Giorgio Sisgoreo

Giorgio Sisgoreo, also known as Juraj Šižgorić[1] (Latin: Georgius Sisgoreus or Sisgoritus, Croatian: Juraj Šižgorić; ca.

He was the first humanist from Šibenik and the central personality of Šibenik's humanist circle and also one of the most important figures in 15th-century cultural life of the Croatian people.

[2] His Elegiarum et carminum libri tres ("Book of elegies and poems", Venice, 1477) is considered the first published book by a Croatian poet.

Fine emphasizes that Šižgorić and Vinko Pribojević did not consider themselves to be Croats, but rather Slavic-speaking Venetians.

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