Giorgio Sisgoreo, also known as Juraj Šižgorić[1] (Latin: Georgius Sisgoreus or Sisgoritus, Croatian: Juraj Šižgorić; ca. 1445–1509) was a Latinist poet from Venetian Dalmatia.
Giorgio Sisgoreo | |
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 Tomb of Juraj Šižgorić in the Cathedral of Šibenik | |
| Born | 1445 |
| Died | 1509 |
| Nationality | Venetian (modern-day Croatia) |
| Other names | Juraj Šižgorić, Georgius Sisgoreus |
| Occupation | poet |
He was the first humanist from Šibenik and the central personality of Šibenik's humanist circle and also one of the most important figures in 15th-century cultural life of the Croatian people.[2]
His Elegiarum et carminum libri tres ("Book of elegies and poems", Venice, 1477) is considered the first published book by a Croatian poet. American historian J. V. A. Fine emphasizes that Šižgorić and Vinko Pribojević did not consider themselves to be Croats, but rather Slavic-speaking Venetians.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Šižgorić, Juraj". Croatian Encyclopedia (in Croatian). 2021. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
- ^ "Enconium to the poet Juraj Šižgorić". National and University Library in Zagreb. 2023. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
- ^ Fine, John V. A. Jr. (1 January 2006). When Ethnicity Did Not Matter in the Balkans: A Study of Identity in Pre-Nationalist Croatia, Dalmatia, and Slavonia in the Medieval and Early-Modern Periods. University of Michigan Press. p. 255. ISBN 0-472-02560-0.
In comparing Šižgorić with Pribojević.... These individuals did not think of themselves as Croats.
Further reading
edit- Bettarini, Francesco (2018). "Sisgoreo, Giorgio". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 92: Semino–Sisto IV (in Italian). Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. ISBN 978-8-81200032-6.
- Dukić, Davor: Latinska književnost hrvatskog humanizma, Katedra za stariju hrvatsku književnost Odsjeka za kroatistiku Filozofskog fakulteta u Zagrebu, 2007./2008.
- Leksikon hrvatskih pisaca (ed. D. Fališevac, K. Nemec, D. Novaković), Zagreb 2000.
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