Dimitrija Demeter, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Dimitrija Demeter

Croatian writer

Date of Birth: 21-Jul-1811

Place of Birth: Zagreb, Zagreb County, Croatia

Date of Death: 24-Jun-1872

Profession: writer, poet, playwright, translator, journalist, librettist

Nationality: Greece, Croatia

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Dimitrios Dimitriou sometimes spelled Dimitrija Demeter or Dimitrije Demeter; 21 July 1811 – 24 June 1872) was a Greek Croatian poet, dramatist, short story writer and literary critic.
One of the most learned people of his time, he played a major role in the movement for the national awakening of the Croatian nation (then under Austro-Hungarian rule) as part of what he and his close friend and colleague Ljudevit Gaj called the Illyrian people by imposing the Croatian language in the local literacy and with the creation of the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb.
His political activism for a Croatian national revival dealt through his participation in many patriotic pamphlets, most notably the Narodne novine and Hrvatski Sokol among many others.