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Antun Mihanović (10 June 1796 – 14 November 1861) was a
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* ttp://www.sutla-zumberak.hr/en/cluster/local-government-units/klanjec/ Part of his life Mihanović spent near the town of Klanjec
The Croatian national anthem was written by Mihanović
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Antun Mihanović (10 June 1796 – 14 November 1861) was a Croatia
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n poet
A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral or writte ...
and lyricist
A lyricist is a songwriter who writes lyrics (the spoken words), as opposed to a composer, who writes the song's music which may include but not limited to the melody, harmony, arrangement and accompaniment.
Royalties
A lyricist's income ...
, most famous for writing the national anthem of Croatia, which was put to music by Josif Runjanin
Josip Runjanin (; 8 December 1821 – 2 February 1878) was a soldier and composer from the Austrian Empire best known for composing the melody of ''Lijepa naša domovino'', which later became the Croatian national anthem.
Life
Runjanin was born Jo ...
and adopted in 1891. Klanjec
Klanjec () is a small town in northwestern Croatia, in the region of Hrvatsko Zagorje on the border with Slovenia.
History
In the late 19th and early 20th century, Klanjec was a district capital in the Varaždin County of the Kingdom of Croatia-S ...
, his birthplace, holds a monument to him and a gallery of his works.
Mihanović studied law and worked as a military judge. After engaging in diplomacy, he was the Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
n consul
Consul (abbrev. ''cos.''; Latin plural ''consules'') was the title of one of the two chief magistrates of the Roman Republic, and subsequently also an important title under the Roman Empire. The title was used in other European city-states throug ...
in Belgrade
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, Thessaloniki
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, Smyrna
Smyrna ( ; grc, Σμύρνη, Smýrnē, or , ) was a Greek city located at a strategic point on the Aegean coast of Anatolia. Due to its advantageous port conditions, its ease of defence, and its good inland connections, Smyrna rose to promi ...
, Istanbul
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and Bucharest
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. He retired in 1858 as a minister counselor, and lived in Novi Dvori
Novi Dvori of Zaprešić, or Novi Dvori of Jelačić, is a feudal estate in the northwestern part of Zaprešić, Croatia. The estate consists of a castle, an old granary renovated into a museum, a circular threshing machine, a neo-gothic chapel an ...
until his death.
The poem which would become the Croatian anthem was '' Horvatska domovina''. It was first published in the cultural magazine ''Danica ilirska
Danica ilirska was the first Croatian literary magazine launched on 10 January 1835 as a weekly supplement to ''Novine horvatske'' newspaper in Zagreb, the Kingdom of Croatia (Habsburg), Kingdom of Croatia.
It was initially published under the tit ...
'', No. 10, edited by Ljudevit Gaj
Ljudevit Gaj (; born Ludwig Gay; hu, Gáj Lajos; 8 August 1809 – 20 April 1872) was a Croatian Linguistics, linguist, politician, journalist and writer. He was one of the central figures of the pan-Slavist Illyrian movement.
Biography
Origi ...
, in 1835. The anthem itself would become known as '' Lijepa naša'' (''Our Beautiful''), since those are the first two words of the poem.
Mihanović also wrote a small but important book, ''Rěč domovini o hasnovitosti pisanja vu domorodnom jeziku'' (A Word to the Homeland about the Benefits from Writing in Mother Tongue), published in Vienna
en, Viennese
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in 1815. The ideas in this book became one of the foundations of the Illyrian Movement
The Illyrian movement ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Ilirski pokret, Илирски покрет; sl, Ilirsko gibanje) was a pan-South-Slavic cultural and political campaign with roots in the early modern period, and revived by a group of young Croatian inte ...
.
External links
Short biography
* ttp://www.sutla-zumberak.hr/en/cluster/local-government-units/klanjec/ Part of his life Mihanović spent near the town of Klanjec
The Croatian national anthem was written by Mihanović
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mihanovic, Antun 18th-century Croatian poets People of the Illyrian movement Lyricists 1796 births 1861 deaths Writers from Zagreb National anthem writers Croatian male poets 18th-century male writers