Ivan Stojanović
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| Born | 17 December 1829 Dubrovnik |
| Died | December 1900 Dubrovnik, Austria-Hungary |
| Occupation | catholic priest, writer |
| Nationality | Serb |
| Literary movement | Serb-Catholics |
| Notable works | Dubrovačka literature |
Ivan Stojanović (1829–1900) was a Serbian Catholic priest who wrote the book Dubrovačka Književnost, published in 1900, arguing that the people of Dubrovnik were Roman Catholic by religion, but by language Serbs. He was involved with the literary journal Slovinac.
Ivan "Ivo" Stojanović was born in Dubrovnik on 17 December 1829. He was taught in Dubrovnik and Zadar. At an early age he decided to take orders, becoming a priest upon his graduation from the Zadar Roman Catholic Seminary in 1852. He first spent a year in Korčula as a parish priest. After that he went to Rijeka where he spent the next thirty years. In his lifetime he befriended many politicians and men of letters, including Vlaho Getaldić, Luka Diego Sorkočević (grandson of the Dubrovnik composer) and Jozo Bunić. From 1883 until his death he was honoured and esteemed wherever he went. A warm admirer of Dositej Obradović, Stojanović was one of the leading members of a group of intellectuals, along with Niko Pucic, Medo Pucic, Pero Budmani, Luko Zore, Antun Paško Kazali, Pero Marinović, Konstantin Vojnović and his son Lujo Vojnović and many others who formed the Serb-Catholic Circle under the leadership of Baron Frano Getaldić-Gundulić of Dubrovnik. The chief dialogue of this movement, fostering inclusiveness for both Italians and Serbs, was Dom Ivo Stojanović.
His reputation rests on his Dubrovačka Književnost (History of Literature in Dubrovnik), published in 1900 by Srpska Dubrovačka Akademiska Omladina, which has passed through many subsequent editions. He wrote many detached papers on various literary subjects, including the writings of St. Augustine, Aristophanes ("The Clouds"), Petronius, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Friedrich Schiller, Voltaire, Denis Diderot ("Rameau's Nephew"), Paul Louis Courier, Petar II Petrović Njegoš, and Edmondo De Amicis, his contemporary.
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