Lovro Mihačević

Lovro Mihačević (July 23, 1856 in Kreševo – November 25, 1920)[1][2] was a Bosnian Catholic priest, author, albanologist[1] and epic poet. He served as a missionary in Albania, spoke fluent Albanian,[2] and published the Albanian-related works Po Albaniji (1911) and Albanski problem i Srbija i Austro-Ugarska (The Albanian Problem and Serbia and Austro-Hungary, 1913).[3] He heavily influenced his pupil Gjergj Fishta, a renowned Albanian epic poet.[4]

Mihačević contributed to Albanian culture. While working as missionary in Albania, in Franciscan schools in Troshan and Shkodra, he instilled the love for literature and mother tongue of his pupil, later famous Albanian writer, "Albanian Homer", Gjergj Fishta.[5]

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References

  1. ^ a b Leksikon hrvatskih književnika BiH od najstarijih vremena do danas/Me-Mu Mirko Marjanović: Leksikon hrvatskih književnika BiH od najstarijih vremena do danas, Sarajevo: Matica hrvatska : Napredak, 2001., ISBN 9958-830-06-X, (COBISS.BH)
  2. ^ a b Fra Lovro Mihačević (1854. - 1920.) Archived 2016-08-28 at the Wayback Machine (in Croatian)
  3. ^ "Jovan Vukmanović, "Etnički i kulturni tragovi Srba u Sjevernoj Albaniji," Projekat Rastko". Archived from the original on 2016-08-03. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
  4. ^ Robert Elsie, "Gjergj Fishta and the Albanian National Epic," Lecture given at the Center for Russian and Eastern European Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, on 26 January 2005.
  5. ^ Pater Gjergj Fishta (1871-1940)
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Provincial of the Franciscan Province of Bosnia
1912–1916 		Succeeded by