Manuїl (Mihaїl) Kozačínsьkiй; Yampil,[2] then Imperial Russia, now Ukraine, 1699 — Slutsk, Belarus, 15 August 1755) was a writer, pedagogue, actor and theater worker.
Written by Kozačinski, it remained in manuscript and waited 62 years to reappear, then published and adapted by Jovan Rajić, the author's disciple.
[8] His placement as the head of a network of schools was heavily criticized by priests and other Serbian Orthodox Church officials on account of Emanuel not being a member of the clergy, which forced Metropolitan Vikentije (Jovanović) to ordain him into the priesthood.
Emanuel was made the head of a welcome committee established in 1744 for the visit of Elizabeth of Russia, and for that purpose, he wrote several works in her honour including a play Blagoutrobija Marka Avrelija Antonina.
Emanuel Kozačinski left numerous works: rhetoric, poetry and philosophy textbooks, songs, psalms, speeches, dramas.