Svetozar Miletić (Serbian Cyrillic: 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.[1]
Svetozar Miletić Светозар Милетић | |
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 Miletić c. 1900 | |
| 27th and 30th Mayor of Novi Sad | |
| In office 24 April 1861 – 28 January 1862 | |
| Preceded by | Gavrilo Polzović |
| Succeeded by | Pavle Mačvanski |
| In office 23 May 1867 – 30 May 1868 | |
| Preceded by | Pavle Stojanović |
| Succeeded by | Pavle Stojanović |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 February 1826 Mošorin, Austrian Empire |
| Died | 4 February 1901 (aged 74) Vršac, Austria-Hungary |
| Nationality | Serbian |
| Political party | Serb People's Liberal Party (after 1869) |
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Family
editMiletić's ancestor was Mileta Zavišić, who came to Bačka from Kostajnica (present day Croatia) near the border of Bosnia[2] where he led a company of three hundred men and fought against the Ottomans for thirty two years. Because the Ottomans wanted to punish him after they signed a peace treaty with the Austrians, Mileta moved to Bačka and changed his last name to Miletić. Mileta's son Sima, who was educated to be a merchant in Novi Sad, had fifteen sons and three daughters. Avram Miletić, the oldest of Sima's sons and grandfather of Svetozar Miletić, was a merchant and songwriter best known for writing the earliest collection of urban lyric poetry in the Serbian language.[3] The second son of Avram Miletić, also named Sima like his grandfather, was a boot-maker[4] and the father of Svetozar Miletić.[5] Svetozar Miletić was the oldest of seven children born to Sima and Teodosija (née Rajić) Miletić in the village of Mošorin in Šajkaška, the Serbian Military Frontier, on 22 February 1826.[6] His son-in-law Jaša Tomić, who was a publicist and leader of the Serbian radicals in Vojvodina, took up Miletić's mantle at the turn of the century.
Legacy
editHe is included in The 100 most prominent Serbs.
A feature film about Miletić's life titled "Ime naroda" was produced in 2020.[7]
Works
edit- Na Tucindan (1860; Before Christmas)
- Istočno pitanje (1863; The Eastern Question)
- Značaj i zadatak srpske omladine (1866, The importance and the task of the Serbian Youth movement)
- Federalni dualizam (1866; Federal dualism)
- Osnova programa za srpsku liberalno-opozicionu stranu (1869; The basic program of the Serbian liberal-opposition party)
- O obrazovanju ženskinja (1871; On the education of women)
Gallery
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Portrait of Miletić by Petar Dobrović -
A 1867 lithograph of Miletić by Josef Kriehuber -
Funeral of Miletić -
Monument to Miletić by Ivan Meštrović in Novi Sad -
Bust in Vršac -
Miletić on a 1976 stamp of Yugoslavia
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Political, cultural, artistic activities of the Ujedinjena Omladina Srpska as a case of networking" (PDF).
- ^ Popović, Bogdan; Jovan Skerlić (1934). Srpski književni glasnik, Volume 42. p. 283.
Милетићев отац је, године 1876, казивао Александру Сандићу да је његов прадед, Милета Завишић, дошао у Бачку са босанске границе, из Костајнице, што много не противречи Милетићеву казивању...
- ^ Petrović, Nikola (1958), Svetozar Miletić, 1826–1901 (in Serbian), Belgrade: Nolit, p. 8, OCLC 7888773,
дични предак Милета Завишић, гласовити јунак, тридесет и две године, са својом четом од триста јунака вршио упаде на турску територију и dasdadadsa Турке за њихова недела према Србима. Када су се Аустријанци и Турци измирили, Турци затраже Милетину главу. Да би се склонио од неминовне погибије, Милета се пресели са својом породицом у Бачку и прозове се Милетић, да би заметнуо траг. Милетин син Сима, према предању Светозарев прадед, изучи трговачки занат у Новом Саду и ту се ожени и изроди петнаест синова и три кћери. ... Симин најстарији син Аврам, Светозарев дед, рођен је 1755...
- ^ Popović, Bogdan; Jovan Skerlić (1934). Srpski književni glasnik, Volume 42. p. 283.
Син Аврама Милетића, Сима чизмар...
- ^ Зборник Матице српске за друштвене науке, Volumes 19–21 (in Serbian). Novi Sad: Matica Srpska. 1958. p. 104.
Аврам Милетић, деда Светозара Милетића...
- ^ Boškov, Živojin (1997). Leksikon pisaca Jugoslavije: M-Nj. Matica srpska. p. 413.
- ^ Serbia, RTS, Radio televizija Srbije, Radio Television of. ""Ime naroda" – istorijska saga o čoveku koji se žrtvovao za ideale otvara Palićki festival". www.rts.rs. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
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Bibliography
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- Jovan Mirosavljević, Brevijar ulica Novog Sada 1745–2001, Novi Sad, 2002.
- Vasa Stajić, "Svetozar Miletic" in The Slavonic Review, 1928, p. 106–113.