Filip Višnjić
Filip Višnjić ( Serbian - Cyrillic Филип Вишњић ; * 1767 in Gornja Trnova , Paschalik Bosnia , Ottoman Empire ; † 1834 in Grk bei Šid , Kingdom of Slavonia , Empire of Austria ) was a Serbian poet , lyric poet and epic singer . He lived and wrote about a time of extraordinary importance for Serbian history.
Life
He was born in Gornja Trnova near Ugljevik , in the Paschalik Bosnia of the Ottoman Empire (now Bosnia and Herzegovina). Filip Višnjić's real last name was Vilić. It is believed that he was called Višnjić after the name of his mother Višnja.
He lived in Gornja Trnova until his mother remarried after the death of his father and they moved to their new Vilić family in Međaši in the lowlands of Semberija . There he learned to play the string instrument gusle , the instrument of the Serbian epic poets, and composed his first verses. At the age of eight, he contracted smallpox, which made him blind. In 1787 a misfortune struck the new family. A couple of Ottomans had abused one woman in the family, and the family lynched two of them. As a punishment, all adult males were killed by the Ottomans and their land was expropriated. In the same year his mother died. Since there was not enough to eat, he had to beg on the street. He traveled around playing the gusle for both Christians and Muslims. This gave him a large repertoire of both cultures.
At the time of the First Serbian uprising against Ottoman rule, he was able to follow the fighting in Mišar up close. During the withdrawal of the Serbs from Semberija in 1809, he joined the withdrawing Serbs. In Serbia on the Drina , Višnjić tried to raise the morale of compatriots and composed many songs about the heroic struggles for freedom. Here his work became known to the population. He even sang in front of Karađorđe , the famous Serbian military leader and other important figures. After the uprising was suppressed in 1813, he lived in the village of Grk in Syrmia .
In the Šišatovac monastery he met Vuk Karadžić , writer and language reformer, who recorded 17 songs by Višnjić. His many poems arose from the soldiers' accounts of the battles of time. He often composed his songs with Ottoman influences.
He died in the village of Grk near Šid , Serbia (then part of the Austrian Empire).
Honors
The village of Grk was renamed Višnjićevo in his honor. Numerous streets and schools in the Republika Srpska and Serbia were named after Višnjić. His picture is on the 20-mark banknote of the Republic of Srpska in Bosnia. During the Second World War he was represented on the Serbian 50 dinar note in 1941.
Web links
- Filip Višnjić — pevač i pesnik , Rastko project
- Audio documentation Radio Beograd on Filip Višnjić, Radio Beograd, "Kod dva bela goluba", (Serbian)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Višnjić, Filip |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Serbian poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1767 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gornja Trnova , Paschalik Bosnia , Ottoman Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1834 |
| Place of death | Grk bei Šid , Kingdom of Slavonia , Empire of Austria |