Lavoslav Vukelić (; 20 March 1840 — 26 March 1879) was a Croatian

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Biography

Lavoslav Vukelić was born into the noble family Vukelić whose ancestors had long ago moved to

Lika Lika () is a traditional region of Croatia proper, roughly bound by the Velebit mountain from the southwest and the Plješevica mountain from the northeast. On the north-west end Lika is bounded by Ogulin-Plaški basin, and on the south-east by t ...

from

Dalmatia Dalmatia (; ; ) is a historical region located in modern-day Croatia and Montenegro, on the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea. Through time it formed part of several historical states, most notably the Roman Empire, the Kingdom of Croatia (925 ...

with many others and converted to

Roman Catholicism The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwid ...

. Vukelić completed his elementary and secondary school in

Senj Senj is a town on the upper Adriatic coast in Croatia, in the foothills of the Mala Kapela and Velebit mountains. The symbol of the town is the Nehaj Fortress () which was completed in 1558. For a time this was the seat of the Uskoks, who were ...

. Then he went to

Vienna Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. ...

to pursue a management course on a stipend from the

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authorities. After that, he returned to Lika, where he served as an officer in many places. In his senior years, he was transferred to Sveti Križ Začretje as an officer. There he appointed

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secretary.

Work

He is an author of 79 songs which were collected by

Bude Budisavljević Bude (, locally or ; Cornish ) is a seaside town in north Cornwall, England, in the civil parish of Bude-Stratton and at the mouth of the River Neet (also known locally as the River Strat). It was sometimes formerly known as Bude Haven.''Co ...

in a booklet entitled ''Literary Flowers'' (). Also, he translated works by English, German, Polish, Russian, Italian, and Slovenian authors. The most important are his translations of

Shakespeare William Shakespeare ( 23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's natio ...

Goethe Johann Wolfgang (von) Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German polymath who is widely regarded as the most influential writer in the German language. His work has had a wide-ranging influence on Western literature, literary, Polit ...

Gottfried August Bürger Gottfried August Bürger (31 December 1747 – 8 June 1794) was a German poet. His ballads were very popular in Germany. His most noted ballad, ''Lenore (ballad), Lenore'', found an audience beyond readers of the German language in an English l ...

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Mickiewicz Adam Bernard Mickiewicz (24 December 179826 November 1855) was a Polish poet, dramatist, essayist, publicist, translator and political activist. He is regarded as national poet in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus. He also largely influenced Ukra ...

, Lermontov, and

Pushkin Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin () was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic era.Basker, Michael. Pushkin and Romanticism. In Ferber, Michael, ed., ''A Companion to European Romanticism''. Oxford: Blackwell, 2005. He is conside ...

Selected works

* Literary Glossary of Lavoslav Vukelić, Zagreb, 1882 (Bude Budisavljević); * Literary Flower / Lavoslav Vukelić, collected (Buda Budisavljević, Zagreb, 1884) * Selected Works / Franjo Marković, Lavoslav Vukelić, Andrija Palmović, Rikard Jorgovanić, Five Centuries of Croatian Literature, Vol. 44, Zagreb, 1970 (compiled by Nedjeljko Mihanovic)

References

1840 births 1879 deaths 19th-century Croatian poets Poets from Austria-Hungary Translators from Austria-Hungary Croatian translators Translators of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Translators of William Shakespeare {{Croatia-writer-stub

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Selected works

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