Primorsko-goranska
County is a region where in the past, as well
as in the present, many renowned individuals were
born and have created their outstanding works.
Amongst them we will name just a few: Juraj, Julije
Klovic, Julio Clovio, Don Giulio Clovio
Croata (1498 Griane–1578 Rome) –
world famous painter of miniatures from the XVI
century, he lived and worked in Venice and Rome
and was nicknamed Michelangelo of the miniature.
Franjo Petris (Petric, Petricevic,
Patritio, Patrizio) – 1529 (Cres) –
1597 (Rome) – Neo-Platonist philosopher,
typical uomo universale of his period, a versatile
scientists who wrote works dedicated to philosophy,
methodology, philosophy of history, rhetoric,
occultism, art of warfare, theory of literature
and music.
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Marko Antun Dominis (Markantun
de Dominis) – 1560 (Rab) – archbishop
of Split, condemned as heretic by the Inquisition
and burnt at stake in Rome in 1624. Mathematician
and philosopher, theologian, natural scientist,
a free thinker who advocated the unity of all
Christian churches and was against the supremacy
of the Pope. Ivan Klobucaric Fluminensis
(1545–1605 or 1606) - famous painter and
cartographer.
Franjo
Glavinic (1585-1652) – author of
numerous books on history and religion written
in Latin, Italian and Croatian; guardian of the
monastery of Trsat. Josip Pancic
(Bribir 1814-1888) – doctor of medicine
and famous botanist, he discovered many new plant
species like the Pancic or Serbian spruce (Picea
spruce). He worked in Serbia and was the first
president of the Serbian Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Ivan Mauranic (1814 Novi
Vinodolski-1890) – Croatian Viceroy and
poet, author of the epic poem ‘The death
of Smail-aga Cengic’. Matija Mauranic
(1817 Novi Vinodolski-1881) – writer and
author of the best travel book from the period
of the Croatian national revival ‘Pogled
u Bosnu’ (View of Bosnia). Fran
Mauranic (1859 Novi vinodolski-1928)
– writer and author of collections of storiettes:
‘Licce’, ‘Novo licce’
and ‘Od zore do sumraka’. Eugen
Kumicic (1850 Brsec--
1904
Zagreb) – writer and politician, he introduced
in the Croatian literature the naturalism of Zola
and is the author of novels set in his native
region (‘Jelkin bosiljak’, ‘Zacudeni
svatovi’), in Zagreb, historical novels
etc. Ivan pl. Zajc (1832 Rijeka-1914
Zagreb) – composer and director; in the
history of music the period between 1870 and 1914
is called the Era of Zajc; he was the director
of the Music Institute in Zagreb and author of
19 operas (‘Nikola Šubic Zrinski’
– 1876), 26 operettas (‘Momci na brod’,
‘Lizinka’), oratories, cantatas, solo
songs etc. Franjo Racki (1828
Fuine-1894) – historian and politician,
first president of the Yugoslav Academy of Arts
and Sciences in Zagreb; author of ‘The Internal
Situation in Croatia prior to the XII Century’
– the first sociological and historical
study of the early Middle Ages in Croatia. Dinko
Vitezic - first representative in the
parliament in Vienna elected by the island and
coastal municipalities in 1873. Matko Laginja
(1852 Klana-1930) – leader of the Croatian
national movement in Istria and Primorje; commissioner
of the National Council for Istria, viceroy of
Croatia
SSlavonia.
Vjekoslav Spincic (1848 Kastav-1933)
– Croatian politician, fighter for the liberation
of Istria; representative of the regional Parliament
of Istria, of the Imperial Council in Vienna,
of the National Council in Zagreb and of the National
Assembly in Belgrade. Matko Mandic
(1849 Mihotici, Kastav-1915 Trieste) – priest
and reformist, one of the leaders of the Croatian
and Slovenian movement for Istria; editor of ‘Naca
sloga’ and advocate of tolerance and cooperation
between nations. Fran Kurelac
(1811 Rijeka-1874) – writer, philologist,
politician; he fought for the linguistic purity
and advocated that the Croatian literary language
should be a synthesis of the popular language
and of the language used in old written documents;
author of ‘Recimo koju’, ‘Runje
i pahuljice’. Adolf Veber Tkalcevic
(1825-1889) – writer and linguist, one of
the originators of Croatian short-story writing,
representative of the Zagreb linguistic school
(as opposed to Kurelac’s old concept of
language). Frano Supilo (1870
Dubrovnik-1917) – politician and editor,
founder of the newspaper ‘Novi List’
in Rijeka which he started on January 2nd 1900,
the first modern
European
newspaper in Croatia. Politically he was a follower
of Starcevic with whom he later disagreed. Supilo’s
ideas are evident in the famous Rijeka’s
Resolution of 1905. Andrija Mohorovicic
(1857 Volosko-1936) – seismologist, geophysicist;
he discovered on the depth of 55km the acceleration
of seismic waves, the so called Mohorovicic discontinuity
(Moho layer). In the area of today’s Primorsko-goranska
County the following writers were born or have
worked:
Nikola
Polic, Viktor Car Emin, Rikard Katalinic Jeretov,
Drago Gervais, Janko Polic Kamov, Osvaldo Ramous,
Vladimir Nazor, Ivan Goran Kovacic, Zvane Crnja;
literary historians and theoreticians: Antun Barac,
Mihovil Kombol, Milan Marjanovic, Zvane Crnja
and others; the philologist Rudolf Struhal; composers
Ivan Matetic Ronjgov and Boris Papandopulo; composer
and director Lovro pl. Matacic; painters: Romolo
Venucci, Ivo Kalina, Jakov Smokvina, Vladimir
Udatny, Vilim Svecnjak, Oton Gliha and many other
artists, scientists, businessmen, experts in different
spheres of activity that have rendered our County
famous all over the world.