
![13 members of the Serbian poetic circle](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/13_members_of_the_Serbian_poetic_circle.jpg)
Šantić worked as merchant for his father and read a lot of books before he decided to write poetry and met another young merchant,
Jovan Dučić
Jovan Dučić ( sr-cyr, Јован Дучић, ; 17 February 1871 – 7 April 1943) was a Herzegovinian Serb poet-diplomat and academic.
He is one of the most influential Serbian lyricists and modernist poets. Dučić published his first collec ...
from Trebinje who published his first poem in 1886 in the youth literature magazine ''Pidgeon'' ( sr, Голуб) in
Sombor
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(modern-day Serbia). Following example of his friend Jovan Dučić, Šantić also published his first song in literature magazine ''Pidgeon'', its 1887 New Year's Eve edition.
The first poems Šantić published were inspired by older Serbian poets like
Njegoš,
Zmaj,
Vojislav Ilić
Vojislav Ilić (Serbian Cyrillic: Војислав Илић; 14 April 1860 – 21 January 1894) was a Serbian poet, known for his finely chiseled verse. His poetry exemplifies a classic example of modern Serbian language and features the standar ...
and
Jakšić
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*Đurađ Jakšić, Serbian politician
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*M ...
. The first collection of Šantićs songs was published in Mostar in 1891. He awarded all income from its sales to erecting the monument of
Sima Milutinović Sarajlija
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. In 1901
Bogdan Popović
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wrote negative critics of Šantić's poetry. Popović's critics had positive and stimulative effect on young Šantić and the quality of his future works.
The ''oeuvre'' of Aleksa Šantić, widely accessible yet acutely personal, is a blend of fine-tuned emotional sensibility and clear-eyed historical awareness, steeped in the specifics of local culture. He worked at the crossroads of two centuries and more than other poets of his generation, combined theoretical and poetic suffering nineteenth and twentieth centuries. At the same time, Šantić writes about his personal troubles – the loss of close and dear people (his mother, brothers Jeftan and Jakov, and brother-in-law
Svetozar Ćorović
Svetozar Ćorović (29 May 1875 – 17 April 1919) was a Bosnia and Herzegovina novelist. ), the health that was a lifetime problem and loneliness that accompanied him to the end. Drawing themes and imagery from his hometown
Mostar
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Mostar is sit ...
, the atmospheric capital of
Mediterranean
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Herzegovina
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, and its surroundings, his poetry is marked in equal part by the late-
Ottoman urban culture in the region, its social distinctions, subdued passions and melancholy, as well as the
South Slavic national awareness.
![Spomenik Šantiću](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/Spomenik_%C5%A0anti%C4%87u.jpg)
He was influenced mostly by the poets
Jovan Jovanović Zmaj
Jovan Jovanović Zmaj ( sr-cyr, Јован Јовановић Змаj, pronounced ; 24 November 1833 – 1 June 1904) was a Serbian poet.
Jovanović worked as a physician; he wrote in many poetry genres, including love, lyric, patriotic, poli ...
,
Vojislav Ilić
Vojislav Ilić (Serbian Cyrillic: Војислав Илић; 14 April 1860 – 21 January 1894) was a Serbian poet, known for his finely chiseled verse. His poetry exemplifies a classic example of modern Serbian language and features the standar ...
and
Heinrich Heine
Christian Johann Heinrich Heine (; born Harry Heine; 13 December 1797 – 17 February 1856) was a German poet, writer and literary critic. He is best known outside Germany for his early lyric poetry, which was set to music in the form of '' Lied ...
, whom he was translating. He is said to have reached his greatest poetic maturity between 1905 and 1910, when he wrote his best poems. Šantić's poetry is full of emotion, sadness and pain of love and defiance of social and national disempowered people whom he himself belonged. His muse is at the crossroads of love and patriotism, beloved ideal, and suffering people. The topics and images of his poems ranged from strong emotions for social injustices of his time to nostalgic love. His poems about Mostar and the
Neretva
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river are particularly praised. Šantić wrote a number of love songs in the style of the Bosnian love songs,
sevdalinka
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s. His most well known poem-turned-sevdalinka is ''
Emina'', to which music was composed and it is often sung at restaurants (
kafana
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s). The ambiance of his love poems include the neighborhood gardens, flowers, baths, fountains, and girls who appear in them are decorated with a necklace, the challenging but the hidden beauty. This is right about the song "Emina". The spirit of this song is so striking that it became the nation's favorite and sings as sevdalinka. In love songs the most common motive is the desire. The poet watches his beloved from afar and longing often turns into sadness because of unrequited love and the failure of life. His patriotic poetry is poetry about his motherland and her citizens ("My homeland"). In some of his most moving poems Šantić sings about the suffering of those who leave the country forever and go into an unknown and alien world ("Stay here", "Bread"). Šantić emphasizes suffering and martyrdom as the most important moments in the historical destiny of the people ("We know destiny").
