Dositej Obradović
Dositej Obradović Доситеј Обрадовић | |
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Ivan Jugović | |
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Born | Dimitrije Obradović 17 February 1739 Tschakowa, Kingdom of Hungary, Habsburg monarchy (now Ciacova, Romania) |
Died | 7 April 1811 Belgrade, Rumelia Eyalet, Ottoman Empire (now Belgrade, Serbia) | (aged 72)
Nationality | Serbian |
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Dositej Obradović (
Life
Dositej Obradović was born Dimitrije Obradović, probably in 1739, in the Banat village of Čakovo, in the Habsburg monarchy, now Ciacova, in present-day Romania. From an early age, he was possessed with a passion for study. Obradović grew up bilingual (in Serbian and Romanian) and learned classical Greek, Latin, modern Greek, German, English, French, Russian and Italian.[2]
On 17 February 1757 he became a
Having devoured the contents of the monastery library, he hungered for further learning. On 2 November 1760 he left the monastery of Hopovo, bound for Hilandar, Mount Athos.[4]
In 1761 he went to
Besides these countries, his forty year travel journeys across Europe and Asia Minor also took him to
Obradović wrote first individual biographies and quickly the genre expanded to the form of biographical collection modelled on examples of Nepos, Suetonius, Plutarch, or Diogenes Laertius.
Obradović helped introduce to the Serbs the literature of certain western European countries.[8] He and Vuk Karadžić, whom Obradović influenced,[9] are recognized as the fathers of modern Serbian literature. Because the Serbian populace often suffered famine, Obradović also introduced potato cultivation to Serbia.
Dositej Obradović died in Belgrade, Serbia, in 1811.
Works
- Slovo poučiteljno Gosp. Georg. Joakima Colikofera, Leipzig, 1774, 31 pp.
- Pismo Haralampiju, 1783.
- Život i priključenija D.O., Leipzig, 1783.
- Sovjeti zdravago razuma, Leipzig, 1784, 119 pp.
- Ezopove i pročih raznih basnotvorcev basne, Leipzig, 1788, 451 pp.
- Pesme o izbavleniju Serbije, Vienna, 1789, 4 pp.
- Sobranije raznih naravoučitelnih veščej, Pécs, 1793, 2 + 316 pp.
- Etika ili filozofija naravnoučitelna, Venice, 1803, 160 pp.
- Vostani Serbije, 1804.
- Mezimac, Budim 1818, 230 + 11 pp.
- Ižica, 1830
- Pisma, Budapest, 1829, 126 pp.
- Prvenac, Karlštat 1930, 17 + 168 pp.
- Jastuk roda moga (lost), 1813
Translations
- Slovo poučitelno, 1784.
- Istina i prelest, (short story), 1788.
- Put u jedan dan, (short story), 1788.
- Aesop's Fables
- Hristoitija
- Bukvica
- Etika
- Venac
- Damon
- Ingleska izrečenija
In popular culture
- Pillow of my grave , a television miniseries based on the biography of Dositej Obradović and directed by Sava Mrmak, was produced in 1990 by the Serbian broadcasting service RTS.[10][11][12]
See also
References
- ^ "Biography (Serbian)". Archived from the original on 16 July 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2007.
- ^ The south Slav Journal / "Dositey Obradovich Circle". - London : South Slav Research & Study Centre 1.1978 - 5. ISSN 0141-6146
- ^ Skerlić 1914, p. 58.
- ^ a b Skerlić 1914, p. 59.
- ^ Skerlić 1914, pp. 59–60.
- ^ Skerlić 1914, p. 63-64.
- ^ Skerlić 1914, pp. 59–61.
- ^ Wladimir Fischer: The Role of Dositej Obradovic in the Construction of Serbian Identities During the 19th Century. In: spacesofidentity vol. 1.3 (2001)[permanent dead link]
- ISBN 9780521252492.
- ^ Pillow of my grave on IMDB
- YouTubeTV miniseries, 1 part
- YouTubeTV miniseries, 2 part
Sources
- Skerlić, Jovan (1914). Istorija nove srpske književnosti (PDF) (in Serbian). Belgrade. pp. 58–76.
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Further reading
- Cassell's Encyclopaedia of World Literature, Volume 2, Funk & Wagnalls, 1954.
- Chambers Biographical Dictionary, Chambers Harrap, 1997.
- Ćurčić, N. M. J. The Ethics of Reason in the Philosophical System of Dositej Obradovic A Study of His Contribution in This Field to the Age of Reason. London: Unwin Bros. Ltd, 1976.
- Fischer, Wladimir, "The Role of Dositej Obradovic in the Construction of Serbian Identities During the 19th Century," Spaces of Identity (1.3, 2001), 67–87.
- Fischer, Wladimir: Creating a National Hero: The Changing Symbolics of Dositej Obradović. In: Identität – Kultur – Raum. Turia + Kant, Wien 2001, ISBN 3-85132-301-7.
- Fischer, Wladimir, "Dositej Obradović and the Ambivalence of Enlightenment". Heppner/Posch (eds.), Encounters in Europe's Southeast, Bochum: Winkler, 2012, ISBN 978-3-89911-205-4.
- Javarek, Vera (April 1947). "Dositej Obradović and the English rationalists". The Slavonic and East European Review. 25 (65).
- Merriam-Webster's Biographical Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, 1995.
- Obradović, Dositej. The Life and Adventures of Dimitrije Obradović. University of California Publications in Modern Philology 39. Berkeley; Los Angeles, 1953.
- Pijanović, Petar: Život i delo Dositeja Obradovića. Zavod za udžbenike i nastavna sredstva, Beograd 2000.
- "South Slavic Writers Before World War II". Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 147, Gale Research, 1995.
- Skerlić, Jovan, Istorija Nove Srpske Književnosti (Belgrade, 1914, 1921).