Grigorije Račanin (Serbian: Григорије Рачанин;

Bajina Bašta Bajina Bašta ( sr-Cyrl, Бајина Башта, ) is a town and municipality located in the Zlatibor District of western Serbia. The town lies in the valley of the Drina river at the eastern edge of Tara National Park. According to the 2022 ce ...

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, after 1668 -

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, after 1739) was a Serbian monk and writer. He is best remembered for his travelogue on rafting in the

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in 1739. He was a contemporary of

Gavrilo Stefanović Venclović Gavrilo "Gavril" Stefanović Venclović ( sr-Cyrl, Гаврилo Стефановић Венцловић ; fl. 1680–1749) was a priest, writer, poet, orator, philosopher, neologist, polyglot, and illuminator. He was one of the first and mos ...

, also a member of the

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and its literary School of Rača. A copy of his major work -- ''Dravom i Dunavom od Osijeka do Krajove u Rumuniji''—is archived in the ''Narodna biblioteka Srbije'' (

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) in Belgrade. The original manuscript is now lost, though a copy testifies to the existence of a travelogue manuscript written by him after taking a trip along the "

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and

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from

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to Krajova in

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" and back in 1739 as the title suggests. Monk Grigorije Račanin lived and worked in the

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of the old Rača monastery in Bajina Bašta before settling in

Works

* ''Dravom I Dunavom od Osijeka to Krajove u Ruminiji,'' 1739 * ''Panonijom s krstom račanskim'', vol.I-III * Religious and secular texts.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Račanin, Grigorije Year of birth uncertain Year of death uncertain 1660s births 1730s deaths Serbian travel writers People from Bajina Bašta Serbian monks People from Szentendre 18th-century Serbian writers 18th-century Christian monks

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