Died 1904-06-03.
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Jovan Jovanović Zmaj
Jovan Jovanović Zmaj was a Serbian poet, translator and physician.
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science · Serbian poet and physician (1833–1904) · poet · translator · physician · journalist · children's writer · writer · pediatrician · also Jovan Jovanović Zmaj, Zmaj
Born 24 November 1833 · Died 3 June 1904 · Q362089
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1904· 1 entry
1877· 1 entry
Began an illustrated chronicle of the Russo-Turkish War, and in 1878 began his popular comic journal Starmali
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1873· 1 entry
Started another comic journal, the Žiža
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1872· 1 entry
Was followed by that of the couple's only child who outlived her mother, out of his five children
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1870· 1 entry
Zmaj returned to Novi Sad to work as a doctor, motivated by the tuberculosis from which his wife and children were suffering
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1866· 1 entry
His comic play "Šaran" was given with great success
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1864· 1 entry
Started the satirical journal "Zmaj" ("The Dragon"), which was so popular its name became a part of his own
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1863· 1 entry
Zmaj was elected director of the Tekelianum at Budapest
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1862· 1 entry
Greatly to his regret, he discontinued his journal Javor
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1861· 2 entries
Zmaj married; during the years that followed he produced a series of lyrical poems called Đulići, which probably remains his masterpiece
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Edited the comic journal Komarac (The Mosquito), with Đorđe Rajković
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1849· 1 entry
And in 1852 his first poem was printed in a journal called Srbski Letopis (Serbian Annual Review); he contributed to this and to other journals, notably Neven and Sedmica
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1833· 1 entry
Born 1833-11-24.
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