[1] Mihailo Polit-Desančić was born in Novi Sad, and was an Aromanian[2] or had mixed Aromanian–Serb origins.

[3] In Vienna, Polit-Desančić graduated in jurisprudence and obtained another degree in Paris in political science.

[4] Polyglot and scholar, he became a close collaborator of Svetozar Miletić and, with him, one of the most important political figures of the Serbs of Vojvodina of the time, integrated in the possessions of the House of Austria.

[2] He died in Timișoara, and is buried in the Dormition Cemetery in Novi Sad, where his funerary monument is part of a set of 24 tombs of historical, cultural and other personalities inscribed on the list of protected cultural monuments (ID No.

[5] Among his works are Verenica Crnogorka (The Montenegrin Bride, 1863), the historical drama Branivoj knez Zahumski (Prince Branivoj of Zahumlje, 1868), the travelogue Putne uspomene (Travels Souvenirs), books of memories like Kako sam svoj vek proveo (How I passed through my century), Uspomene iz 1848–1849 (Memories of 1848–1849), Pokojnici (The Deceased) and four books entitled Besede (Words).