Ivan Gundulić, Croatian poet (born 1589)

Ivan Gundulić

Poet from Ragusa, in modern Croatia (1589–1638)

Dživo Franov Gundulić, better known today as Ivan Gundulić, was the most prominent Baroque poet from the Republic of Ragusa. He is regarded as the Croatian national poet. His work embodies central characteristics of Roman Catholic Counter-Reformation: religious fervor,…