MONOGRAPH ON CRO GREAT HUMANIST MARULIC PRESENTED IN PARIS

PARIS, May 8 (Hina) - A monograph on a Croatian great man-of-letters and Renaissance poet, Marko Marulic, was presented in Paris on Friday. The promotion of the book entitled by "Marko-Marulic-Marul" by Professor Mirko Tomasovic was organised by the society of the alumni of Croatian Universities (AMCA). At the gathering, held in a hall of Paris Catholic University, Srecko Lipovcan, the editor-in-chief of Erasmus, a house that published Tomasovic's monograph, also presented a collection of essays on Marko Marulic entitled "Etudes Maruliennes", written by Charles Bene, a professor at Grenoble University, and printed in the French language in Zagreb. Professor Bene accepted the invitation to attend the presentation of Tomasovic's work. Addressing the gathering, Bene described the monograph as an excellent scholarly and artistic work. Speaking about Marko Marulic (1450-1524), this French professor said he had been a humanist of the entire Europe. He praised Marulic for the distinction of having written not only in Latin, the elite language of the time, but also in the vernacular and for his Croatian people. Bene informed the gathered that he had began translating Marulic's "Judita" into the French language. Friday's event was held by AMCA with help of Croatia's Culture Ministry. Present at the promotion were representatives of the Croatian embassy in Paris. (hina) ms