WRITER

Vuk Karadžić

1787 - 1864

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Vuk Stefanović Karadžić (Serbian Cyrillic: Вук Стефановић Караџић, pronounced [ʋûːk stefǎːnoʋitɕ kâradʒitɕ]; 6 November 1787 (26 October OS) – 7 February 1864) was a Serbian philologist, anthropologist and linguist. He was one of the most important reformers of the modern Serbian language. For his collection and preservation of Serbian folktales, Encyclopædia Britannica labelled Karadžić "the father of Serbian folk-literature scholarship." He was also the author of the first Serbian dictionary in the new reformed language. In addition, he translated the New Testament into the reformed form of the Serbian spelling and language. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vuk Karadžić is the 444th most popular writer (up from 486th in 2019), the 31st most popular biography from Serbia (up from 33rd in 2019) and the most popular Serbian Writer.

Vuk Karadžić is best known for his dictionary and grammar books.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Vuk Karadžić ranks 444 out of 7,302. Before him are Gregory of Tours, Georges Bataille, Fausto Cercignani, Andrzej Sapkowski, Qu Yuan, and Henri Barbusse. After him are Jim Corbett, Raymond Chandler, Athenaeus, Henry James, Philip Larkin, and Thomas De Quincey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1787, Vuk Karadžić ranks 4. Before him are Louis Daguerre, Rasmus Rask, and Joseph von Fraunhofer. After him are Shaka, François Guizot, Jan Evangelista Purkyně, Prince William of Hesse-Kassel, Maria Ludovika of Austria-Este, Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz, Franz Xaver Gruber, and Guillaume Henri Dufour. Among people deceased in 1864, Vuk Karadžić ranks 6. Before him are George Boole, Maximilian II of Bavaria, Ferdinand Lassalle, Giacomo Meyerbeer, and Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron. After him are Nathaniel Hawthorne, Cheoljong of Joseon, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve, Princess Charlotte of Denmark, Hong Xiuquan, and J. E. B. Stuart.

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In Serbia

Among people born in Serbia, Vuk Karadžić ranks 31 out of 661. Before him are Stefan Lazarević (1374), Herennius Etruscus (220), Stjepan Mesić (1934), Krum (710), Karađorđe (1768), and Quintillus (220). After him are Alexander I of Serbia (1876), Mátyás Rákosi (1892), Draža Mihailović (1893), Constantius III (370), Vojislav Koštunica (1944), and Novak Djokovic (1987).

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Among WRITERS In Serbia

Among writers born in Serbia, Vuk Karadžić ranks 1. After him are Milorad Pavić (1929), Danilo Kiš (1935), Dobrica Ćosić (1921), Branislav Nušić (1864), Radoje Domanović (1873), Charles Simic (1938), Desanka Maksimović (1898), Jovan Jovanović Zmaj (1833), Vasko Popa (1922), Đura Jakšić (1832), and Isidora Sekulić (1877).

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