Lovro Mihačević (July 23, 1856 in
Kreševo
Kreševo ( sr-cyrl, Крешево, ) is a town and municipality located in Central Bosnia Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Kreševo is a mountainous town, located in a narrow valley of the ...
– November 25, 1920)
[ Leksikon hrvatskih književnika BiH od najstarijih vremena do danas/Me-Mu ]Mirko Marjanović
Mirko Marjanović ( sr-cyrl, Мирко Марјановић, ; 27 July 1937 – 21 February 2006) was a Serbian politician who served as the prime minister of Serbia from 1994 to 2000.
Biography
Marjanović was born on 27 July 1937 in Knin in ...
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was a Bosnian Catholic priest, author, albanologist and epic poet
An epic poem, or simply an epic, is a lengthy narrative poem typically about the extraordinary deeds of extraordinary characters who, in dealings with gods or other superhuman forces, gave shape to the mortal universe for their descendants.
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. He served as a missionary in Albania, spoke fluent Albanian
Albanian may refer to:
*Pertaining to Albania in Southeast Europe; in particular:
**Albanians, an ethnic group native to the Balkans
**Albanian language
**Albanian culture
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, and published the Albanian-related works ''Po Albaniji'' (1911) and ''Albanski problem i Srbija i Austro-Ugarska'' (The Albanian Problem and Serbia and Austro-Hungary, 1913). He heavily influenced his pupil Gjergj Fishta
Gjergj Fishta (; 23 October 187130 December 1940) was an Albanian Franciscan friar, poet, educator, politician, rilindas, translator and writer. He is regarded as one of the most influential Albanian writers of the 20th century due to his epic ...
, a renowned Albanian epic poet.Robert Elsie, "Gjergj Fishta and the Albanian National Epic," Lecture given at the Center for Russian and Eastern European Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, on 26 January 2005.
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Mihačević contributed to Albanian culture. While working as missionary in Albania, in Franciscan schools in Troshan and Shkodra, he instilled the love for literature and mother tongue of his pupil, later famous Albanian writer, "Albanian Homer", Gjergj Fishta
Gjergj Fishta (; 23 October 187130 December 1940) was an Albanian Franciscan friar, poet, educator, politician, rilindas, translator and writer. He is regarded as one of the most influential Albanian writers of the 20th century due to his epic ...
.[Pater Gjergj Fishta (1871-1940)](_blank)
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See also
*Croatian literature
Croatian literature refers to literary works attributed to the medieval and modern culture of the Croats, Croatia, and Croatian. Besides the modern language whose shape and orthography was standardized in the late 19th century, it also covers t ...
*Albanian literature
Albanian literature stretches back to the Middle Ages and comprises those literary texts and works written in Albanian. It may also refer to literature written by Albanians in Albania, Kosovo and the Albanian diaspora particularly in Italy. Alba ...
*Gjergj Fishta
Gjergj Fishta (; 23 October 187130 December 1940) was an Albanian Franciscan friar, poet, educator, politician, rilindas, translator and writer. He is regarded as one of the most influential Albanian writers of the 20th century due to his epic ...
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1854 births
1920 deaths
People from Kreševo
Croat writers from Bosnia and Herzegovina
Franciscans of the Franciscan Province of Bosnia
19th-century Bosnia and Herzegovina Roman Catholic priests
Bosnia and Herzegovina writers
Bosnia and Herzegovina poets
Albanologists
20th-century Bosnia and Herzegovina Roman Catholic priests