Ljubomir Nenadović (14 September 1826 – 21 January 1895) was a Serbian writer, poet, translator, diplomat,

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and member of the

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Family

Ljubomir was born in Brankovina,

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, to father Prota

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, of the affluent Nenadović family. His father was Serbian archpriest, writer and leader in the

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; he was appointed Prime Minister 27 August 1805 – Jan 1807 by President

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. Ljubomir's uncle

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and his grandfather's brother

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also fought in the

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, and served the Serbian revolutionary government. His grandfather was

Aleksa Nenadović Aleksa Nenadović (1749 Brankovina, Sanjak of Smederevo — 4 February 1804, Valjevo, Sanjak of Smederevo) was ober knyaz of Tamnava—Posavina district of Valjevo nahiyah of the Belgrade Pashaluk. Family Aleksa Nenadović was a member of the ...

(1749–1804), one of the first victims of the Slaughter of the Dukes on 31 January 1804.

Life

He graduated from the gymnasium in Belgrade and enrolled at the

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. In the period between 1844 and 1848 he studied at universities in

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and

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. After he returned to Serbia in 1848 he became professor at Lyceum. In 1850 Nenadović founded the literary review Šumadinka ( sr-cyr, Шумадинка). This magazine he edited and published between 1850 and 1857 sometimes together with

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Šumadinče ( sr-cyr, Шумадинче) in which he published his father's manuscripts about the

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, (''Rukopisi Prote Mateje Nenadovića''). Until 1857 he was employed with Ministry of education and internal affairs. He corresponded with writers Đorđe Rajković (1825–1886),

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Vuk Stefanović Karadžić VUK or Vuk may refer to: *Vuk (name), South Slavic given name ** Vuk, Ban of Bosnia (), a member of the Kotromanić dynasty ** Vuk Karadžić (1787–1864), Serbian language reformer and folklorist, often referred to simply as Vuk * ''Vuk'' (film) ...

, and Milica Stojadinović-Srpkinja to whom he dedicated a poem. In 1857 he went to Cetinje in Montenegro. He had frequent correspondence with Montenegrin Knjaz Danilo and organized delivery of one

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to him. In 1858 he was secretary of the mission of Principality of Serbia in Istanbul. In 1859 he was appointed to be head of the Ministry of Education. In 1868 he retired and lived in Valjevo until 1874 when he left for Montenegro where he stayed until 1878. From 1878 until his death in 1895 he lived in Valjevo.

Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts

The first academicians to be appointed in the

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on 5 April 1887 were four for each professional academy. The first members of the Academy of Natural Sciences were

Josif Pančić Josif Pančić ( sr-cyr, Јосиф Панчић; April 17, 1814 – February 25, 1888) was a Serbian botanist, a doctor of medicine, a lecturer at the Great School (the future University of Belgrade), and the first president of the Serbian Roya ...

Dimitrije Nešić Dimitrije Nešić (20 October 1836 – 9 May 1904) was a Serbian mathematician, professor at the Lyceum of the Principality of Serbia and president of the Serbian Royal Academy. Biography Nešić was born to Savka and Stojan Nešić in Bel ...

, Ljubomir Klerić and

Jovan Žujović Jovan M. Žujović (Serbian Cyrillic: Јован M. Жујовић; 18 October 1856 – 19 July 1936) was a Serbian geologist and anthropologist, known as a pioneer in geology, paleontology and craniometry in Serbia. He was a professor at Belgra ...

; in the Academy of Philosophical Sciences these were

Stojan Novaković Stojan Novaković ( sr-Cyrl, Стојан Новаковић; 13 November 1842 – 18 February 1915) was a Serbian politician, historian, diplomat, writer, bibliographer, literary critic, literary historian, and translator. He held the post o ...

, Milan Kujundžić Aberdar, Svetislav Vulović and Svetomir Nikolajević; first members of the Academy of Social Sciences were

Čedomilj Mijatović Count Čedomilj Mijatović ( sr-Cyrl, Чедомиљ Мијатовић; 17 October 1842 – May 14, 1932) was a Serbian statesman, economist, historian, writer and diplomat. Mijatović served as the Ministry of Finance (Serbia), Minister of Fi ...

, Milan Milićević, Ljubomir Kovačević (1848–1918) and Panta Srećković; and in the Academy of Arts: Ljubomir Nenadović,

Matija Ban Matija Ban ( sr-Cyrl, Матија Бан; 6 December 1818 – 14 March 1903) was a Serbo- Croatian poet, dramatist, and playwright. He is known as one of the earliest proponents of the Serb-Catholic movement in Dubrovnik. Ban was born in Pe ...

, Mihailo Valtrović and

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. The oldest member, Josif Pančić, was appointed the president and the youngest member, Jovan Žujović, was temporarily chosen as permanent secretary.

Selected bibliography

The first texts he wrote were published in ''Podunavka'' magazine in 1843. His

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works include: * ''Pisma iz Nemačke'' * ''Pisma iz Italije'' * ''Pisma iz Švajcarske'' * ''Putopisi'' * ''Rukopisi Prote Mateje Nenadovića'' * ''O Crnogorcima, pisma sa Cetinja'', 1878. godine, * ''Razgovori s Njegošem'' * ''Moja završna na klevete Dr. Mladena Jojkića protiv srpske Ujedinjene Omladine i moje ličnosti''

Legacy

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is named after him. There is a

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named after Ljubomir P Nenadović. It is awarded every year since 1994 by ''Kolubara'' magazine to Valjevo citizen of the year.

References

External links

Biography on the website
of

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