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Jovan Rajić
Jovan Rajić
Born	September 21, 1726; Sremski Karlovci, Slavonian Military Frontier, Habsburg monarchy
Died	December 22, 1801; Kovilj
Occupation	Poet; Theologian; Historian;
Nationality	Serb
Literary movement	Baroque

Jovan Rajić (Serbian Cyrillic: Јован Рајић; September 21, 1726 – December 22, 1801) was a Serbian writer, historian, theologian, and pedagogue, considered one of the greatest Serbian academics of the 18th century.^[1] He was one of the most notable representatives of Serbian Baroque literature along with Zaharije Orfelin, Pavle Julinac, Vasilije III Petrović-Njegoš, Simeon Končarević, Simeon Piščević, and others (although he worked in the first half of 18th century, as Baroque trends in Serbian literature emerged in the late 17th century).^{[citation needed]}

Rajić was the forerunner to modern Serbian historiography,^[2] and has been compared to the importance of Nikolay Karamzin to Russian historiography.^[3]

Notable works

Pesni različnina gospodskih prazniki (Vienna, 1790)
Kant o vospominaniju smrti, cantata
Boj zmaja s orlovi, (The Battle between Dragon and Eagles) epic poem
Istorija raznih slovenskih narodov, najpače Bolgar, Horvatov i Serbov (The History of Various Slavic Peoples, especially of Bulgars, Croats and Serbs), the first systematic work on the history of Croats and Serbs, in four volumes^[4]
Serbian Catechesis (Katihisis mali)
Uroš V (reworked drama by Emanuel Kozačinski, his teacher)^[5]

^ Jeftić, Anja. "Jovan Raji ć, prvi istoričar 18. vijeka". Patriot Magazin (in Serbian). Archived from the original on March 10, 2007.
^ Lucian Boia (January 1, 1989). Great Historians from Antiquity to 1800: An International Dictionary. Greenwood Press. p. 343. ISBN 978-0-313-24517-6.
^ University of Colorado (1956). Journal of Central European Affairs. Vol. 16. Boulder, Colorado: University of Colorado. p. 23.
^ Trencsényi, Balázs; Janowski, Maciej; Baar, Monika; Falina, Maria; Kopecek, Michal, eds. (2016). A History of Modern Political Thought in East Central Europe: Volume I. Oxford University Press. p. 104. ISBN 978-0-19105-695-6.
^ Torlone, Zara Martirosova; Munteanu, Dana Lacourse; Dutsch, Dorota (April 17, 2017). A Handbook to Classical Reception in Eastern and Central Europe. ISBN 9781118832714.