Anica Bošković, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Anica Bošković

Ragusan writer

Date of Birth: 03-Dec-1714

Date of Death: 13-Aug-1804

Profession: writer, poet

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Anica Boškovic (1714 in Republic of Ragusa – 13 August 1804 in Ragusa) was a Ragusan writer.
She wrote a pastoral song and translated from the Italian language.
Educated by Jesuits, Christian themes permeate her work.
Hers was one of the first important women's names in Ragusan literature.
The Dialogue (1758), was the first and sole literary work written by a female author in the literature of Ragusa.Boškovic was born in Ragusa on November 3 or December 3, 1714, the youngest of nine children.
Her parents were Paula Bettera, daughter of an Italian wealthy family, and Nikola Boskovic, a Bosnian dealer originally from Orahov Do.
Her brother Roger Joseph Boscovich was a notable physicist, astronomer, mathematician, philosopher, diplomat, poet, theologian, Jesuit priest, and a polymath, and her other brothers, the Latinist Baro Boškovic and the poet Petar Boškovic, contributed to Ragusan culture.
Boskovic's contemporaries were Marija Bettera-Dimitrovic, Lukrecija Bogašinovic and Dositej Obradovic.