# Matija Ban > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Matija_Ban > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Matija_Ban.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matija_Ban > Source revision: 1345497131 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Serbo-Croatian poet, dramatist and playwright}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}} {{Infobox writer | name = Matija Ban | image = Poleskija Todorović - Matija Ban, GMS.png | caption = | alt = | pseudonym = | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1818|12|16}} | birth_place = [Dubrovnik](/source/Dubrovnik), [Austrian Empire](/source/Austrian_Empire)
{{small|(now [Croatia](/source/Croatia))}} | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1903|03|14|1818|12|16}} | death_place = [Belgrade](/source/Belgrade), [Kingdom of Serbia](/source/Kingdom_of_Serbia)
{{small|(now [Serbia](/source/Serbia))}} | occupation = writer, diplomat | period = | genre = | movement = | notableworks = ''Cvijeti Srbske'' (1865); ''Vanja'' (1868) | influences = | influenced = | native_name = Матија Бан }} '''Matija Ban''' ({{lang-sr-Cyrl|Матија Бан}}; 6 December 1818 – 14 March 1903) was a [Serbian](/source/Serbs) writer and academic. He is known as one of the earliest proponents of the [Serb-Catholic movement in Dubrovnik](/source/Serb-Catholic_movement_in_Dubrovnik). == Biography == Ban was born in [Petrovo Selo](/source/Petrovo_Selo%2C_Dubrovnik) near [Dubrovnik](/source/Dubrovnik), then in the [Kingdom of Dalmatia](/source/Kingdom_of_Dalmatia) in the [Austrian Empire](/source/Austrian_Empire), now in [Croatia](/source/Croatia).{{r|hrenc}} After working as a language teacher in Greek schools in Constantinople and Bursa, Matija Ban settled in [Serbia](/source/Serbia) in 1844. He is commonly regarded as being the first to use the term "Yugoslav", in a poem in 1835.{{cite book | last=Anzulovic | first=Branimir | page=195 | title=Heavenly Serbia: From Myth to Genocide | publisher=Pluto Press Australia | location=Australia | year=2000 | language= | isbn=1-86403-100-X}} In 1848 he came from Serbia to [Dalmatia](/source/Dalmatia) to study the state of national sentiment there. He returned to Belgrade in 1850 to teach at the [Lyceum of the Principality of Serbia](/source/Lyceum_of_the_Principality_of_Serbia).{{Cite web |title=BAN, Matija - Hrvatski biografski leksikon |url=https://hbl.lzmk.hr/clanak/ban-matija |access-date=2024-06-04 |website=hbl.lzmk.hr}} His best known literary works include 14 dramas and tragedies related to Slavic history (''Miljenko i Dobrila,'' 1850; ''Mejrima ili Bošnjaci,'' 1851; ''Car Lazar,'' 1858; ''Marta Posadnica,'' 1871; 1880; ''Jan Hus,'' 1884, etc.).{{Cite web |title=Ban, Matija - Hrvatska enciklopedija |url=https://www.enciklopedija.hr/clanak/ban-matija |access-date=2024-06-04 |website=www.enciklopedija.hr}} Matija Ban was a member of the Society of Serbian Letters (1858), Serbian Learned Society (1864), and Serbian Royal Academy (1892).{{Cite web |title=Ban Matija |url=https://www.sanu.ac.rs/en/member/ban-matija/ |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=www.sanu.ac.rs}} == Works == * Ban, Matija: ''Vospitatelь ženskій piše Matія Banъ'' Prva svezka (Beograd: ''Knьigopečatnя Knяžestva Srbskogъ'', 1847) * Ban, Matija: ''Pravila o četničkoй voйni. Protolmačіo izъ polьskoga sa nekimъ promenama, izmetcima i dodatcima Matія Banъ.'' (Beograd: ''Knьigopečatnя Knяžestva Srbskogъ'', 1848) * Ban, Matija: ''Osnovi rata. Sastavio po načelama naйiskusnіi voйvoda Matія Banъ.'' (Beograd: ''Knьigopečatnя Knяžestva Srbskogъ'', 1848) * Ban, Matija: ''Meйrima ili Bošnяaci: Pozorišno dѣlo u petъ razdѣla. Spisao Matія Banъ Dubrovčaninъ'' (Novi Sad: ''Nar. Knъigopečatnя Dr. Danila Medakovića'', 1851) * Ban, Matija: ''Dubrovnik cviet narodnoga književstva: Svezak drugi za godinu MDCCCLI'' (Zagreb: ''Tiskarnica Dra. Ljudevita Gaja'', 1851) * Ban, Matija: ''Cvieti srbske: Drama u petъ razdѣla. Napisao Matія Banъ za pedeseto-godišnю svetkovinu oslobođenя Srbiє'' (Beograd: ''Knьigopečatnя Aleksandra Andrića'', 1866) * Ban, Matija: ''Car Lazar ili Propast na Kosovu: Tragedija u 5 razdjela'', ''Dubrovnik: Zabavnik Narodne štionice dubrovačke za godinu 1867'' (Split: ''Brzotiskom Antuna Zannoni'', (1866). str. 25–144) * Ban, Matija: ''Smrt posljednjega Nemanjića: Tragedija u 5 razdiela'', ''Dragoljub: Zabavni i poučni list'' Broj 19 (Zagreb: ''Gjuro Dreželić'', (1867). str. 289–296) * Ban, Matija: ''Uroš V i mati mu Jelena: Tragedija u pet razdjela'', ''Dubrovnik: Zabavnik Narodne štionice dubrovačke za godinu 1868'' (Split: ''Brzotiskom Antuna Zannoni'', (1868). str. 3-55) * Ban, Matija: ''Vanda kraljica poljska: Tragedija M. Bana u 5 činova'' (Dubrovnik: ''Naklada tiskarnice Dragutina Pretnera'', 1882, ''Slovinac'' Broj 7. str. 98–105) * Ban, Matija: ''Zanosi'', 1883, (''Slovinac'' Broj 4. str. 61–62) * Ban, Matija: ''Jan Hus: Tragedija u 5 činova'' (Dubrovnik: ''Naklada tiskarnice Dragutina Pretnera'', 1884, ''Slovinac'' Broj 3 – pp. 34–42, Broj 4 – pp. 50–57, Broj 5 – pp. 65–74, Broj 6 – pp. 83–90, Broj 7 – pp. 97–105) * Ban, Matija: ''Solution de la Question d'Orient: par l'Europe ou par La Porte?'' (Beograd: ''Imprimerie d'État'', 1885) * Ban, Matija: ''Knez Nikola Zrinjski: Junačka drama u pet činova'' (Zagreb: ''Matica hrvatska'', 1888) * Ban, Matija: ''Moralne i politične iskrice iz slovenske istorije'' (Beograd: ''Kraljevsko-srpska državna štamparija'', 1888) * Ban, Matija: ''O Ivanu Gunduliću'' (Beograd: ''Kraljevsko-srpska državna štamparija'', 1888) * Ban, Matija: ''Marta Posadnica ili Pad Velikog Novgoroda'' (Beograd: ''Kraljevsko-srpska državna štamparija'', 1889) * Ban, Matija: ''Život majora Miše Atanasijevića'', ''Glasnik srpskog učenog društva'' Knjiga 71 (Beograd: ''Srpsko učeno društvo'', 1890) * Ban, Matija: ''Djela'' I-VIII (Beograd: ''Kraljevsko-srpska državna štamparija'', 1889–1892) ==See also== * [Ignjat Job](/source/Ignjat_Job) * [Ivan Stojanović](/source/Ivan_Stojanovi%C4%87) * [Milan Rešetar](/source/Milan_Re%C5%A1etar) * [Vicko Adamović](/source/Vicko_Adamovi%C4%87) ==References== [https://www.enciklopedija.hr/clanak/ban-matija Ban, Matija] (in Croatian). ''Hrvatska enciklopedija''. Accessed March 2022. ==Further reading== {{refbegin}} * [Jovan Skerlić](/source/Jovan_Skerli%C4%87), ''Istorija Nove Srpske Književnosti''/ A History of Modern Serbian Literature (Belgrade, 1921), pages 199–201. * {{cite journal | url = http://www.matica.hr/Kolo/kolo2006_1.nsf/AllWebDocs/sundov | journal = [Kolo](/source/Kolo_(magazine)) | publisher = [Matica hrvatska](/source/Matica_hrvatska) | title = Posljednji odjek - Katja Bakija: Knjiga o "Dubrovniku" 1849–1852. | author = Stjepan Ćosić | language = hr | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081229115751/http://www.matica.hr/Kolo/kolo2006_1.nsf/AllWebDocs/sundov | archive-date = 29 December 2008 | df = dmy-all }} *{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070312021743/http://www.ppnjegos.org/biografija.htm Njegos.org Short Biography]}} {{in lang|sr}} {{refend}} {{Authority control|state=collapsed}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ban, Matija}} Category:1818 births Category:1903 deaths Category:People from Dubrovnik Category:Writers from the Kingdom of Dalmatia Category:Dramatists and playwrights from Austria-Hungary Category:Poets from Austria-Hungary Category:Members of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts Category:Serb-Catholic movement in Dubrovnik Category:19th-century poets Category:Dramatists and playwrights from the Austrian Empire Category:Academic staff of the Lyceum of the Principality of Serbia --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Matija Ban](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matija_Ban) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matija_Ban?action=history)). 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