Ivan Bunić Vučić

Dživo Vučić Bunić, now known predominantly as Ivan Bunić Vučić, was a Croatian baroque poet and politician from the Republic of Ragusa.

Biography

He was born into a large family in Dubrovnik. He was a member of the Ragusean aristocracy, and was four times elected as Rector (Knez) of the Republic of Ragusa. He wrote poetry in Croatian. His most important work is Plandovanja, a collection of 110 poems which included new motives in Croatian literature. Only his religious narrative poem Mandaljena pokornica was printed during his lifetime. A critical edition of Bunić's complete works edited by Milan Ratković was published in 1971.
Bunić Vučić died in Dubrovnik in 1658.