Brne Karnarutić

Brne Karnarutić
A statue of Brne Karnarutić in Zadar
Born1515 (1515)
Zadar, Venetian Republic
Died1573 (aged 57–58)
NationalityVenetian
Occupationpoet
Notable workVazetje Sigeta grada

Brne Karnarutić (1515–1573) was a Croatian Renaissance poet. His most famous work was Vazetje Sigeta grada, a historical epic on the Siege of Szigetvár (1566).[1]

Life

He was born in Zadar, in 1515 or somewhere between 1515 and 1520,[1][2] to an old noble family, at a time of the Republic of Venice. After schooling in Zadar he studied law, probably in Padua.[1] He served as a captain in the Venetian army, leading a Croatian cavalry squad in the Ottoman–Venetian War (1537–1540).[2] Afterwards he worked as a lawyer and duke's advisor in Zadar, where he deceased between 2 February and 27 August in 1573.[2]

Works

He adapted Ovid's metamorphosis on Pyramus and Thisbe under the title of Izvrsita ljubav i napokon nemila i nesrićna smrt Pirama i Tizbe (Venice, 1586). Much more famous is Karnarutić's other work - Vazetje Sigeta grada (Venice, 1584), the first Croatian historical epic on the Siege of Szigetvár and the death of Nikola IV Zrinski and courageous defenders of Szigetvár (1566).[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Pranjić, Ivan (2016). Sigetski boj u hrvatskoj epici. Čakovec: Matica hrvatska. pp. 6, 33–78. ISBN 978-953-6138-66-1.
  2. ^ a b c d Tatarin, Milovan (2009). "KARNARUTIĆ, Barne (Krnarutić, Charnarutich, Carnaruti; Brne, Brno, Brnja, Bernardin, Bernardo)". Croatian Biographical Lexicon (in Croatian). Miroslav Krleža Lexicographical Institute. Retrieved 2012-07-08.
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