Scholarship · Politics · Literature · 1787–1864
Vuk Karadžić
Philologist who reformed the Serbian language and created its modern alphabet
Did you know?He was a friend of the Brothers Grimm and worked with them to translate Serbian folk tales into German.
Vuk Stefanović Karadžić (Serbian Cyrillic: Вук Стефановић Караџић, pronounced; 6 November 1787 (26 October OS) – 7 February 1864) was a Serbian philologist, anthropologist and linguist. He was one of the most important reformers of the modern Serbian language.
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- Would be
- 238
- Age at death
- 76
- Years since death
- 162
- Born
- October 26, 1787 · Tršić, Serbia
- Died
- January 26, 1864
- Nationality
- Ottoman
- Known for
- Scholarship, Politics, Literature
Family
- Spouse
- Ana Karadžić
- Children
- Dimitrije Karadžić, Mina Karadžić
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