Toma Babić
Appearance
Toma Babić (c. 1680 – 31 July 1750) was a Croatian writer and Franciscan priest living in Dalmatia (then part of the Republic of Venice). His best known work is Cvit razlika mirisa duhovnoga, popularly known as Babuša, which is a compilation of religious and philosophical poems and sayings initially published in 1726.[1] It was the second most read book in Croatian during the 18th century after Andrija Kačić Miošić's Razgovor ugodni naroda slovinskoga.[2] The work subsequently inspired Filip Grabovac's Cvit razgovora naroda i jezika iliričkoga aliti rvackoga (1747) and is regarded as a predecessor to both him and Andrija Kačić Miošić.[3]
References
- ^ "Babić, Toma". Croatian Encyclopedia.
- ^ "Babić, Toma". Croatian Biographical Lexicon.
- ^ Slavko Ježić, Hrvatska književnost: od početka do danas: 1100-1941., 2. izd., GZH, Zagreb, 1993., ISBN 86-399-0332-8, str. 163.-164.
Sources
- Nikica Kolumbić (1996). "Toma Babić - Grabovčev i Kačićev preteča". Hvar City Theatre Days. 22 (1). HAZU and Književni krug Split. ISSN 1849-0255.