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. ...

. 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 **Demographics of Albania, includes other ethnic groups within the country ...

, 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.
/ref> 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",

.Pater Gjergj Fishta (1871-1940)
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