Ignjat Đurđević (also Ignazio Giorgi; February 1675 – 21 January 1737) was a

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poet and translator from the

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, best known for his long poem ''Uzdasi Mandaljene pokornice'' ("''Sighs of Repentant Magdalene''"). He wrote poetry in three languages:

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and Croatian.

Biography

Đurđević was born in

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to Bernardo Giorgi and Teresa Zlatarić. He did not belong to the

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, but to a minor, recently ennobled, family, the Giorgi di Bernardo. He was a member of the Great Council (1693), duke of

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Island (1695) and

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. Because of his unrequited love towards a ''diklica'' (girl) from Dubrovnik and a libertine poem he wrote to her, Đurđević even had to leave the city for a while. In 1698 he joined

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where he completed philosophy studies and worked as a teacher. In 1706 he joined

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in Dubrovnik, but was expelled from the city between 1710 and 1712 when he lived in Rome and

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. He was a tri-lingual poet (he wrote in Latin, Italian and Croatian) with deep feelings, unrestrained by Catholic morals. His fiery ''Ljuvene pjesni'' (''Love Poems'') are some of the best

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from Dubrovnik, with influences of Bunić's verse. ''Suze Marunkove'' (''Marunko's Tears''), Đurđević's poem about Marunko from the island of

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, who is sighing because of a beautiful ''djevičina'' (maid) Pavica, were obviously inspired by ''Derviš'', written by his namesake Stijepan Đurđević. Still, Ignjat often manages to surpass Stijepan because of his freer style. After more than twenty years of preparations, Đurđević printed ''Uzdasi Mandaljene pokornice'' ("''Sighs of Repentant Magdalene''") in

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in 1728, together with the cycle of ''Pjesni razlike'' (Various Poems). ''Magdalene'' is his most beautiful work, while ''Poems'' have exceptionally varied themes and forms. Experts in

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and

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noticed that the themes and forms of Đurđević's ''Poems'' are similar to the poems of

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. In 1729, his ''Saltijer slovinski'' (''Slavic Psalms'') were printed in Venice. They contain translations or

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s of the

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of King

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. Their fine language and style distinguish them from many similar translations made by the poets of Dubrovnik.

Ethnicity

His father was Bernardo Giorgi, and his mother was Tereza Zlatarić. He did not belong to the old Đurđević family from Dubrovnik, originally from Rome, but to another family of the same name that received a noble title a few years before Ignjat's birth. His mother is from the Serbian Zlatarić family. In his book Macedonia, on page 78, Tihomir Đorđević states that the Zlatarićs came to Dubrovnik from Macedonia, referring to the well-known Dubrovnik Catholic Serb, the linguist

Pero Budmani Petar "Pero" Budmani ( sr-Cyrl, Перо Будмани; 27 October 1835 – 27 December 1914) was a writer, linguist, grammarian, and philologist from Dubrovnik and a renowned polyglot. Biography Budmani was born in Dubrovnik/Ragusa, at the time ...

. Đurđević once wrote that "Zlatarići are of Serbian origin", and Ivan Kukuljević Sakcinski that they are from ''Mysis orte parentibus''. Dragoljub Pavlović found a document in the Dubrovnik archives stating that the Zlatarićs came from

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. Đurđević mentioned several times in his legacy a Catholic manual in the "Serbian language" (lingua serviana), written in Cyrillic.

Publications

''Sighs of Repentant Magdalene'' (''Uzdasi Mandaljene Pokornice''), 1728

References

External links

Ignjat Đurđević: ''Suze Marunkove'' and ''Uzdasi Mandalijene pokornice''
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