Jovan Subotić
Jovan Subotić
1842 - 1847, 1850 - 1853
Jovan Subotić, a poet, drama and prose writer, essayist, doctor of philosophy
and legal sciences, lawyer (Dobrinci, Srem, 1817-Zemun, 1886). Actively
participated in the movement of 1848-1849, from 1861 in the political life of
Hungary as well, a member of the Croatian Parliament. He was elected president
of Matica Srpska for a four-year term in 1868, and fought for this institution
to resist the pressures of the Hungarian authorities. He edited the Letopis
for the years 1842–1847, and 1850–1853. Also, during that time he published a
large number of texts in all the journal’s sections: extensive materials from
the events of 1848-1849, documents from older times, short stories,
translations, polemics, critics, literary-historical reviews, studies on the
verse of folk and artistic poetry, articles on folk customs. He wrote a very
significant five-volume work
The Life of Dr. Jovan Subotić (an autobiography), published by
(1901-1910).