Martin Nedić ( Tolisa 1 April 1810 – 26 April 1895) was a Bosnian poet. He wrote mostly under the pseudonym "Stari Ilir iz Bosne" (''Old Illyrian from Bosnia'') and "fra Martin Nedić Bošnjačanin" (''Martin Nedić the

Bosniak The Bosniaks ( bs, Bošnjaci, Cyrillic: Бошњаци, ; , ) are a South Slavic ethnic group native to the Southeast European historical region of Bosnia, which is today part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who share a common Bosnian ancestry, cu ...

'') Nedić attended school in Tolisa under fra Bono Benić Jr. He went on to gymnasium in Kraljeva Sutjeska and studied philosophy and theology in

Subotica Subotica ( sr-cyrl, Суботица, ; hu, Szabadka) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the North Bačka District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. Formerly the largest city of Vojvodina region, ...

, Szolnok, Agrija, Gyöngyös and Vác. As a student he was drawn to the ideas of the

Illyrian Movement The Illyrian movement ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Ilirski pokret, Илирски покрет; sl, Ilirsko gibanje) was a pan-South-Slavic cultural and political campaign with roots in the early modern period, and revived by a group of young Croatian inte ...

which he soon adopted and incorporated into his own writing. He wrote historical poems as well as commemorative, with eventful and sacramental contents. Nedić also wrote memos from

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, compiled reports about the state of Catholic schools in Bosnia, and collected and published historical materials and national treasures.

Works

* Razgovor koga vile ilirkinje imadoše u pramalitje, * Pokret godine 1848. i 1849., * Pjesma…Franji Josipu I (1852.), * Regula et testamentum S.P. S. Francisci (1854.), * Shematismus almae misionariae provinciae Bosnae Argentinae (1855.), * Starine bosanske * Kitica od devet u raznih zgodah ubranih cvjetova (1875.), * Ratovanje slovinskoga naroda proti Turcima godine 1875. -1877. (1881.), * Pjesma o ulazu cesarove vojske u Bosnu (1881.), * Život fra Marijana Šunjića (1883.), * Stanje redodržave Bosne Srebrene (1884.), * Poraz baša a zavedenje nizama u Bosni (ep, 1844.), * Razgovor vilah ilirkinjah u pramalitje godine 1841, * Glas redodržave Bosne Srebrene (ep), * Pjesmotvorni spisi, * Zapamćenja (rukopisi). {{DEFAULTSORT:Nedic, Martin 1810 births 1895 deaths Bosnia and Herzegovina poets People of the Illyrian movement Croat Roman Catholic clergy from Bosnia and Herzegovina Croat writers from Bosnia and Herzegovina 19th-century poets