Jovan Jovanović Zmaj
Serbian poet and physician / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jovan Jovanović Zmaj (Serbian Cyrillic: Јован Јовановић Змаj, pronounced [jɔ̌v̞an jɔv̞ǎːnɔv̞it͡ɕ zmâj]; 24 November 1833 – 1 June 1904) was a Serbian poet.
Jovan Jovanović Zmaj Јован Јовановић Змај | |
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Born | Jovan Jovanović 24 November 1833 Novi Sad, Austrian Empire (today Serbia) |
Died | 1 June 1904(1904-06-01) (aged 70) Sremska Kamenica, Austria-Hungary (today part of Novi Sad, Serbia) |
Pen name | Zmaj |
Nationality | Serbian |
Notable works | Đulići, Đulići uveoci, Pevanija, Druga pevanija |
Spouse | Ruža Ličanin |
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Jovanović worked as a physician; he wrote in many poetry genres, including love, lyric, patriotic, political, and youth, but he remains best known for his children's poetry. His nursery rhymes have entered the Serbian national consciousness and people sing them to their children without knowing who wrote them. Jovanović also translated the works of some of the great poets, such as Russians Lermontov and Pushkin, Germans Goethe and Heine, and the American Longfellow.
Jovanović's nickname Zmaj or Змај (dragon) derives from the 3 May 1848 assembly.[lower-alpha 1]