Ignjat Đurđević

Ignjat Đurđević, also Ignazio Giorgi (* February 1675 in Ragusa (today Dubrovnik), † January 21, 1737 or January 22, 1737 in Dubrovnik) was a poet and translator, also a Benedictine monk and astronomer.

Đurđević, who came from an aristocratic family, was a trilingual poet, he wrote in Latin, Italian and Croatian.

As a writer Đurđević was extremely fertile, his poetry mainly didactic and religious. The most exquisite of his poems are Uzdasi Mandaljene pokornic ( sigh of the penitent Magdalene, 1728), describing the adventures of a girl in the power of the world, Saltjer slowinski ( Slavonic Psalter, 1729 ) and the comic poem Marunko i Pavica in which the lives and loves of two Venetian youths is presented humorously. His poems were out Ivan Mazuranié ( Zagreb 1855).

Đurđević was abbot of the Benedictine monastery San Giacomo on the island of Mljet, represented in a dispute of his monastery with the Republic of Ragusa, the interests of the former and was therefore expelled, but recalled at the request of the Pope again. He died on 21 or January 22, 1737 in Dubrovnik.

Works

• Metaphrasis illyrica Psalmorum: immersive saltjer Slovenki spjevan. Venice, 1729th
• D [ IVUS ] Paul Apostolus in mari, quod nunc Venetus sinus dicitur, naufragus, et Melitae Dalmatensis insulae post naufragium hospes. Venice, 1730.
• Milan Rešetar (ed.): Djela Ińacija Gorgi ( Ignata Đorđića ). 2 vols, Zagreb 1918-1926 ( Stari pisci hrvatski 24-25); the first working copy of the poetry ( this catalog page also provides access to the digitized volumes)

• Pjesni razlike. Zagreb: Konzor, 1997, ISBN 953-631738-9. .
• Vojislav Djuric (ed.): Homerum nunquam fuisse suspicio. Beograd: Naučno delo, 1968.
• Veljko Gortan; Nikola Šop (ed.): Latinske pjesni razlike. Tekst prired. uvod napisao, i Kazalo Imena sastavio: Veljko Gortan. Odabrane pjesme preveo i bilješke napisao Nikola Šop. (Hrvatski latinisti; 4). Zagreb: Jugoslav. Akad znanosti i Umjetn. , 1956.