Antun Mihanović
Antun Mihanović (born June 10, 1796 in Agram , † November 14, 1861 in Novi Dvori near Klanjec ) was a Croatian poet and Austrian diplomat . He wrote the text for the Croatian national anthem .
Antun Mihanović studied law at the University of Vienna until 1817 . From 1818 he worked as an auditor in Venice and Padua , from 1823 to 1836 as gubernial secretary in Fiume (Rijeka) . From 1836 to 1838 he was the first Austrian consul in Belgrade , further stations were Saloniki , Trebizond , Smyrna , Constantinople and Bucharest .
His poem under the title "Horvatska domovina" was printed in the daily Danica in 1835 , set to music by Josif Runjanin in 1846 and in 1891 for the Croatian national anthem. Mihanović also collected medieval manuscripts.
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Mihanović, Anton . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 18th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1868, pp. 259–229 ( digitized version ).
- S. Batušić: Mihanović Petropoljski Antun. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 6, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1975, ISBN 3-7001-0128-7 , p. 278.
Web links
- Literature by and about Antun Mihanović in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mihanović, Antun |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mihanović Petropoljski, Antun |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Author of the Croatian national anthem |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 10, 1796 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zagreb |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 14, 1861 |
| Place of death | Klanjec |