SARAJEVO SARAJEVO, Feb 22 (Hina) - A book by Marko Marulic, entitled "Glasgowski stihovi" (Glasgow Verses), translated from Latin and edited by Darko Novakovic, was presented for the first time at the Croatian Cultural Centre in
Sarajevo on Tuesday. Novakovic discovered Marulic's epigrams at the Glasgow University Library in 1995.
SARAJEVO, Feb 22 (Hina) - A book by Marko Marulic, entitled
"Glasgowski stihovi" (Glasgow Verses), translated from Latin and
edited by Darko Novakovic, was presented for the first time at the
Croatian Cultural Centre in Sarajevo on Tuesday.
Novakovic discovered Marulic's epigrams at the Glasgow University
Library in 1995. #L#
Today's event took place at the beginning of marking the 550th
anniversary of the birth of Marulic, who has an important place in
the history of Croatian literature.
Known for his "morality-didactical best-sellers," in his Glasgow
verses Marulic presents himself also as an author of love and
satirical epigrams, Novakovic said presenting the publication.
The anniversary of Marulic's birth will be marked by international
scientific seminars, exhibitions, and other events throughout the
year 2000, under the sponsorship of the UNESCO.
Marko Marulic, also called the father of Croatian literature and
Croatia's Dante, is the first well-known Croatian writer who wrote
poetry in Croatian, but it is his scientific work in Latin by which
he gained fame across Europe.
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