1868
Aleksa Šantić, Bosnian poet and author (died 1924)
Aleksa Šantić, Bosnian poet and author (died 1924)
Aleksa Šantić, Bosnian poet and author (died 1924)
Aleksa Šantić
Herzegovinian Serb poet (1868-1924)
- Born
- 1868
Aleksa Šantić was a Herzegovinian Serb poet and writer from Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Šantić wrote about the urban culture of his hometown Mostar and Herzegovina, the growing national awareness of Bosnian Serbs, social injustice, nostalgic love, and the unity of the South Slavs. He was the editor-in-chief of the magazine Zora (1896–1901). Šantić was one of the leading persons of Serbian literary and national movement in Mostar. In 1914 Šantić became a member of the Serbian Royal Academy.