Antun Fabris ( sr-Cyrl, Антун Фабрис; April 17, 1864 – October 14, 1904), was a journalist, essayist,

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and politician from

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who was one of the leaders of the Serb-Catholic movement in Dubrovnik.

Biography

The ancestors of Antun Fabris came to the mainland from the island of

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. After finishing basic studies in Dubrovnik he went on to

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, where he graduated in

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from the university there in 1889. He was a teacher first in Split and then

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. In 1895 he became the owner, publisher and editor-in-chief of the prominent ''Dubrovnik'' newspaper. In 1902 he formed his own paper in Dubrovnik, the ''Srđ'' ("Срђ"), with his wife, and professor Luko Zore, the editor-in-chief, and the support of other Catholic Serbs. It was a cultural and literary journal for Serb intellectuals in

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. As a respected Serb journalist, he was a Deputy President of the Pan-Serb Journalist Congress in Belgrade on 14 and 15 October 1902. For publishing in the Srđ the song of Uroš Trojanović "Boccan night" (''Bokeška noć'') dedicated to the youth of Boka kotorska Antun was under ideological accusations arrested on 5 November 1902 and kept in prison until 23 December 1902. Three others were also arrested, interrogated and imprisoned, Uroš Trojanović, the author of the poem, Luko Zore, and Antun Pasarić, Fabris's co-editors. Fabris's term, however short in prison, greatly jeopardized his poor health, causing his premature death in 1904. Fabris was also the manager of Dubrovnik's "Matica srpska". He contributed to the foundation of the ''Srpska Zora'' (Serb Dawn), a Dalmatian Serb cultural society in 1901.

Legacy

Antun Fabris will be remembered for helping keep alive a national consciousness during periods of statelessness and political repression not only in

, but in Bosnia Herzegovina as well. In 1940 a book entitled ''Izabrani članci Antuna Fabrisa'' (Selected articles by Antun Fabris) was published by Henrik Barić.

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