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Petar II Petrović-Njegoš

1813 - 1851

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Petar II Petrović-Njegoš (Serbian Cyrillic: Петар II Петровић-Његош, pronounced [pětar drûɡi pětroʋitɕ ɲêɡoʃ]; 13 November [O.S. 1 November] 1813 – 31 October [O.S. 19 October] 1851), commonly referred to simply as Njegoš (Његош), was a Prince-Bishop (vladika) of Montenegro, poet and philosopher whose works are widely considered some of the most important in Montenegrin and Serbian literature. Njegoš was born in the village of Njeguši, near Montenegro's then-capital Cetinje. He was educated at several Serbian monasteries and became the country's spiritual and political leader following the death of his uncle Petar I. After eliminating all initial domestic opposition to his rule, he concentrated on uniting Montenegro's tribes and establishing a centralized state. He introduced regular taxation, formed a personal guard and implemented a series of new laws to replace those composed by his predecessor many years earlier. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Petar II Petrović-Njegoš is the 645th most popular writer (down from 543rd in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Montenegro (down from 7th in 2019) and the most popular Montenegrin Writer.

Petar II Petrović-Njegoš was a Montenegrin prince who served as the Metropolitan of Cetinje from 1851 to 1860. He is most famous for writing the epic poem "The Mountain Wreath" (1847), which is considered one of the most important works of Montenegrin literature.

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Among writers, Petar II Petrović-Njegoš ranks 645 out of 7,302Before him are Hermann Broch, Mikael Agricola, Hellanicus of Lesbos, Giambattista Basile, Tibor Sekelj, and Anton Makarenko. After him are Laurence Sterne, Nestor the Chronicler, Klaus Mann, Eugenio Montale, Jon Fosse, and Alexander Pope.

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Among people born in 1813, Petar II Petrović-Njegoš ranks 8Before him are Richard Wagner, Søren Kierkegaard, David Livingstone, John Snow, Claude Bernard, and Ivar Aasen. After him are Franz Miklosich, Georg Büchner, Baron Alexander von Bach, Charles-Valentin Alkan, Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters, and Henry Bessemer. Among people deceased in 1851, Petar II Petrović-Njegoš ranks 11Before him are J. M. W. Turner, Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, Jean-de-Dieu Soult, James Fenimore Cooper, Karl Drais, and Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi. After him are Princess Augusta of Bavaria, Gaspare Spontini, Manuel Godoy, Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, John James Audubon, and Mikhail Lazarev.

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In Montenegro

Among people born in Montenegro, Petar II Petrović-Njegoš ranks 8 out of 142Before him are Radovan Karadžić (1945), Nicholas I of Montenegro (1841), Milovan Đilas (1911), Giovanni da Pian del Carpine (1182), Stefan Nemanja (1113), and Elena of Montenegro (1871). After him are Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha (1459), Princess Zorka of Montenegro (1864), Milena Vukotić (1848), Leopold Mandić (1866), Princess Milica of Montenegro (1866), and Milo Đukanović (1962).

Among WRITERS In Montenegro

Among writers born in Montenegro, Petar II Petrović-Njegoš ranks 1After him are Mihailo Lalić (1914), Miodrag Bulatović (1930), Borislav Pekić (1930), Ćamil Sijarić (1913), Mirko Kovač (1938), and Stanislava Staša Zajović (1953).