Prosvjeta ( sr-cyr, Просвјета; "Enlightenment/Education") or the Serbian Cultural-Educational Society "Prosvjeta" was a

Bosnian Serb The Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sr-Cyrl, Срби у Босни и Херцеговини, Srbi u Bosni i Hercegovini) are one of the three constitutive nations (state-forming nations) of the country, predominantly residing in the politi ...

cultural and educational society in Austro-Hungarian Bosnia and Herzegovina and

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

. It was founded in

Sarajevo Sarajevo ( ; cyrl, Сарајево, ; ''see Names of European cities in different languages (Q–T)#S, names in other languages'') is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 275,524 in its a ...

in 1902. It quickly became the most important organization gathering ethnic Serb citizens. In 1909 the first and the only student's house of Prosvjeta was opened in

Mostar Mostar (, ; sr-Cyrl, Мостар, ) is a city and the administrative center of Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the historical capital of Herzegovina. Mostar is sit ...

and Božidar Zečević was its first

prefect Prefect (from the Latin ''praefectus'', substantive adjectival form of ''praeficere'': "put in front", meaning in charge) is a magisterial title of varying definition, but essentially refers to the leader of an administrative area. A prefect's ...

. In 1914, the Austro-Hungarian regime had the organization banned and its leadership imprisoned due to "anti-state" actions.

Notable people

Petar Kočić Petar Kočić ( sr-Cyrl, Петар Кочић; 29 June 1877 – 27 August 1916) was a Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian Serb writer, activist and politician. Born in rural northwestern Bosnia (region), Bosnia in the final days of Ot ...

Aleksa Šantić Aleksa Šantić ( sr-Cyrl, Алекса Шантић, (); 27 May 1868 – 2 February 1924) was a poet from Bosnia and Herzegovina. His poetry reflecting both the urban culture of the region. The most common themes of his poems are social injus ...

Jovan Dučić Jovan Dučić ( sr-cyr, Јован Дучић, ; 17 February 1871 – 7 April 1943) was a Herzegovinian Serb poet-diplomat and academic. He is one of the most influential Serbian lyricists and modernist poets. Dučić published his first collec ...

* Pero Slijepčević * Grigorije Petrov *

Jovan Cvijić Jovan Cvijić ( sr-cyr, Јован Цвијић, ; 1865 – 16 January 1927) was a Serbian geographer and ethnologist, president of the Serbian Royal Academy of Sciences and rector of the University of Belgrade. Cvijić is considered the ...

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* *{{cite book, author=Božidar Madžar, title=Prosvjeta : serb education and culture society 1902-1949, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8YG4AAAACAAJ, year=2001, publisher=Akademija nauka i umjetnosti Republike Srpske, isbn=978-86-83255-06-1 Serb organizations 1902 establishments in Austria-Hungary Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Austro-Hungarian Serbs Educational institutions established in 1902 Organizations disestablished in 1914 Cultural organizations based in Bosnia and Herzegovina Ethnic organizations based in Austria-Hungary

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