Jovan Đorđević (13 November 1826 – 9 April 1900) was a Serbian writer, dramatist,
Minister of Education and the co-founder of the
Novi Sad
Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; hu, Újvidék, ; german: Neusatz; see below for other names) is the second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pan ...
Serbian National Theatre
The Serbian National Theatre ( sr, Српско народно позориште, Srpsko narodno pozorište), located in Novi Sad, is one of the major theatres of Serbia.
History
The current building of the theatre was opened in March 1981. The ...
in 1861, the
National Theatre in Belgrade
The National Theatre ( sr-cyr, Народно позориште, Narodno pozorište) is a theatre located in Belgrade, Serbia.
Founded in the later half of the 19th century, it is located on the Republic Square, at the corner of Vasina and Fra ...
in 1868 and the Academy of Dramatic Art ( sr, Glumačka akademija, italics=yes) in 1870. He is most famous for writing the lyrics to the
Serbian National anthem
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''
Bože pravde
"" ( sr-Cyrl, Боже правде, , "God of Justice") is the national anthem of Serbia, as defined by the Article 7 of the Constitution of Serbia. "Bože pravde" was the state anthem of the Kingdom of Serbia until 1919 when Serbia became a par ...
'' in 1872. He was also a member of
Matica Srpska
The Matica srpska ( sr-Cyrl, Матица српска, Matica srpska, la, Matrix Serbica, grc, Μάτιτσα Σρπσκα) is the oldest Serbian language independent, non-profit, non-governmental and cultural-scientific Serbian national inst ...
.
Biography
Jovan Đorđević was born in
Senta
Senta ( sr-cyrl, Сента, ; Hungarian: ''Zenta'', ; Romanian: ''Zenta'') is a town and municipality located in the North Banat District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It is situated on the bank of the Tisa river in the ge ...
, a town on the bank of the
Tisa
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river in the region which eventually became
Serbian Vojvodina
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, on 13 November 1826 (
Julian Calendar
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) to merchant Filip and Ana (née Malešević) Đorđević. Jovan was baptized on 17 November of that year in the
Serbian Orthodox Church
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The majori ...
of Archangel Michael, officiated by Very Reverend Georgije-Đuka Popović, one of the most erudite clerics of his day in that region of
Potisje
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Municipalities in Bačka:
*Ka ...
, and author of ''Put u raj'' (The Road to Heaven), a book in praise of moral principles. The acting bug bit hard when he first appeared as a teenager in Hungarian and Serbian amateur theatricals in his hometown of Senta. He started his schooling in Senta,
Novi Sad
Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; hu, Újvidék, ; german: Neusatz; see below for other names) is the second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pan ...
,
Szeged
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,
Temisvar, and
Pest, where he was a ''Tekelijanum'' scholar (having received a
stipend
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from the
Sava Tekelija
Sava Tekelija ( sr, Сава Текелија) (1761–1842) was the first Serbian doctor of law, the founder of the Tekelijanum, president of the Matica srpska, philanthropist, noble, and merchant. Endowment). Throughout high school (
gymnasium) and university he pursued his chosen career as a professional actor and manager, appearing in hundreds of plays he himself organized in which he received a reputation of high versatility and originality. The 1848 Revolution interrupted his university education and he left Pest for
Sombor
Sombor ( sr-Cyrl, Сомбор, ; hu, Zombor; rue, Зомбор, Zombor) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the West Bačka District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The city has a total popula ...
where
Grand Zupan
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Isidor Nikolić Dzaver (1806–1862) of
Bačka
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first appointed him secretary of the town's municipal court house, and then a position of judicial clerk at
Lugos
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*Parc naturel régional des Landes de Gascogne
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. In 1852 he was appointed professor of a high school in Novi Sad.
There Đorđević came to
loggerheads with the school's administrators, who were against
Vuk Karadžić
Vuk Stefanović Karadžić ( sr-Cyrl, Вук Стефановић Караџић, ; 6 November 1787 (26 October OS)7 February 1864) was a Serbian philologist, anthropologist and linguist. He was one of the most important reformers of the mode ...
