Lukijan Mušicki
Serbian poet, writer (1777–1837)
Lukijan Mušicki (Serbian Cyrillic: Лукијан Мушицки, pronounced [lukǐjaːn muʃǐtskiː]; 27 January 1777 – 15 March 1837) was a Serbian Orthodox bishop, writer and poet. From 1828, he was a Serbian Orthodox bishop at Sremski Karlovci in the Austrian Empire until 1837. Mušicki is best remembered as the "first artistic poet in Serbian literature".
Biography
Luka Mušicki was born on 27 January 1777 in Temerin, Bács-Bodrog County (now Serbia), to father Georgije and mother Anastazija. He comes from the Čitaković family which moved to Bačka from the village Mušić in the Valjevo area. Even today, there are Donji Mušić and Gornji Mušić, after whom the family was named "Mušićani". Most likely, some Austrian Slovak official changed it to the version Mušický. They settled on a wasteland near Subotica, and it was named after them. Later, the family moved to Temerin. He attended elementary school in Temerin with teacher Pavle Milenović, the famous krasnopista.
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