|
Vidaković
Vidaković (Serbian Cyrillic: Видаковић) is a South Slavic surname derived from Vidak and Vida family names. It is associated with Serbs, Croats, Bunjevci and Montenegrins ethnic groups and is commonly found in present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia. It may refer to the following people: * Albe Vidaković (1914–1964) Croatian composer, catholic priest and musicologist * Mirko Vidaković (1924–2002), Croatian botanist * Risto Vidaković (born 1969), Serbian footballer and manager * Igor Vidaković (born 1983), Croatian footballer * Nemanja Vidaković (born 1985), Serbian footballer *Milovan Vidaković (1780-1841), Serbian novelist * Branislav (Branko, Bane) Vidaković (born 1959) Serbian actor See also * Vida (other) *Vidak Vidak (Cyrillic script: Видак) is a South Slavic masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: * Vidak Bratić, Serbian footballer *Andy Vidak, American politician *Marijeta Vidak Marijeta Šarlija (né ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milovan Vidaković
Milovan Vidaković ( sr-cyr, Милован Видаковић; 1780–1841) was a Serbian novelist. He is referred to as the father of the modern Serbian novel. Today, his novels are mostly forgotten, and he is best remembered as a strong opponent of Vuk Karadžić's language reform and a proponent of the Slavonic-Serbian language as a literary language of Serbs. Biography Early life Milovan Vidaković was born in May 1780 in the village of Nemenikuće, in the Kosmaj area of Serbia. For generations the ancestors of Vidaković had been haiduks, and he himself would have joined the armed freedom-fighters had his father not entrusted him to the care of Momir Vidaković, an uncle, in Irig. When he was nine, his father took Milovan to Irig in the Srem region of the Vojvodina, because of the outbreak of hostilities between the Austro-Russian alliance and the Ottoman Turks in the War of 1787–91. Vidaković started school in Irig and then continued to further his education at T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |