Ivan Gundulić
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Dživo Franov Gundulić, better known today as Ivan Gundulić, was the most prominent Ragusan Baroque. He is regarded as the Croatian national poet. His work embodies central characteristics of Roman Cat
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Tomb of Ivan Gundulić in the Franciscan church, Dubrovnik, where his name is spelled as Dživo Franov Gundulić (in dative case, meaning: John, Francis' son, Gundulić)
Bronze relief on the statue of Ivan Gundulić in Dubrovnik, showing a scene from the ninth canto where Sunčanica is taken to the Sultan's harem
Gundulić's Dream by Vlaho Bukovac
Tears of the Prodigal Son
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The Tears of the Prodigal Son is a poem written by the Croatian Baroque poet Ivan Gundulić. It was originally published in Venice in 1622.
Ivan Gundulić
…of this world" and zeal in opposition to "infidels". Gundulić's major works—the epic poem Osman, the pastoral play Dubravka, and the religious poem Tears of the Prodigal Son (based on the Parable of the Prodigal Son)—are examples of Baroque stylistic richness and, frequently, rhetorical excess. Gundulić was born in Dubrovnik…
Tears of the Prodigal Son, title page (1703 reprint)
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