Rikard Jorgovanić (Mali Tabor, 1853 –

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, 1880) was a Croatian writer. As the son of a

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immigrant of German ethnicity, and his Croatianized last name was

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d after German ''Flieder''. He enrolled in the public school of

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, and later continued his education in

. His poetical verses are characterized by intrigue and

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. While he is known as the first writer of

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in Croatia, his work also differs from the usual pro-nationalistic ideology.

Bibliography

List of works done during his life as a writer:Matica Hrvatska – izabrana djela Jorgovanić.
/ref> * ''On the Threshold'' (Na pragu) * ''Holy Winged One'' (Svetokrilac) * ''Night'' (Noć) * ''In the Silent Sleeping Night'' (U tihoj drijemajućoj noći) * ''The Children of the Mill'' (Mlinarska djeca) * ''Dada'' (Dada) * ''Love upon the Catafalque'' (Ljubav na odru) * ''A Wife and a Lover'' (Žena i ljubovca)

References

1853 births 1880 deaths Croatian male poets Croatian people of German descent Croatian people of Czech descent 19th-century Croatian poets 19th-century male writers {{Croatia-writer-stub