Jovan Dučić

Jovan Dučić was born near Trebinje, in Herzegovina, on a date that he himself obscured, between 1871 and 1874. Trained at the teacher training school in Sombor, he worked as a schoolteacher and founded the journal Zora in Mostar with Aleksa Šantić, then studied law in Geneva and Paris. A diplomat from 1907 to 1941, in Sofia, Athens, Rome, Madrid, Geneva, Cairo, Budapest and Bucharest, he was the first Yugoslav head of legation to receive the title of ambassador. He died in Gary, Indiana, in April 1943.

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• NarrativeГрадови и химереJovan Dučić · 1930not translated into EnglishLiteraturePublic domain