Jovan Jovanović Zmaj
Jovan Jovanović Zmaj , ( Cyrillic Јован Јовановић Змај ; born November 24, 1833 in Novi Sad ; † June 3, 1904 in Sremska Kamenica ) was a Serbian poet of 19th century Romanticism .
Zmaj worked as a pediatrician, but became known as a poet. He is considered one of the most productive Serbian poets of the second half of the 19th century. Zmaj was the editor-in-chief of numerous magazines, such as the magazine “3. Maj ”(May 3rd), from which its nickname Zmaj (“ dragon ”) comes from, as well as the magazine for children Невен / Neven (“ marigold ”). Although it owes its fame mainly to children's poetry, it also tried out other genres, such as love poetry, didactic poems, political satire or poetry with a patriotic touch.
Among his most famous works are Ђулићи / Đulići ("roses") and Ђулићи увеоци / Đulići uveoci ("withered roses").
Zmaj also worked as a translator and translated the poems of Sándor Petőfi , Goethe , Heine , Lermontow and Tennyson into Serbian.
After Jovan Jovanovic-Zmaj, among other things, an international festival for children's literature was named, which takes place once a year in Novi Sad.
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| SURNAME | Jovanović, Jovan Zmaj |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Serbian poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 24, 1833 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Novi Sad |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 3, 1904 |
| Place of death | Sremska Kamenica |