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Giorgio Sisgoreo

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Giorgio Sisgoreo
Tomb of Juraj Šižgorić in the Cathedral of Šibenik
Born1445
Died1509
NationalityVenetian
Other namesGeorgius Sisgoreus
Occupationpoet

Giorgio Sisgoreo (Croatian: Juraj Šižgorić, Latin: Georgius Sisgoreus or Sisgoritus; ca. 1445–1509) was a Latinist poet from Venetian Dalmatia.

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.

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.[1]

References

  1. ^ 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.

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