Giorgio Sisgoreo | |
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Born | 1445 |
Died | 1509 |
Nationality | Venetian (modern-day Croatia) |
Other names | Juraj Šižgorić, Georgius Sisgoreus |
Occupation | poet |
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]
In comparing Šižgorić with Pribojević.... These individuals did not think of themselves as Croats.