Antun Pasko Kazali (29 April 1815 – 10 January 1894) was a Croatian folk-writer, poet and translator. Born in

Dubrovnik Dubrovnik, historically known as Ragusa, is a city in southern Dalmatia, Croatia, by the Adriatic Sea. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations in the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean, a Port, seaport and the centre of the Dubrovni ...

(Ragusa), he went to school in Dubrovnik, studying philosophy and theology in

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(Zara). He was a parish priest in Ošlje near

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and chaplain in

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. As a parish priest, he often came into conflict with church authorities. He spent his most creative period in Zadar, starting in 1855. He was a professor at the gymnasium in Zadar, teaching Latin, Greek, and Croatian (1855–1861), and in 1862 became a professor at the Rijeka/Fiume gymnasium. The last ten years of his life were spent in Dubrovnik. He has written ''Spjev Zlatka'' (published in Zadar in 1856), ''Trista VICA widow'' (Zadar, 1857), ''A voice from the wilderness'' (Zadar, 1861) and ''Grobnik'' (Rijeka, 1863). Several other works are in manuscript and the best known is ''Spjev Ćoso'', an autobiographical poem. He was an associate and writer for the ''Zora Dalmatinska'' journal, and edited the newspapers ''Zadar Glasnik Dalmatinski'' and ''Smotritelj Dalmatinski''. He spoke 11 world languages. The special value of his literary work is recognized in Croatian national maritime terminology. He died in Dubrovnik.

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