's language reforms, and left his teaching post to become secretary of the
Matica Srpska
The Matica srpska ( sr-Cyrl, Матица српска, Matica srpska, la, Matrix Serbica, grc, Μάτιτσα Σρπσκα) is the oldest Serbian language independent, non-profit, non-governmental and cultural-scientific Serbian national inst ...
and editor of the learned society's magazine ''Letopis Matice Srpske'' in 1857. Two years later (1859), Danilo Medaković appointed Đorđević to position of co-editor (with Đorđe Popović) of ''Srpski Dnevnik''. He eventually relinquished his position to
Svetozar Miletić
Svetozar Miletić ( sr-cyr, Светозар Милетић; 22 February 1826 – 4 February 1901) was a Serbian lawyer, journalist, author and politician who served as the mayor of Novi Sad between 1861 and 1862 and again from 1867 to 1868.
...
in 1861 and joined Dr. Jovan Andrejević Joles on their long, overdue project – the construction of the
Serbian National Theatre
The Serbian National Theatre ( sr, Српско народно позориште, Srpsko narodno pozorište), located in Novi Sad, is one of the major theatres of Serbia.
History
The current building of the theatre was opened in March 1981. The ...
in Novi Sad.
With the new theatre Đorđević showed his interest in Serbian drama through the productions of plays by Đorđe Maletić,
Jovan Sterija Popović
Jovan Sterija Popović (; sr-cyr, Јован Стерија Поповић; 13 January 1806 – 10 March 1856) was a Serbian playwright, poet, lawyer, philosopher and pedagogue who taught at the Belgrade Higher School. Sterija was recognized by ...
,
Matija Ban
Matija Ban ( sr-Cyrl, Матија Бан; 6 December 1818 – 14 March 1903) was a Serbo- Croatian poet, dramatist, and playwright. He is known as one of the earliest proponents of the Serb-Catholic movement in Dubrovnik.
Ban was born in near ...
,
Joakim Vujić, and others. In 1868 he founded the Serbian National Theatre in Belgrade, where he offered increasingly elaborate contemporary productions of Serbian and foreign playwrights and dramatists, like
Stevan Sremac
Stevan Sremac ( sr-cyr, Стеван Сремац, ; 11 November 1855 – 13 August 1906) was a Serbian realist and comedy writer. He is considered one of the best truly humorous Serbian writers.
Biography
Stevan Sremac was born in Senta in ...
,
Milorad Popović Šapčanin,
Milovan Glišić
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Legacy
Glišić is considered to be one of the best translator ...
, Svetislav Vulović,
Kosta Trifković,
Branislav Nušić
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Life
Bra ...
,
Imre Madách
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,
József Katona
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József Katona was born and died in Kecskemét. He studi ...
,
György Bessenyei
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Works
* 1772 – Ágis tragédiája
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,
Schiller
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Henrik Ibsen
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,
Oscar Wilde
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Émile Augier
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Augier was born at Valence, Drôme
Valence (, ...
,
Jules Sandeau
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Sandeau was born at Aubusson (Creuse), and was sent to Paris to study law, but spent much of his time in unruly behaviour with oth ...
,
Eugène Marin Labiche
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,
Victorien Sardou
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Ivan Turgenev
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,
Gogol
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,
Maksim Gorky
Alexei Maximovich Peshkov (russian: link=no, Алексе́й Макси́мович Пешко́в; – 18 June 1936), popularly known as Maxim Gorky (russian: Макси́м Го́рький, link=no), was a Russian writer and sociali ...
and other.
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Belgrade at the time had a competing theatre, the
Theatre on Đumruk, where Jovan Sterija Popović first produced his play "Death of
Stephen Uroš III Dečanski of Serbia" in 1841. Đorđević also established the prestigious Academy of Dramatic Art (Glumačka akademija) first at the Serbian National Theatre before the school eventually moved to its present location, now accredited by the
University of Belgrade
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Founded in 1808 as the Belgrade Higher School in revolutionary Serbia, by 1838 it merged with the Kragujevac-b ...
's Faculty of Dramatic Arts. The teaching staff at its inception was composed of Jovan Đorđević and Aleksa Bačvanski, an international actor who also went by the name of Šandor Varhidi. Today it is regarded as one of the most renowned drama schools in Eastern Europe, and one of the oldest drama schools in the Balkans, having been founded in 1870.
