Ivan Gundulić, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ivan Gundulić

Croatian poet

Date of Birth: 08-Jan-1589

Place of Birth: Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik-Neretva County, Croatia

Date of Death: 08-Dec-1638

Profession: judge, writer, poet

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Ivan Franov Gundulic, also Gianfrancesco Gondola (8 January 1589 – 8 December 1638), better known today as Ivan Gundulic, was the most prominent Baroque poet from the Republic of Ragusa.
His work embodies central characteristics of Roman Catholic Counter-Reformation: religious fervor, insistence on "vanity of this world" and zeal in opposition to "infidels".
Gundulic's major works—the epic poem Osman, the pastoral play Dubravka, and the religious poem Tears of the Prodigal Son (based on the Parable of the Prodigal Son) are examples of Baroque stylistic richness and, frequently, rhetorical excess.
In Croatia, Gundulic is considered to be the most notable Croatian Baroque poet, while in Serbia he is seen as an integral part of Serbian literature.