Antun Fabris (Serbian Cyrillic: Антун Фабрис; April 17, 1864 – October 14, 1904), was a journalist, essayist, publisher and politician from Dubrovnik who was one of the leaders of the Serb-Catholic movement in Dubrovnik.
Antun Fabris | |
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 Antun Fabris | |
| Born | 17 April 1864 Dubrovnik |
| Died | 14 October 1904 Dubrovnik, Austria-Hungary |
| Literary movement | Serb-Catholics |
Biography
editThe ancestors of Antun Fabris came to the mainland from the island of Korčula. After finishing basic studies in Dubrovnik he went on to Vienna, where he graduated in Slavic studies from the university there in 1889.[1] He was a teacher first in Split and then Zadar. In 1895 he became the owner, publisher and editor-in-chief of the prominent Dubrovnik newspaper.[1] In 1902 he formed his own paper in Dubrovnik, the Srđ ("Срђ"),[2] with his wife, and professor Luko Zore, the editor-in-chief, and the support of other Catholic Serbs. It was a cultural and literary journal for Serb intellectuals in Dalmatia.[3]
As a respected Serb journalist, he was a Deputy President of the Pan-Serb Journalist Congress in Belgrade on 14 and 15 October 1902.
For publishing in the Srđ the song of Uroš Trojanović "Boccan night" (Bokeška noć) dedicated to the youth of Boka kotorska Antun was under ideological accusations arrested on 5 November 1902 and kept in prison until 23 December 1902.[4] Three others were also arrested, interrogated and imprisoned, Uroš Trojanović, the author of the poem, Luko Zore, and Antun Pasarić, Fabris's co-editors.[citation needed] Fabris's term, however short in prison, greatly jeopardized his poor health, causing his premature death in 1904.[4]
Fabris was also the manager of Dubrovnik's "Matica srpska". He contributed to the foundation of the Srpska Zora (Serb Dawn), a Dalmatian Serb cultural society in 1901.[5]
Legacy
editAntun Fabris will be remembered for helping keep alive a national consciousness[citation needed] during periods of statelessness and political repression not only in Dalmatia, but in Bosnia Herzegovina as well.
In 1940 a book entitled Izabrani članci Antuna Fabrisa (Selected articles by Antun Fabris) was published by Henrik Barić.[who?][6][ISBN missing]
References
edit- ^ a b Jednačak, Nevenka; Foretić, Miljenko (1998). "FABRIS, Antun". Croatian Biographical Lexicon. Miroslav Krleža Lexicographical Institute.
- ^ "Срђ (1902-1908) - Универзитетска библиотека "Светозар Марковић"". ubsm.bg.ac.rs. Retrieved 2019-06-26.
- ^ Miljković, Aleksandra (2009). Zbornik o Srbima u Hrvatskoj, Volume 7. Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti. p. 315. ISBN 9788670250550.
- ^ a b Ćorović, Svetozar (1967). Sabrana djela: Život i djelo Svetozara Corovića. Svjedočanstva. Prepiska. Svjetlost. p. 381.
Bokeška noć, koju je napisao Uroš Trojanović i posvetio bokeškoj omladini (Srđ, br. 19. od 16. X 1902) uhapšen je Fabris 5. XI 1902. i ostao u zatvoru do 23. XII iste godine. Taj boravak u zatvoru upropastio mu je i inače slabo ..
- ^ "Rad Srpske banke na Primorju". jadovno.com. 7 August 2012.
- ^ Barić, Henrik, ed. (1940). "Antun Fabris. Izabrani članci Antuna Fabrisa".
Further reading
edit- Jovan Skerlić, Istorija nove srpske književnosti / History of Modern Serbian Literature (Belgrade, 1921), pages 360–366.
- Serbian Studies, Volumes 9–10, North American Society for Serbian Studies, 1995, p. 33.[title missing][author missing]
- Arsić, Irena P. (2015). "Antun Fabris, Nikša Gradi, Luko Zore i ostali pisci novije dubrovačke književnosti – gradacija srpske kulturnoistorijske zaboravnosti". In Dimitrijević, Bojana (ed.). Jezik i književnost u kontaktu i diskontaktu : tematski zbornik radova. Naučni skupovi. Vol. 1. Faculty of Philosophy, University of Niš. pp. 149–162. ISBN 978-86-7379-390-0.
- Arsić, Irena P. (2017). "The culture of Catholic Serbs from Dubrovnik in contemporary Croatian historiography". Philologia Mediana (9). University of Niš, Faculty of Philosophy. ISSN 1821-3332.