Dositej Obradovic - Belgrade, Serbia
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N 44° 49.071 E 020° 27.122
34T E 456675 N 4962862
Grave of Dositej Obradovic in Belgrade, Serbia.
Waymark Code: WMTCY8
Location: Serbia
Date Posted: 11/03/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA
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Grave of Dositej Obradovic is located in front of the Cathedral of St. Archangel Michael in Belgrade, Serbia.

Dositej Obradovic (17 February 1739 – 7 April 1811) was a Serbian writer, philosopher, dramatist, librettist, linguist, traveler, polyglot and the first minister of education of Serbia. An influential protagonist of the Serbian national and cultural renaissance, he advocated Enlightenment and rationalist ideas while remaining a Serbian patriot and an adherent of the Serbian Orthodox Church. Founder of modern Serbian literature, he is commonly referred to by his mononym, first name alone. He became a monk in the Serb Orthodox monastery of Hopovo, in the Srem region, and acquired the name Dositej (Dositheus). He translated many European classics into Serbian.

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Dositej Obradovic was a Serbian writer, philosopher, dramatist, librettist, linguist, traveler, polyglot and the first minister of education of Serbia


Date of birth: 02/17/1739

Date of death: 04/07/1811

Area of notoriety: Literature

Marker Type: Horizontal Marker

Setting: Outdoor

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