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Ivan Gundulić

1589 - 1638

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Dživo Franov Gundulić (Italian: Gianfrancesco Gondola; 8 January 1589 – 8 December 1638), better known today as Ivan Gundulić, was the most prominent Baroque poet from the Republic of Ragusa (now in Croatia). He is regarded as the Croatian national poet. His work embodies central characteristics of Roman Catholic Counter-Reformation: religious fervor, insistence on "vanity of this world" and zeal in opposition to "infidels". Gundulić's major works—the epic poem Osman, the pastoral play Dubravka, and the religious poem Tears of the Prodigal Son (based on the Parable of the Prodigal Son)—are examples of Baroque stylistic richness and, frequently, rhetorical excess. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ivan Gundulić is the 1,278th most popular writer (down from 958th in 2019), the 54th most popular biography from Croatia (down from 38th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Croatian Writer.

Ivan Gundulić is most famous for his epic poem Osman, the first Croatian novel.

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Among writers, Ivan Gundulić ranks 1,278 out of 7,302. Before him are Anton Praetorius, Saint Gall, Nathalie Sarraute, Bāṇabhaṭṭa, Ephraim Kishon, and Alfred Thayer Mahan. After him are Theodor Storm, Hugo Gernsback, Nadezhda Mandelstam, Ellen Key, Elizabeth Gaskell, and Georges Rodenbach.

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Among people born in 1589, Ivan Gundulić ranks 6. Before him are Feodor II of Russia, Archduchess Maria Maddalena of Austria, Peter Minuit, Margaret of Savoy, Vicereine of Portugal, and John Casimir, Count Palatine of Kleeburg. After him are 4th Dalai Lama, Gabriel Báthory, Domenico Fetti, John, Duke of Östergötland, Hercules Seghers, and Teimuraz I of Kakheti. Among people deceased in 1638, Ivan Gundulić ranks 7. Before him are John Harvard, Cornelius Jansen, Catherine of Sweden, Countess Palatine of Kleeburg, Adriaen Brouwer, François Leclerc du Tremblay, and Peter Minuit. After him are Johannes Althusius, Amakusa Shirō, Willem Blaeu, Cornelis van Haarlem, Francis Hyacinth, Duke of Savoy, and George Frederick, Margrave of Baden-Durlach.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Ivan Gundulić ranks 54 out of 700. Before him are Josip Skoblar (1941), Matthias Flacius (1520), Siniša Mihajlović (1969), Josip Juraj Strossmayer (1815), Francis, Duke of Teck (1837), and Ivo Josipović (1957). After him are Luigi Dallapiccola (1904), Krešimir Ćosić (1948), Ante Gotovina (1955), Zlatko Čajkovski (1923), Branko Zebec (1929), and Josip Bozanić (1949).

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Among WRITERS In Croatia

Among writers born in Croatia, Ivan Gundulić ranks 7. Before him are Frano Selak (1929), Miroslav Krleža (1893), Marko Marulić (1450), Dubravka Ugrešić (1949), Ljudevit Gaj (1809), and Matthias Flacius (1520). After him are Ödön von Horváth (1901), Petar Zrinski (1621), Slavenka Drakulić (1949), Marin Držić (1508), Antun Vrančić (1504), and Tin Ujević (1891).

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