Gundulić, Ivan
Gundulić, Ivan
ē´货车去͞帕斯͞o´lĭch (key], orGiovanni Gondola
jōvän´nē gōndə´lä [key], 1588–1638, Croatian poet. Born in Ragusa (Dubrovnik) of an aristocratic Dalmatian family, he became chief magistrate of Ragusa. In his early work he imitated Italian models. His greatest work, the epic poemOsman(1626), concerning the Polish wars against the Turks, reveals early Slavic nationalism and shows the influence of ancient native song. Possessing great lyric ability, Gundulić was considered the foremost figure of the South Slav literary renaissance.
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