Ljubomir Nenadović

Ljubomir Nenadović Љубомир Ненадовић
Portrait of Ljubomir Nenadović in 1851 work ofAnastas Jovanović
Born	(1826-09-14)September 14, 1826 Brankovina,Valjevo,Principality of Serbia,Ottoman Empire
Died	January 21, 1895(1895-01-21)(aged 68) Valjevo,Kingdom of Serbia
Language	Serbian
Period	1849–1895
Genre	poetry and travel writings
Notable works	Rukopisi Prote Mateje Nenadovića

Ljubomir Nenadović(14 September 1826 — 21 January 1895) was Serbian writer, poet, translator, diplomat,minister of educationand member of theSerbian Royal Academy.

Family

Ljubomir was born inBrankovina,Valjevo,Principality of Serbia,to father ProtaMateja Nenadović,of the affluent Nenadović family. His father was Serbian archpriest, writer and leader in theFirst Serbian Uprising;he was appointed Prime Minister 27 August 1805 – Jan 1807 by PresidentKarađorđe.Ljubomir's uncleSimaand his grandfather's brotherJakovalso fought in theSerbian Revolution,and served the Serbian revolutionary government. His grandfather wasAleksa Nenadović(1749–1804), one of the first victims of theSlaughter of the Dukeson 31 January 1804.

Life

He graduated from thegymnasiumin Belgrade and enrolled at theLyceum.In the period between 1844 and 1848 he studied at universities inPrague,BerlinandHeidelberg.After he returned to Serbia in 1848 he became professor at Lyceum.

In 1850 Nenadović founded the literary reviewŠumadinka(Serbian Cyrillic:Шумадинка). This magazine he edited and published between 1850 and 1857 sometimes together withalmanacŠumadinče (Serbian Cyrillic:Шумадинче) in which he published his father's manuscripts about theFirst Serbian uprising,(Rukopisi Prote Mateje Nenadovića). Until 1857 he was employed with Ministry of education and internal affairs. He corresponded with writers Đorđe Rajković (1825–1886),Ludwig August von Frankl,Vuk Stefanović Karadžić,andMilica Stojadinović-Srpkinjato whom he dedicated a poem. In 1857 he went to Cetinje in Montenegro. He had frequent correspondence with MontenegrinKnjaz Daniloand organized delivery of oneprinting pressto him. In 1858 he was secretary of the mission of Principality of Serbia in Istanbul. In 1859 he was appointed to be head of the Ministry of Education. In 1868 he retired and lived in Valjevo until 1874 when he left for Montenegro where he stayed until 1878. From 1878 until his death in 1895 he lived in Valjevo.

Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts

The first academicians to be appointed in theSerbian Academy of Sciences and Artson 5 April 1887 were four for each professional academy. The first members of the Academy of Natural Sciences wereJosif Pančić,Dimitrije Nešić,Ljubomir Klerić andJovan Žujović;in the Academy of Philosophical Sciences these wereStojan Novaković,Milan Kujundžić Aberdar,Svetislav Vulović andSvetomir Nikolajević;first members of the Academy of Social Sciences wereČedomilj Mijatović,Milan Milićević,Ljubomir Kovačević (1848–1918) and Panta Srećković; and in the Academy of Arts: Ljubomir Nenadović,Matija Ban,Mihailo Valtrović andDavorin Jenko.The oldest member, Josif Pančić, was appointed the president and the youngest member, Jovan Žujović, was temporarily chosen as permanent secretary.

Selected bibliography

The first texts he wrote were published inPodunavkamagazine in 1843.

Hisproseworks include:

• Pisma iz Nemačke
• Pisma iz Italije
• Pisma iz Švajcarske
• Putopisi
• Rukopisi Prote Mateje Nenadovića
• O Crnogorcima, pisma sa Cetinja,1878. godine,
• Razgovori s Njegošem
• Moja završna na klevete Dr. Mladena Jojkića protiv srpske Ujedinjene Omladine i moje ličnosti

Legacy

AlibraryinValjevois named after him. There is aplaquettenamed after Ljubomir P Nenadović. It is awarded every year since 1994 byKolubaramagazine to Valjevo citizen of the year.

External links

• Biography on the websiteofSANU