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Petar II Petrović-Njegoš

1813 - 1851

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Petar II Petrović-Njegoš (Serbian Cyrillic: Петар II Петровић-Његош, pronounced [pětar drûɡi pětroʋitɕ ɲêɡoʃ]; 13 November [O.S. 1 November] 1813 – 31 October [O.S. 19 October] 1851), commonly referred to simply as Njegoš (Његош), was a Prince-Bishop (vladika) of Montenegro, poet and philosopher whose works are widely considered some of the most important in Montenegrin and Serbian literature. Njegoš was born in the village of Njeguši, near Montenegro's then-capital Cetinje. He was educated at several Serbian monasteries and became the country's spiritual and political leader following the death of his uncle Petar I. After eliminating all initial domestic opposition to his rule, he concentrated on uniting Montenegro's tribes and establishing a centralized state. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Petar II Petrović-Njegoš has received more than 488,844 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Petar II Petrović-Njegoš is the 543rd most popular writer (up from 829th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Montenegro (up from 8th in 2019) and the most popular Montenegrin Writer.

Petar II Petrović-Njegoš was a Montenegrin prince who served as the Metropolitan of Cetinje from 1851 to 1860. He is most famous for writing the epic poem "The Mountain Wreath" (1847), which is considered one of the most important works of Montenegrin literature.

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Notable Works

Izabrana dela
2020
Gorski vijenac
Poetry, History, Serbs
1907
Gorski vijenac
2009
Plam u plamu
1969
The ray of the microcosm
1957
The mountain wreath of P.P. Nyegosh,Prince-Bishop of Montenegro 1830-1851
1930

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Petar II Petrović-Njegoš ranks 543 out of 7,302. Before him are Lorenzo Da Ponte, Paul Claudel, T. S. Eliot, Bai Juyi, Gaston Leroux, and Saint Naum. After him are Eugenio Montale, Frantz Fanon, Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Gustav Meyrink, Georg Trakl, and Patrick Süskind.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1813, Petar II Petrović-Njegoš ranks 7. Before him are Giuseppe Verdi, Richard Wagner, Søren Kierkegaard, David Livingstone, Claude Bernard, and Ivar Aasen. After him are Georg Büchner, Henry Bessemer, Charles-Valentin Alkan, John Snow, Franz Miklosich, and Camilla Collett. Among people deceased in 1851, Petar II Petrović-Njegoš ranks 9. Before him are J. M. W. Turner, Mary Shelley, Louis Daguerre, James Fenimore Cooper, Karl Drais, and Jean-de-Dieu Soult. After him are Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, Princess Augusta of Bavaria, Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, Manuel Godoy, Gaspare Spontini, and Rama III.

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In Montenegro

Among people born in Montenegro, Petar II Petrović-Njegoš ranks 7 out of 142. Before him are Radovan Karadžić (1945), Alexander I of Yugoslavia (1888), Giovanni da Pian del Carpine (1182), Stefan Nemanja (1113), Elena of Montenegro (1871), and Nicholas I of Montenegro (1841). After him are Milovan Đilas (1911), Princess Zorka of Montenegro (1864), Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha (1459), Milena Vukotić (1848), Princess Milica of Montenegro (1866), and Danilo I, Prince of Montenegro (1826).

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Among WRITERS In Montenegro

Among writers born in Montenegro, Petar II Petrović-Njegoš ranks 1. After him are Borislav Pekić (1930), Miodrag Bulatović (1930), Mirko Kovač (1938), Ćamil Sijarić (1913), Mihailo Lalić (1914), and Stanislava Staša Zajović (1953).

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