- Jovan Jovanović Zmaj
Jovan Jovanović Zmaj (Serbian
Cyrillic : Јован Јовановић Змај) (November 24 ,1833 -June 3 ,1904 ) is one of the best-knownSerbian poets .Zmaj (dragon) was born inSremska Kamenica . He finished elementary school inNovi Sad , and secondary school inBratislava , later studying inBudapest ,Prague andVienna . In 1870, he returned to Novi Sad to work as a doctor, motivated by the fact that his wife and children were suffering from and eventually died fromtuberculosis .He wrote in many of the genres of
poetry , includinglove , lyric, patriotic, political, youth's, andeducation al poetry. But he is best known for his children's poetry. Hisnursery rhyme s have entered theSerbia n national consciousness and people sing them to their children even without knowing who wrote them.The
Zmaj Children Games (Serbian: Змајеве дечије игре / Zmajeve dečije igre), one of the biggestfestivals for children inSerbia and theNovi Sad region, are named after Jovan Jovanović Zmaj.External links
* [http://www.antikvarne-knjige.com/biografije/jovan_jovanovic_zmaj/jovan_jovanovic_zmaj_biografija.html Jovan Jovanović Zmaj - Biography (in Serbian)]
* [http://www.geocities.com/draganakonstantinovic/library/jovanjovanoviczmaj.html Jovan Jovanovic Zmaj] (portrait; two children's poems in English, more poems in Serbian)
* [http://www.borut.com/library/a_zmajjj.htm Jovan Jovanovic Zmaj in South Slavic Literature Library] (poems of various genres in Serbian)
* [http://www.bgdconsulting.com/zmaj/ Jovan Jovanovic Zmaj: Decje Pesme] (Children's poems in Serbian)
* [http://www.jjzmaj.edu.yu/ Jovan Jovanovic Zmaj high school] , Novi Sad (Web site of a high school named after Zmaj)
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