Mato Vodopic
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Mato Vodopić was the bishop of Dubrovnik
from July 3, 1882 until his death in 1893, and wrote poems for some special occasions, and was a storyteller and collector of folk ballads. He was a fierce supporter of a Yugoslavia
n unification.
After 1849 the Home of the Pucić brothers became the gathering center of Dubrovnik's intelligentsia
, often being attended by Mato Vodopić among others, including Medo Pucić
, Niko Pucić
, Antun Kaznačić and his brother August Kaznačić, Antun Kazali, Mato Natali, Pero Marinović, Marin Giorgi and Dragutin Pretner. Joining with the Serb-Catholic circle, meeting in other locations like the Šarićs' drugstore, Vodopic supported the Croatian romantic idea of uniting Dalmatia with Croatia, as well as with Serbs and all other South Slavs into one state.
His first work, the novel Maria the Canalite (Marija Konavoka), was left unfinished. It was published in parts since 1863. As interesting thing is this work was finished in cooperation of his brother Niko Vodopić, Juraj Carić and Marcel Kušar. His second work, a short novel called Tužna Jele, was from 1868. This work was very popular among Dubrovnikans and Konavleans (many times played on Dubrovačke ljetnje igre or Dubrovnik's Summer Games).
Mato's third work, unfinished like the first, Na doborskijem razvalinam, was published in its finished form in 1881.
All three of Vodopić's books were printed by Dragutin Pretner's Serbian-language (Cyrillic) printing press in Dubrovnik, together with numerous others works in 1878 in the collection Serbian Dubrovnik Library. Between 1878 and 1884 Mato Vodopić wrote in the pro-Serbian, literary journal Slovinac.
On 9 March 1880 Dubrovnik's municipal council accepted the proposal of the Serbian Dubrovnik Youth to raise a monument on 300th anniversary of Dživo Gundulić's birth (a very famous Dubrovnik's poet) and named the proposed board, which aside from Medo Pucić, Pero Budmani
, Ivo Kaznačić and Luko Zore
, also included Vodopić, to organize the monument's raising.
Vodopić's fourth book is a novel entitled Đenevrija, a story from the old Dubrovnik's suburb of Pile. Its manuscript was discovered only after Vodopić's death. Vice Medini and Niko Vodopić found it among Mato's personal belongings.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Dubrovnik
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Dubrovnik is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in southern Croatia. The diocese is centred in the city of Dubrovnik. It was first erected in 990...
from July 3, 1882 until his death in 1893, and wrote poems for some special occasions, and was a storyteller and collector of folk ballads. He was a fierce supporter of a Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
n unification.
After 1849 the Home of the Pucić brothers became the gathering center of Dubrovnik's intelligentsia
Intelligentsia
The intelligentsia is a social class of people engaged in complex, mental and creative labor directed to the development and dissemination of culture, encompassing intellectuals and social groups close to them...
, often being attended by Mato Vodopić among others, including Medo Pucić
Medo Pucic
Medo Pucić, also known as Orsat Pucić, was a writer and politician from Dubrovnik, at the time in the Austro-Hungarian Kingdom of Dalmatia, who was the first Catholic native of Dubrovnik to declare himself a Serb, believing that the religion was irrelevant for ethnic affiliation, contrary to the...
, Niko Pucić
Niko Pucic
Niko Pucić de Zagorien was a writer and politician from Dalmatia. He was born in Dubrovnik in 1820. He was the brother of Medo Pucić, another well-known politician....
, Antun Kaznačić and his brother August Kaznačić, Antun Kazali, Mato Natali, Pero Marinović, Marin Giorgi and Dragutin Pretner. Joining with the Serb-Catholic circle, meeting in other locations like the Šarićs' drugstore, Vodopic supported the Croatian romantic idea of uniting Dalmatia with Croatia, as well as with Serbs and all other South Slavs into one state.
His first work, the novel Maria the Canalite (Marija Konavoka), was left unfinished. It was published in parts since 1863. As interesting thing is this work was finished in cooperation of his brother Niko Vodopić, Juraj Carić and Marcel Kušar. His second work, a short novel called Tužna Jele, was from 1868. This work was very popular among Dubrovnikans and Konavleans (many times played on Dubrovačke ljetnje igre or Dubrovnik's Summer Games).
Mato's third work, unfinished like the first, Na doborskijem razvalinam, was published in its finished form in 1881.
All three of Vodopić's books were printed by Dragutin Pretner's Serbian-language (Cyrillic) printing press in Dubrovnik, together with numerous others works in 1878 in the collection Serbian Dubrovnik Library. Between 1878 and 1884 Mato Vodopić wrote in the pro-Serbian, literary journal Slovinac.
On 9 March 1880 Dubrovnik's municipal council accepted the proposal of the Serbian Dubrovnik Youth to raise a monument on 300th anniversary of Dživo Gundulić's birth (a very famous Dubrovnik's poet) and named the proposed board, which aside from Medo Pucić, Pero Budmani
Pero Budmani
Pero Budmani , like many intellectual Dubrovnik, was a prominent member of the Serb-Catholic circle, linguist and philologist who bravely followed Vuk Stefanović Karadžić's language reforms...
, Ivo Kaznačić and Luko Zore
Luko Zore
Luko Zore , Luko involved into a Serb-Catholic circle, with all the big intelectuals of the XIX cenrury in Dubrovnik and Montenegrin philologist and Slavist, and was one of the leading opposition fighting against the foreign forces of Austro-Hungarian Empire and Italy in Dubrovnik.At that time...
, also included Vodopić, to organize the monument's raising.
Vodopić's fourth book is a novel entitled Đenevrija, a story from the old Dubrovnik's suburb of Pile. Its manuscript was discovered only after Vodopić's death. Vice Medini and Niko Vodopić found it among Mato's personal belongings.