Džore Držić (; ) (February 6, 1461 – September 26, 1501) was a Ragusan

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and

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Biography

Držić was a citizen of the

Republic of Ragusa The Republic of Ragusa, or the Republic of Dubrovnik, was an maritime republics, aristocratic maritime republic centered on the city of Dubrovnik (''Ragusa'' in Italian and Latin; ''Raguxa'' in Venetian) in South Dalmatia (today in southernmost ...

(now

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). He was the uncle of the

n playwright Marin Držić, the rector of the Church of All Saints, the chancellor of the Dubrovnik chapter, and a contemporary of the poet

Marko Marulić Marko Marulić Splićanin (; ; 18 August 1450 – 5 January 1524), was a Croatian poet, lawyer, judge, and Renaissance humanist. He is the national poet of Croatia. According to George J. Gutsche, Marulić's epic poem '' Judita'' "is the first ...

. His poetic works are considered an early expression of the linguistic form that would later become the standard

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. Držić's ''Pjesni ljuvene'' (''Love Poems'') was posthumously included by Nikša Ranjina in his manuscript collection, which also contained love poems composed by other young Dubrovnian poets for their romantic partners. Some of Držić's poetry diverged from the conventional

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ist style, incorporating elements reminiscent of folk songs, some of which are included in Nikša Ranjina's Miscellany. Držić's poem ''Odiljam se'' ("''I Am Going Away''"), written in 16-syllable verses has influence from the '' bugarštica'' poetic tradition. His eclogue ' has been dated to the late 15th century and is the first Croatian play known to have a

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