Brne Karnarutić

Venetian poet

Brne Karnarutić
A statue of Brne Karnarutić in Zadar
Born	1515 (1515) Zadar, Venetian Republic
Died	1573 (aged 57–58)
Nationality	Venetian
Occupation	poet
Notable work	Vazetje Sigeta grada

Brne Karnarutić (1515–1573) was a Croatian Renaissance poet. His most famous work was Vazetje Sigeta grada, a historical epic on the Siege of Szigetvár (1566).^[1]

Life

He was born in Zadar, in 1515 or somewhere between 1515 and 1520,^[1]^[2] to an old noble family, at a time of the Republic of Venice. After schooling in Zadar he studied law, probably in Padua.^[1] He served as a captain in the Venetian army, leading a Croatian cavalry squad in the Ottoman–Venetian War (1537–1540).^[2] Afterwards he worked as a lawyer and duke's advisor in Zadar, where he deceased between 2 February and 27 August in 1573.^[2]

Works

He adapted Ovid's metamorphosis on Pyramus and Thisbe under the title of Izvrsita ljubav i napokon nemila i nesrićna smrt Pirama i Tizbe (Venice, 1586). Much more famous is Karnarutić's other work - Vazetje Sigeta grada (Venice, 1584), the first Croatian historical epic on the Siege of Szigetvár and the death of Nikola IV Zrinski and courageous defenders of Szigetvár (1566).^[1]^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Pranjić, Ivan (2016). Sigetski boj u hrvatskoj epici. Čakovec: Matica hrvatska. pp. 6, 33–78. ISBN 978-953-6138-66-1.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Tatarin, Milovan (2009). "KARNARUTIĆ, Barne (Krnarutić, Charnarutich, Carnaruti; Brne, Brno, Brnja, Bernardin, Bernardo)". Croatian Biographical Lexicon (in Croatian). Miroslav Krleža Lexicographical Institute. Retrieved 2012-07-08.