Antun Fabris

Antun Fabris (1864-1904) (Serbian Cyrillic: Антун Фабрис, sometimes misspelled Anton) was a prominent Dalmatian Serb journalist and politician from Dubrovnik, Austria-Hungary. He was a Roman Catholic.

After finishing basic studies in Dubrovnik he went on to Vienna, where he graduated. He was a teacher first in Split and then Zadar. In 1895 he became the Editor of the prominent "Dubrovnik" newspaper. In 1902 he formed his own paper in Dubrovnik, the "Srđ" ("Срђ"), a science and culture list for the Serb intellectuals in Dalmatia that was published twice a month until 1908 in both Cyrillic and Latin scripts with cooperation of many intellectuals across Dalmatia and several writers from Mostar, notably Aleksa Šantić, Jovan Dučić and Vladimir Ćorović, as well as some from Serbia. The Srđ contributed greatly for the preservation of Dubrovnik's rich cultural and historical heritage. As a famous Serb journalist, he was a Deputy President of the Pan-Serb Journalist Congress in Belgrade on 14 and 15 October 1902.

For publishing in the Srđ the song of Uroš Trojanović "Boccan night" ("Bokeška noć") dedicated to the youth of Boka kotorska Antun was under ideological accusations arrested in 5 November 1902 and stayed in prison until 23 December 1902. His term in prison greatly jeopardized his poor health, causing his premature death in 1904. The Srđ was taken over by Antonije Vučetić. Co-editors of the Srđ were Kristo Dominiković, Luko Zore and Miho Vaketi.

Fabris was also the Editor of the "Dubrovnik" calendar between 1897 and 1903, as well as the manager of Dubrovnik's "Matica srpska". He was a great admirer of Nikola Pašić. He greatly contributed to the initiative to found the "Serbs' Dawn" ("Српска зора") Dalmatian Serb cultural society in 1901.