Hanibal Lucić

Hanibal Lucić (* 1485 in Hvar, † December 14, 1553 in Venice) was a Croatian writer of the Renaissance. The son of wealthy and influential parents accordingly worked as a judge and lawyer and has spent most of his life on his home island of Hvar. Much of his works (especially early ) is not obtained because he had cast them and destroyed.

The best known and most widely rezipierte work of Lucić is Robinja ( The slave ), the first secular drama in Croatian literature in general. It was, together with verses Lucićs, published in 1556 in Venice, so after his death, however, experienced until recently several issues. The focus of this rather " poor treatment " and at times " circuitous " love drama are the aristocrat Derenčin and one in Budapest from the Turks looted Beautiful he meets at the slave market of Dubrovnik. At the end she will be his bride. Even in his songs circled Lucić mainly on the subject of love. In all works Lucićs to Italian influences combined (Francesco Petrarca, Pietro Bembo ) with his passion for the everyday language of Croatian peasants and shepherds. You certainly did not stop him, call his in the years 1510-14 rebel forces of the Venetian rulers of Hvar compatriots to a " bunch of fools ".