[Aleksa Šantić – poznati bosanski pjesnik](_blank)
Santic.org; retrieved 29 July 2014.
During his life he wrote six volumes of poetry (1891, 1895, 1900, 1908, 1911, 1913), as well as some dramatizations in verse, the best of which are ''Pod maglom'' (In the Fog; 1907) and ''Hasan-Aginica'' (1911). He also translated Heine's ''Lyrisches Intermezzo'' (1897–1898), prepared an anthology of translated German poets, ''Iz nemacke lirike'' (From German Lyrics; 1910), made Bosnian renderings of Schiller's ''Wilhelm Tell'' (1922) and translated ''Pjesme roba'' (Poems of a Slave; 1919) from the Czech writer
Svatopluk Čech. He also translated successfully from German. Šantić was one of the founders of the cultural newspaper "Dawn" as the president of the ''Serbian Singing Society "Gusle"''.
There he met and socialized with famous poets of that era:
Svetozar Ćorović
Svetozar Ćorović (29 May 1875 – 17 April 1919) was a Bosnia and Herzegovina novelist. ,
Jovan Dučić
Jovan Dučić ( sr-cyr, Јован Дучић, ; 17 February 1871 – 7 April 1943) was a Herzegovinian Serb poet-diplomat and academic.
He is one of the most influential Serbian lyricists and modernist poets. Dučić published his first collec ...
,
Osman Đikić
Osman Đikić (; 7 January 1879 – 30 March 1912) was a Bosnian and Herzegovinian poet, dramatist and writer. He was born in Mostar, in Bosnia and Herzegovina under Austro-Hungarian occupation. He was educated in Belgrade, Constantinople and Vie ...
,
Milan Rakić
Milan Rakić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милан Ракић; 18 September 1876 – 30 June 1938) was a Serbian poet-diplomat and academic.
He focused on dodecasyllable and hendecasyllable verse, which allowed him to achieve beautiful rhythm and rhyme ...
. Šantić died on 2 February 1924 in his hometown of
tuberculosis
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.
Legacy
Aleksa Šantić
Aleksa Šantić ( sr-Cyrl, Алекса Шантић, (); 27 May 1868 – 2 February 1924) was a poet from Bosnia and Herzegovina. His poetry reflecting both the urban culture of the region. The most common themes of his poems are social inju ...
is a village in
Serbia
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named after this poet. He is also pictured on 10
Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark
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s bill.
In 1920 ''Sokol Union in Mostar'' was named after Šantić. In 1969 the Assembly of the Mostar municipality established the ''Literature Award "Aleksa Šantić"'' in honor of centinel of his birth.
A bust of Aleksa Šantić is erected in
Kalemegdan
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Kal ...
Park in
Belgrade
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, Serbia.
In the 1980s a movie called ''Moj brat Aleksa'' (''My Brother Aleksa'') was produced in his memory.
Works
*''Pjesme'', Mostar, 1891
*''Pjesme'', Mostar, 1895
*''Pjesme'', Mostar, 1901
*''Pod maglom'', Belgrade, 1907
*''Pjesme,'' Mostar, 1908
*''Pjesme'', Belgrade, 1911
*''Hasanaginica'', 1911
*''Na starim ognjištima'', Mostar, 1913
*''Pesme'', Zagreb, 1918?
*''Pesme'', Belgrade 1924
;Translations
*''Lirski intermeco'', Mostar, a translation of poems by
Heinrich Heine
Christian Johann Heinrich Heine (; born Harry Heine; 13 December 1797 – 17 February 1856) was a German poet, writer and literary critic. He is best known outside Germany for his early lyric poetry, which was set to music in the form of '' Lied ...
, Mostar, 1897
*''Iz njemačke lirike'', anthology of
German poetry
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, Mostar, 1910
*''Pjesme roba'', translation of poems by
Svatopluk Čech, Sarajevo 1919
*''Vilijem Tel'', a translation of
William Tell
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According to the legend, Tell was an expert mountain climber and marksman with a crossbow who assassinated Albr ...
by
Friedrich Schiller
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (, short: ; 10 November 17599 May 1805) was a German playwright, poet, and philosopher. During the last seventeen years of his life (1788–1805), Schiller developed a productive, if complicated, friends ...
, Belgrade, 1922
*''Iz Hajneove lirike'', a translation of poems by Heinrich Heine, Mostar, 1923
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Jovan Skerlić
Jovan Skerlić (, ; 20 August 1877 – 15 May 1914) was a Serbian writer and literary critic.''Jovan Skerlić u srpskoj književnosti 1877–1977: Zbornik radova''. Posebna izdanja, Institut za knjizevnost i umetnost, Belgrade. He is seen as on ...
, ''Istorija Nove Srpske Književnosti''/History of New Serbian Literature (Belgrade, 1914, 1921), pages 421–422.
External links
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Translated works by Aleksa Šantić
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