Matija Ban


Matija Ban was a Serbian writer and academic. He is known as one of the earliest proponents of the Serb-Catholic movement in Dubrovnik.

Biography

Ban was born in Petrovo Selo near Dubrovnik, then in the Kingdom of Dalmatia in the Austrian Empire, now in Croatia.
After working as a language teacher in Greek schools in Constantinople and Bursa, Matija Ban settled in Serbia in 1844. He is commonly regarded as being the first to use the term "Yugoslav", in a poem in 1835. In 1848 he came from Serbia to Dalmatia to study the state of national sentiment there. He returned to Belgrade in 1850 to teach at the Lyceum of the Principality of Serbia.
His best known literary works include 14 dramas and tragedies related to Slavic history.
Matija Ban was a member of the Society of Serbian Letters, Serbian Learned Society, and Serbian Royal Academy.

Works

  • Ban, Matija: Vospitatelь ženskій piše Matія Banъ Prva svezka
  • Ban, Matija: Pravila o četničkoй voйni. Protolmačіo izъ polьskoga sa nekimъ promenama, izmetcima i dodatcima Matія Banъ.
  • Ban, Matija: Osnovi rata. Sastavio po načelama naйiskusnіi voйvoda Matія Banъ.
  • Ban, Matija: Meйrima ili Bošnяaci: Pozorišno dѣlo u petъ razdѣla. Spisao Matія Banъ Dubrovčaninъ
  • Ban, Matija: Dubrovnik cviet narodnoga književstva: Svezak drugi za godinu MDCCCLI
  • Ban, Matija: Cvieti srbske: Drama u petъ razdѣla. Napisao Matія Banъ za pedeseto-godišnю svetkovinu oslobođenя Srbiє
  • Ban, Matija: Car Lazar ili Propast na Kosovu: Tragedija u 5 razdjela, Dubrovnik: Zabavnik Narodne štionice dubrovačke za godinu 1867
  • Ban, Matija: Smrt posljednjega Nemanjića: Tragedija u 5 razdiela, Dragoljub: Zabavni i poučni list Broj 19
  • Ban, Matija: Uroš V i mati mu Jelena: Tragedija u pet razdjela, Dubrovnik: Zabavnik Narodne štionice dubrovačke za godinu 1868
  • Ban, Matija: Vanda kraljica poljska: Tragedija M. Bana u 5 činova
  • Ban, Matija: Zanosi, 1883,
  • Ban, Matija: Jan Hus: Tragedija u 5 činova
  • Ban, Matija: Solution de la Question d'Orient: par l'Europe ou par La Porte?
  • Ban, Matija: Knez Nikola Zrinjski: Junačka drama u pet činova
  • Ban, Matija: Moralne i politične iskrice iz slovenske istorije
  • Ban, Matija: O Ivanu Gunduliću
  • Ban, Matija: Marta Posadnica ili Pad Velikog Novgoroda
  • Ban, Matija: Život majora Miše Atanasijevića, Glasnik srpskog učenog društva Knjiga 71
  • Ban, Matija: Djela I-VIII