Later, Đorđević became a professor of general history at
Belgrade's Grandes écoles. In 1893 he served for a short time as
Serbia's Minister of Culture under the
Jovan Avakumović
Jovan Avakumović (1 January 1841 – 3 August 1928) was a Serbian lawyer, criminologist, statesman, and Prime Minister of Serbia.
Biography
Born in Belgrade, a descendant of a respected Serbian merchant family of Baba-Dudići, Avakumović was a ...
Administration, and
Alexander I of Serbia's tutor. He wrote poetry and translated and adapted many plays for the theatre. He compiled and prepared a Latin-Serbian, Serbian-Latin Dictionary, which he had worked on from 1882 to 1886. His best work is a theatrical
allegory ''Markova sablja'' (Marko's Sword) and the text (lyrics) to the hymn ''
Bože pravde
"" ( sr-Cyrl, Боже правде, , "God of Justice") is the national anthem of Serbia, as defined by the Article 7 of the Constitution of Serbia. "Bože pravde" was the state anthem of the Kingdom of Serbia until 1919 when Serbia became a par ...
'', with music by
Davorin Jenko
Davorin Jenko (born Martin Jenko; 9 November 1835 – 25 November 1914) was a Slovene composer. He is sometimes considered the father of Slovenian national Romantic music. Among other songs, he composed the melody for the Serbian national anthem " ...
.
He died in Belgrade on 9 April 1900.
Selected works
* Đorđević, J. (1881) ''Narodno pozorište u Beogradu.'' Pozorište, vol. 8, br. 8. pp. 30
* Đorđević, J. (1882) ''Srpska himna, Složio u note za prvi glas sa pratnjom klavira Davorin Jenko.'' Srbadija, vol. II, sv. 3
* Đorđević, M. J. (1884) ''Lira : sa 800 pozorišnih pesama.'' Pozorišna lira, Belgrade, (Zadruga štamparskih radenika),
See also
*
Kosta Manojlović
Konstantin "Kosta" P. Manojlović ( sr, Коста Манојловић; December 4, 1890 – November 2, 1949) was a Serbian composer, ethnomusicologist, educator and choral conductor.
Early years
Konstantin Manojlović was born in Krnjev ...
*
Petar Krstić
*
Miloje Milojević
Miloje Milojević (Serbian Cyrillic: Милоје Милојевић; 27 October 1884, Belgrade – 16 June 1946, Belgrade) was a Serbian composer, musicologist, music critic, folklorist, music pedagogue, and music promoter.
Biography
T ...
*
Stevan Hristić
*
Stevan Mokranjac
Stevan Stojanović ( sr-Cyrl, Стеван Стојановић, ; 9 January 1856 – 28 September 1914), known as Stevan Mokranjac ( sr-Cyrl, Стеван Мокрањац, ) was a Serbian composer and music educator. Born in Negotin in 185 ...
*
Isidor Bajić
Isidor Bajic ( sr-cyr, Исидор Бајић) (16 August 1878 – 15 September 1915) was a Serbian composer, teacher, and publisher.
Biography
He was born in Kula, Austro-Hungarian Empire. A pupil of Hans von Koessler in Budapest, he taught ...
*
Davorin Jenko
Davorin Jenko (born Martin Jenko; 9 November 1835 – 25 November 1914) was a Slovene composer. He is sometimes considered the father of Slovenian national Romantic music. Among other songs, he composed the melody for the Serbian national anthem " ...
*
Josif Marinković
Josif Marinković ( Serbian Cyrillic: Јосиф Маринковић; Vranjevo, near Novi Bečej, 15 September 1851 – Belgrade, 13 May 1931) was a Serbian composer and choral director. Like his younger contemporary Stevan St. Mokranjac, he was ...
*
Nenad Barački
*
Tihomir Ostojić
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Stefan Stratimirović
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*
Branko Cvejić
Branko Cvejić (; 25 August 1946 – 26 July 2022) was a Serbian actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1962 onwards.
Cvejić was director of the Yugoslav Drama Theatre
Yugoslav Drama Theatre ( sr-cyrl, Југословенс ...
*
Stefan Lastavica
*
Stanislav Binički
References
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1826 births
1900 deaths
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Matica srpska
19th-century Serbian people
Serbian writers
Serbian educators