Lujo Bakotić

Lujo Bakotić (Sinj, 21 November 1867 – Belgrade, 31 March 1941) was a Serbian writer, publicist, lawyer, lexicographer and diplomat.[1]

Lujo Bakotić
A photograph of Lujo Bakotić
Born(1867-11-21)21 November 1867
Senj, Austrian Empire
Died31 March 1941(1941-03-31) (aged 73)
Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Occupationwriter, publicist, lawyer, lexicographer and diplomat.
LanguageSerbian

Biography

Bakotić was born in Sinj to Ignjat Bakotić and Adele (Adelajde) Gravisi, he was baptized Alojzije ("Lujo") Juraj Franjo Ivan Josip Bakotić. Though he was Roman Catholic, Bakotić considered himself Serbian, as had his father. He completed his high school (gymnasium) education in Split, and jurisprudence in Vienna and Graz. He was a lawyer by profession who was also politically active, representing the Serbian Party in the Diet of Dalmatia.[2] Owing to his party's ideals he had to flee to Serbia in 1913. With the start of the Great War, he left Belgrade for Niš and then went to Paris and finally Rome, where he was made a secretary in the Vatican to work on a mission, preparing a Concordat between Serbia and the Vatican (which never materialized).[3]

After the war, he was Yugoslavia's envoy at the Vatican from 1920 until 1923.[4] He represented the Kingdom of Yugoslavia at The Hague, and later he was sent by the Serbian government to Moscow.[5] He retired as a civil servant in 1935.

Classically educated, Bakotić spoke several languages fluently, including: French, Italian, German, English, Latin and a number of Slavic languages and dialects.

Major works
  • Justinijanove institucije/ Justinian's Institution (translated from Latin, 1911).
  • Dalmatinsko pitanje/ The Dalmatian Question (published in Switzerland in French, 1915)
  • Rečnik srpskohrvatskog jezika/ Serbo-Croatian Dictionary (1936)[6]
  • Translated the Bible (Stari i Novi Zavet/ New and Old Testament, 1938)[7]
  • Srbi u Dalmaciji/ Serbs in Dalmatia (1939).[8]

References
  1. Leuștean, Lucian (2014). Orthodox Christianity and Nationalism in Nineteenth-century Southeastern Europe. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780823256068.
  2. "Lujo Bakotić". www.prometej-beograd.rs. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  3. Historical contributions (in Croatian). Institut. 1985.
  4. "Lujo Bakotić". www.prometej-beograd.rs. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  5. Jugoslovenski istorijski časopis (in Serbian). 1999.
  6. Petrovich, Michael Boro; Division, Library of Congress Slavic and Central European (1 January 1974). Yugoslavia: A Bibliographic Guide. U.S. Government Printing Office. ISBN 9780844400419. Lujo Bakotić.
  7. Савић, Виктор (1 January 2007). Српскословенски речник Јеванђеља: огледна свеска (in Serbian). Институт за српски језик САНУ.
  8. Stipetić, Vladimir; Vekarić, Nenad (2004). Povijesna demografija Hrvatske (in Croatian). HAZU, Zavod za povijesne znanosti. ISBN 9789531546058.
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