Stefano Zannowich, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Montenegrin Serb writer and adventurer
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Place of Birth: Budva, Budva Municipality, Montenegro
About Stefano Zannowich
- Stefano Zannowich (Serbian: ?????? ???????/Stefan Zanovic, (Budva, Venetian Albania, 18 February 1751–Amsterdam, Dutch Republic, 25 May 1786), called Hanibal, was a Montenegrin Serb count, adventurer and writer of "Turkish Letters".He wrote in Italian, French, Latin, German, and Serbian.
- He was a pen pal of Gluck, Pietro Metastasio, Voltaire, Jean le Rond d'Alembert, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Catherine the Great, and Frederick William II of Prussia, to whom he dedicated a book of French verses translated from Italian, "L'Alcoran des Princes Destinés au Trone".
- Giacomo Casanova mentions Stefano Zannovich, who "paid a visit to Vienna under the alias of Prince Castriotto d'Albanie.
- Under pressure of the authorities, he left at the end of July 1784" for Poland and later for the Netherlands (United Provinces).
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