- Aleksa Šantić
Aleksa Šantić (
Cyrillic : Алекса Шантић) (May 27 1868 –February 2 1924 ) was a Serbianpoet fromBosnia and Herzegovina . He was born, brought up, lived most his life, and died inMostar (Austria-Hungary . He attendedmerchant schools inTrieste andLjubljana .The work of Aleksa Šantić was both high in quality and high in volume, which earned him a high place in the pantheon of
South Slavic poetry. He was strongly influenced byJovan Jovanović Zmaj ,Vojislav Ilić andHeinrich Heine . The topics and images of his poems ranged from strong emotions for social injustices of his time to nostalgic love. His poems about Mostar and the riverNeretva breathe purepatriotism and are considered particularly beautiful. Šantić wrote a number of love songs in the style of the Bosnian love songs,sevdalinka s. His most well known sevdalinka is "Emina" (female Moslem name), to which music was composed and it is often sung at restaurants (kafana s).Aleksa Šantić, a village in
Serbia is named after this poet. He is also pictured on 10Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark s bill.External links
* [http://www.santic.org.yu/ santic.org.yu - Biografija, Pjesme, Kritike]
* [http://www.aleksasantic.com/ aleksasantic.com]
* [http://www.znanje.org/lektire/i22/01/02iv0104/aleksa_santic%20biografija.htm Biography in Serbian]
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