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Jovan Ilić

Died in 1901

Jovan Ilić was born in Resnik, near Belgrade, in 1823, 1824 or 1825, the sources differing. Fatherless at the age of four, he took the name of his stepfather, Ilija, who paid for his studies: gymnasium in Kragujevac, lycée in Belgrade, philosophy in Prešov and Vienna. A teacher in Negotin, Šabac and then Belgrade, he was later an appeal judge, Minister of Justice and Councillor of State. His house in Dorćol served as a literary circle, frequented by Stevan Sremac, Janko Veselinović and Antun Gustav Matoš, and his four sons all wrote. He died in Belgrade in 1901.

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