- Sava Bjelanović
Sava Bjelanović (
15 October 1850 ,Đevrske - 1897,Zadar ) (SerbianCyrillic : Сава Бјелановић) was an Adriatic Serbian writer and politician, the leader of the coastal Serb Party and the most prominent Dalmatian Serb of the 19th century.In 1880 he formed the
Zadar "Serb List" newspaper. After it was banned, he created the "Serb Voice" in 1888, which was published regularly beyond Sava's death until 1905. It became very popular and influential. In 1883 he was elected into theDalmatian Parliament . The greatest success of his political party was the local election inDubrovnik in 1890, where it won a decisive victory. He was one of the co-founders of the Dalmatian Lazarica Orthodox Church and headed regularly itsSaint Vitus 's Days Councils. He died in the city where he spent most of his life, Zadar, in 1897. He was buried in his birth village ofĐevrske nearKnin .Works
* "Kroz Slavenske Zemlje" ("Through the Slavic lands")
External links
* [http://www.benkovac.org.yu/obicaji/licnosti/sava.htm Benkovac]
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