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Giorgio Sisgoreo

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Giorgio Sisgoreo
Tomb of Juraj Šižgorić in the Cathedral of Šibenik
Born1445
Died1509
NationalityVenetian (modern-day Croatia)
Other namesJuraj Šižgorić, Georgius Sisgoreus
Occupationpoet

Giorgio Sisgoreo, also known as Juraj Šižgorić[1] (Latin: Georgius Sisgoreus or Sisgoritus, Croatian: Juraj Šižgorić; 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.[2]

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.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Šižgorić, Juraj". Croatian Encyclopedia (in Croatian). 2021. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
  2. ^ "Enconium to the poet Juraj Šižgorić". National and University Library in Zagreb. 2023. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
  3. ^ 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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