Dimitrije Vladisavljević

Dimitrije Vladisavljević (1788 in Srem – 1858 in Trieste, Habsburg monarchy) was a Serbian priest, teacher, writer, grammarian and translator.[1]

Vladisavljević compiled and wrote the first Serbian Grammar for Italian-speakers in Trieste in 1849.[2] Also, he translated from German to Serbian the work of August Ludwig von Schlözer's Vorbereitung zur Weltgeschichte für Kinder (1779), under the title Priprava za istroiju svega svijeta radi djece, which was published by Vuk Karadžić in Vienna in 1864.[3][4] Vladisavljević's friendship and esteem were reciprocated by Vuk Karadžić[5] who took care of the posthumous publication and other Vladisavljević's works, destined for the Serbian community school in Trieste.

A contemporary of Petar II Petrović-Njegoš, Vuk Karadžić[6][7][8] and Niccolò Tommaseo,[9] Vladisavljević met and corresponded with them all. Serbian physician writer Dimitrije Frušić of Trieste was his family doctor at the time that he was the principal of the "Jovan Miletić" Serbian National School in Trieste.

Before the turn of the 19th century, Trieste did not lag very much behind Vienna, the then capital of the Holy Roman Empire. On 20 March 1777, the Governor of Trieste, Karl von Zinzendorf, told the representatives of the Greek-Illyrian community that they could employ, at their own expense Greek- or Illyrian-language teachers, as the Slavic language of the Serbian Orthodox Church was then called.

The first government-sponsored public school in Vienna was established in 1771, and in 1774 the Allgemeine Schulordnung, or "General School Ordinance" on the law on compulsory primary education came into force in Trieste. The first German school in Trieste was inaugurated in 1775,[10] immediately after came the Italian, Jewish (1781), Serbian and Greek (1792), and Slovene (1798). The school scheme was the work of Silesian reformer Johann Ignaz von Felbiger, no longer in Latin, but in the language of the common folk.[11]

Dimitrije Vladisavljević is remembered for his prolific correspondence with several Serbian writers, poets, and scholars, including Niccolo Tommaseo with whom he corresponded in Serbian. Vladisavljević was one of the earliest teachers and cultural workers in the influential Serbian community of Trieste.

References

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  1. ^ Dogo, Marco; Pirjevec, Jože (16 December 1990). Vuk Stefanović Karadžić: la Serbia e lÉuropa. Editoriale stampa triestina. ISBN 9788871740058 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Rudić, Srđan; Biagini, Antonello (1 April 2015). Serbian-Italian Relations: History and Modern Times : Collection of Works. The Institute of History, Belgrade / Sapienza University of Rome, Research center CEMAS. ISBN 9788677431099 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Schlözer, August Ludwig (16 December 1864). "Priprava za istoriju svega svijeta. (Vorschule zur Weltgeschichte, aus dem Deutschen übers. von Dimitrije Vladisavljevic.)". Sommer – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Martin Jelove (2 February 1873). "Zora: Vestnik, znanstvena priloga "Zori."". Tisk in zaloz ba Narodne tiskarne. Retrieved 2 February 2019 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ umjetnosti, Jugoslavenska akademija znanosti i (2 February 1981). "Rad Jugoslavenske akademije znanosti i umjetnosti". Jugoslavenska akademija zanosti i umjetnosti. Retrieved 2 February 2019 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ Martin Jelove (16 December 1873). "Zora: Vestnik, znanstvena priloga "Zori."". Tisk in zaloz ba Narodne tiskarne – via Google Books.
  7. ^ Tasić, Milutin (December 22, 1994). "Petar II Petrović Njegoš". NIL – via Google Books.
  8. ^ Milović, Jevto M. (16 December 1974). "Njegoš u slici i riječi". Grafički zavod – via Google Books.
  9. ^ "Zadarska revija". Pododbor Matice hrvatske. 26 January 1987 – via Google Books.
  10. ^ "Real Encyclopädie des Erziehungs und Unterrichtswesens nach katholischen Principien". Kupferberg. 16 December 1864 – via Google Books.
  11. ^ Auer, A. (19 December 2008). The Subjunctive in the Age of Prescriptivism: English and German Developments During the Eighteenth Century. Springer. ISBN 9780230584365 – via Google Books.