Giorgio Sisgoreo

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

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

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. Jr., John V. A. Fine (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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