Ivan Stojanović was a Catholic priest who wrote the book 'Dubrovacka literature' (1900), arguing that the people of Dubrovnik were Roman Catholic by religion, but by language Serbian

Serbian language

Serbian is a form of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Serbs in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and neighbouring countries....

. He was involved with the literary journal "Slovinac".

Stojanovic translated a German historical book by JK Engels: the 'History of Dubrovnik' (1903).

Stojanović acted in the spirit of Vuk Karadžić, who is commonly called the father of modern Serbian culture

Serbian culture

Serbian culture refers to the culture of Serbia and of ethnic Serbs.The Serbian culture starts with that of the South Slavic peoples that lived in the Balkans. Early on, Serbs may have been influenced by the Paleo-Balkan peoples...

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