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Marko Marulić, Croatian poet and author (died 1524)

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Marko Marulić

Croatian national poet and European humanist

Marko Marulić Splićanin, was a Croatian poet, lawyer, judge, and Renaissance humanist. He is the national poet of Croatia. According to George J. Gutsche, Marulić's epic poem Judita "is the first long poem in Croatian", and "gives Marulić a position in his own literature…
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August 18

Day of the year

August 18 is the 230th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 135 days remain until the end of the year.
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