Marulić, Marko

Marulić, Marko

▪ Croatian writer
born August 18, 1450, Split, Dalmatia [now in Croatia]
died January 6, 1524, Split

      Croatian moral philosopher and poet whose vernacular verse marked the beginnings of a distinctive Croatian literature.

      The scion of a noble family, Marulić studied classical languages and literature and philosophy at Padua [Italy] before returning to his native Split and a life of public service, scholarship, and writing. At age 60 he withdrew to a Franciscan monastery on the island of Šolta, but he returned to Split, disillusioned by the experience, two years later.

      Marulić's didactic moral works were written in Latin and translated into many European languages. They stressed practical Christianity and reflected an appreciation of Stoic thought. His most important vernacular poem was Istoria sfete udovice Judit u versih harvacchi slozena (written 1501 and published in 1521; “The History of the Holy Widow Judith Composed in Croatian Verses”). The first printed Croatian literary work, Judita is an epic in six cantos in which Marulić sought by the example of a Hebrew heroine to encourage his people in their struggles against the Turks. Elevating as it does vernacular Croatian to the status of a literary language and uniting Marulić's classical and Italian literary education with Croatian poetic traditions, this work proved a springboard for the nascent Croatian literature.

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