Jovan Rajić

Jovan Rajić (Serbian Cyrillic: Јован Рајић; September 21, 1726 – December 22, 1801) was a Serbian writer, historian, theologian, and pedagogue, considered one of the greatest Serbian academics of the 18th century.^[1] He was one of the most notable representatives of Serbian Baroque literature along with Zaharije Orfelin, Pavle Julinac, Vasilije III Petrović-Njegoš, Simeon Končarević, Simeon Piščević, and others (although he worked in the first half of 18th century, as Baroque trends in Serbian literature emerged in the late 17th century).^{[citation needed]}

Jovan Rajić

Born	September 21, 1726 Sremski Karlovci, Slavonian Military Frontier, Habsburg monarchy
Died	December 22, 1801 Kovilj
Occupation	Poet Theologian Historian
Nationality	Serb
Literary movement	Baroque

Rajić was the forerunner to modern Serbian historiography,^[2] and has been compared to the importance of Nikolay Karamzin to Russian historiography.^[3]

Jovan Rajić's The History of Various Slavic Peoples, especially of Bulgars, Croats and Serbs, Museum of Vuk and Dositej

Notable works edit

Pesni različnina gospodskih prazniki (Vienna, 1790)
Kant o vospominaniju smrti, cantata
Boj zmaja s orlovi, (The Battle between Dragon and Eagles) epic poem
Istorija raznih slovenskih narodov, najpače Bolgar, Horvatov i Serbov (The History of Various Slavic Peoples, especially of Bulgars, Croats and Serbs), the first systematic work on the history of Croats and Serbs, in four volumes^[4]
Serbian Catechesis (Katihisis mali)
Uroš V (reworked drama by Emanuel Kozačinski, his teacher)^[5]

^ Jeftić, Anja. . Patriot Magazin (in Serbian). Archived from the original on March 10, 2007.
^ Lucian Boia (January 1, 1989). Great Historians from Antiquity to 1800: An International Dictionary. Greenwood Press. p. 343. ISBN 978-0-313-24517-6.
^ University of Colorado (1956). Journal of Central European Affairs. Vol. 16. Boulder, Colorado: University of Colorado. p. 23.
^ Trencsényi, Balázs; Janowski, Maciej; Baar, Monika; Falina, Maria; Kopecek, Michal, eds. (2016). A History of Modern Political Thought in East Central Europe: Volume I. Oxford University Press. p. 104. ISBN 978-0-19105-695-6.
^ Torlone, Zara Martirosova; Munteanu, Dana Lacourse; Dutsch, Dorota (April 17, 2017). A Handbook to Classical Reception in Eastern and Central Europe. ISBN 9781118832714.