VUK STEFANOVIC KARADZIC

(Vuk Stefanović Karadžić)


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He even claimed that Jesus was a Serb, demonstrating an ego and unrealistic, romantic chauvinism that prevailed even into the 21st century.


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Vuk Stefanovic Karadzic
Vuk Stefanovic Karadzic
  • Born: November 7, 1787
  • Died: February 7, 1864
  • Nationality: Serbian
  • Profession: Philologist, Linguist

Vuk Stefanović Karadžić was a Serbian philologist and linguist. He was one of the most important reformers of the modern Serbian language. For his collection and preservation of Serbian folktales, Encyclopædia Britannica labelled him "the father of Serbian folk-literature scholarship." He was also the author of the first Serbian dictionary in the new reformed language. In addition, he translated the New Testament into the reformed form of the Serbian spelling and language.