Laza Kostić

Lazar Kostić was born in 1841 in Kovilj, in Bačka, the son of a non-commissioned officer of the Military Frontier. His mother and elder brother died when he was very small, and he continued school with relatives in Đurđevo. He attended the gymnasium in Novi Sad, Pančevo and Buda, then studied law in Pest, taking his doctorate in 1866. A teacher, lawyer and then court president, he was twice imprisoned in Pest for political reasons. He later edited the official gazette of Montenegro, in Cetinje, then retired to Sombor. He died in Vienna in 1910 and is buried in Sombor.

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• TheatreMaksim CrnojevićМаксим ЦрнојевићLaza Kostić · 1866Literature