1450–1524
Marko Marulić
Marko Marulić · 克罗地亚
Renaissance-era Croatian humanist and poet, hailed as the "father of Croatian literature" (1450–1524).
Born into a noble family in Split, he studied in Padua; in Latin he wrote the moral instruction work *De institutione bene vivendi per exempla sanctorum* (1506), and in Croatian he wrote the epic *Judita* (published 1521); in later life he briefly lived as a hermit in a Franciscan monastery on Šolta island, returning to Split two years later.
People & stories
Places in their life
Birthplace and burial place Split.
People
Cultural significance
The beginning of Croatian vernacular literature; his works circulated in many European countries in the 16th century, and in 2024 Croatia designated a "Marulić Year" to mark the 500th anniversary of his death.