Jovanoviĉ, J.

…Yugoslav poet and children's writer. His real name was Jovan Jovanović. He was born in Novi Sad. He studied law and medicine in Pest, Prague, and Vienna. While earning a living as a doctor, he moved mainly around the Vojvodina region, published various magazines, and worked to awaken and liberate the people. One of them, Zmaj (the Dragon) (1864-71), became his nickname. He wrote a collection of poems about family happiness in The Djuric Family (1864), a shining example in the history of Serbian poetry, and wrote a large number of children's poems in his later years. He is still loved today as "Uncle Zmaj." …

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…ユーゴスラビアの詩人，児童文学者。本名はヨバノビッチJovan Jovanović。ノビ･サドの生れ。ペスト，プラハ，ウィーンで法律と医学を学ぶ。医者として生計をたてながらおもにボイボディナ地方を転住し，種々の雑誌を発行，民衆の覚醒と解放に尽くす。その一つ《ズマイ(竜)》(1864‐71)が彼の愛称となった。セルビア詩史に輝く詩集《ジューリッチ家の人びと》(1864)で家庭の幸福を描き，晩年は大量の児童詩を書いて，今なお〈ズマイおじさん〉と慕われている。…

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