Sima Lukin Lazić ( sr-cyr, Сима Лукин Лазић; 15 August 1863 – 19 July 1904) was a Serbian publisher, journalist, historian and writer. Born in

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, into a merchant family, his father was involved in anti-Ottoman affairs forcing him to flee to the

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. Lazić was brought up in

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, where he finished primary school, then finished three years of gymnasium in

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in 1876. He signed up as a volunteer in the Serbian–Ottoman War (1876–78) but was rejected due to illness. Not finishing gymnasium, he worked as an actor in

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es. From 1886 to 1889 he acted at the

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). He lived in Belgrade (

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) and

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), where he published texts of all kinds. He was the editor of ''Srbobran'' and ''Vrač pogađač''. He was a supporter of the

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. He was married to Zorka Miletić, the paternal niece of

Svetozar Miletić Svetozar Miletić ( sr-cyr, Светозар Милетић; 22 February 1826 – 4 February 1901) was a Serbian lawyer, journalist, author and politician who served as the mayor of Novi Sad between 1861 and 1862 and again from 1867 to 1868. ...

Work

*''Srbi u davnini'', Zagreb 1894. *''Kratka povjesnica Srba od postanja Srpstva do danas'', published 1894 in ''Srbobran'', 1895 as book in Zagreb *''Dvije oskoruše, jedna meni, druga njemu'', Zagreb 1895. *''Srbin od Srbina'', Zagreb 1895. *''Divlji čovjek'', Zagreb 1901.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lazic, Sima Lukin 1863 births 1904 deaths 19th-century Serbian people Serbian publishers (people) Serbian journalists Writers from Šabac People from the Ottoman Empire People from the Kingdom of Serbia