Dimitrije Karaman (

Lipova, Arad Lipova (; German and Hungarian: ''Lippa''; Serbian: Липова, ''Lipova''; Turkish: ''Lipva'') is a town in Romania, Arad County, located in the Banat region. It is situated at a distance of from Arad, the county capital, at the contact ...

, c. 1500-Lipova, Arad, after 1555) was an early Serbian poet and bard. The earliest known Serbian Guslar is referred to in 1551 by Hungarian historian Sebestyen Tinodi Lantos, who wrote in his Chronicles: In addition, he describes the performance, explaining that the bard (guslar) is sitting and holding the

gusle The gusle () or lahuta (; related to English ''lute'') is a bowed single- stringed musical instrument (and musical style) traditionally used in the Dinarides region of Southeastern Europe (in the Balkans). The instrument is always accompanie ...

between his knees, breaks its cords in the highly emotional artistic performance, with a sad and dedicated expression on his face. Karaman did not confine himself to his gusle, but was also a soldier, and often took part in the battles against the Ottoman Turks of

Suleiman the Magnificent Suleiman I (; , ; 6 November 14946 September 1566), commonly known as Suleiman the Magnificent in the Western world and as Suleiman the Lawgiver () in his own realm, was the List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire, Ottoman sultan between 1520 a ...

who were then menacing Western Europe.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Karaman, Dimitrije Medieval Serbian poets 16th-century Serbian writers

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