Jovan Hadžić | |
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![]() Portrait of Jovan Hadržić by Novak Radonić, 1854 | |
Born | |
Died | 28 April 1869 | (aged 69)
Occupation(s) | writer, legislator |
Jovan Hadžić (Serbian Cyrillic: Јован Хаџић, pseudonym Miloš Svetić; Sombor, 8 September 1799 – Novi Sad, 28 April 1869) was a Serbian writer, legislator and initiator, that is, the principal co-founder of Matica Srpska. He signed his literary work as Miloš Cvetić and was an influential figure in the drafting of the Civil and Criminal Code of Serbia in 1844.[1] Serbia is the fourth modern-day European country after France, Austria and the Netherlands to have a codified legal system because of Hadžić's work.[2]
Biography
Jovan Hadžić is remembered as a founder of the Matica Srpska and as the most persistent opponent of Vuk Karadžić's orthographic reform.[3][4] However, Hadžić was also a poet and translator, a legislator in the Principality of Serbia, as well as an active public figure. Having established a commendable reputation through his early poetry, many thought he could be a worthy successor to Lukijan Mušicki.
Selected works
- Sud u grammatiki Vekoslava Babukića, 1838
- Golubica s cvetom knižestva srbskog, 1839
- Vukov odgovor na Utuk, 1843
- Utuk 2 ili odgovor na Vukov odgovor, 1844
- Izstupleniia M. Svetića u Utuk II, 1845
See also
References
- ^ "SOMBORAC – OSNIVAČ MATICE SRPSKE I PISAC PRVOG SRPSKOG GRAĐANSKOG ZAKONIKA (Jovan Hadžić) – Ravnoplov". Retrieved 2019-07-21.
- ^ Avramović, Sima (2014). "Srpski građanski zakonik (1844) i pravni transplanti - kopija austrijskog uzora ili više od toga?" (PDF). Srpski građanski zakonik - 170 godina.
- ^ {{Cite web|url=https://opusteno.rs/knjizevni-kutak-f21/vukova-borba-za-uvodjenje-narodnog-jezika-u-knjizevnost-t21663.html%7Ctitle=Vukova borba za uvođenje narodnog jezika u književnost|website=Opusteno.rs|language=sr|access-date=21 July 2019.
- ^ Cite web|url=https://www.srbijadanas.com/vesti/vojvodina/porazen-od-strane-vuka-karadzica-ovaj-covek-je-osnivac-matice-spske-05 December 2017|title=Bio je protivnik kneza Miloša, a onda je uradio nešto što Novosađani nikada neće zaboraviti|website=www.srbijadanas.com|language=sh|access-date=21 July 2019.
- Translated and adapted from Serbian Wikipedia: Јован Хаџић
- Jovan Skerlić, Istrorija nove srpske knjizevnosti (Belgrade, 1914, 1921) pages 189-192.