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Jovan Sterija Popović

Jovan Sterija Popović was a playwright, poet, pedagogue, writer and lawyer (1806–1856). He was born in Vršac.

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Identity and origins

The authorities additionally record the heading Jovan Popović. His recorded languages were Serbian and Croatian.

Other recorded relations include Nikola Nešković.

Identity

Jovan Sterija Popović is recorded as playwright, poet, pedagogue, writer and lawyer.

Cvoer of Davorje (1854) by Jovan Sterija Popović.

Cvoer of Davorje (1854) by Jovan Sterija Popović.

Jovan Sterija Popović · Karlovci Gymnasium

100th Anniversary of the Birth and 50th Anniversary of the Dead of the Death of Jovan Sterija Popović, 1906

100th Anniversary of the Birth and 50th Anniversary of the Dead of the Death of Jovan Sterija Popović, 1906

Gmihail at Serbian Wikipedia

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  1. 1806

    Life

    Jovan Sterija Popović born at Vršac.

  2. 1854

    Davorie is dated 1854.

  3. 1856

    Life

    Jovan Sterija Popović died at Vršac.

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  1. 1806

    Jovan Sterija Popović born at Vršac.

  2. 1854

    Davorie is dated 1854.

  3. 1856

    Jovan Sterija Popović died at Vršac.

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Literature

Jovan Sterija Popović: Sociologist of culture and philosopher (of the natural) law, Glasnik Advokatske komore Vojvodine, 2006. On Jovan Sterija Popović‘s conception of the language of pseudoscience propounded in the play Sudbina jednog razuma [The Destiny of One’s Reason], Južnoslovenski Filolog, 2021. Anachronistic gesture of one conservative?: Why Sterija printed his Davorje in ecclesiastical Slavic Cyrillic script and pre-Vuk orthography ?, Baština, 2013.

  • Popović, Jovan Sterija

  • Popović, Jovan Sterija, Encyclopedia of Romantic Nationalism in Europe, 2015

  • Popović, Jovan Sterija, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020

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