WRITER

Dimitrija Demeter

1811 - 1872

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Dimitrios Dimitriou (Greek: Δημήτριος Δημητρίου, sometimes spelled Dimitrija Demeter or Dimitrije Demeter; 21 July 1811 – 24 June 1872) was a Greek-Croatian poet, dramatist, short story writer and literary critic. One of the most learned people of his time, he played a major role in the movement for the national awakening of the Croatian nation (then under Austro-Hungarian rule) as part of what he and his close friend and colleague Ljudevit Gaj called the Illyrian people by imposing the Croatian language in the local literacy and with the creation of the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dimitrija Demeter has received more than 27,275 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Dimitrija Demeter is the 4,574th most popular writer (down from 4,334th in 2019), the 261st most popular biography from Croatia (down from 217th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Croatian Writer.

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Notable Works

Hellenika lyrika poiemata tou Demetre Demetriou
Članci
Članci ; Grobničko polje ; Teuta ; Članci ; Pjesme ; Šilo za ognjilo ; Matija Gubec

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Dimitrija Demeter ranks 4,574 out of 7,302Before him are Pyotr Pavlovich Yershov, Bolesław Leśmian, Pencho Slaveykov, Olav Aukrust, Robert Greene, and Félicien Marceau. After him are Robert Richardson, Aleksei Arbuzov, Marcel Boulenger, George Chapman, Alexander Tairov, and Bohuslav Balbín.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1811, Dimitrija Demeter ranks 57Before him are François Delsarte, James Young Simpson, Johann Dzierzon, James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, Johann Georg von Hahn, and John William Casilear. After him are John Neumann, Katarina Ivanović, Judah P. Benjamin, Victor Duruy, Prince Adalbert of Prussia, and James Hall. Among people deceased in 1872, Dimitrija Demeter ranks 54Before him are Ion Heliade Rădulescu, Andrew Smith, Michel Carré, Henry Halleck, Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant, and Hugo von Mohl. After him are Nikolaos Mantzaros, Mpande kaSenzangakhona, Andrej Sládkovič, Frederik Kaiser, Franz Xaver Fieber, and Bedros Tourian.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Dimitrija Demeter ranks 261 out of 700Before him are Đurđica Bjedov (1947), Ante Rebić (1993), Vesna Pusić (1953), Dražen Ladić (1963), Milivoj Ašner (1913), and Janica Kostelić (1982). After him are Goran Vlaović (1972), Ranko Marinković (1913), Igor Cvitanović (1970), Velimir Zajec (1956), Vatroslav Mimica (1923), and Zvonimir Soldo (1967).

Among WRITERS In Croatia

Among writers born in Croatia, Dimitrija Demeter ranks 31Before him are Antun Mihanović (1796), Simo Matavulj (1852), Ivo Brešan (1936), Pavao Ritter Vitezović (1652), Antun Gustav Matoš (1873), and Giovanni Arpino (1927). After him are Ranko Marinković (1913), Silvije Strahimir Kranjčević (1865), Vesna Parun (1922), Daša Drndić (1946), Dragutin Tadijanović (1905), and Vjenceslav Novak (1859).