Palmotić, Junije

Autor: Palmotić, Junije
Rok: 1606-1657

Biogr./Hist. údaje: Chorvatský básník.
Zdroj: Autoritní databáze Národní knihovny ČR

Junije (Džono) Palmotić, (also Giunio or Junius Palmotta) (?1606 - 1657) was a Croatian baroque writer, poet and dramatist from the Republic of Ragusa (now Dubrovnik). He was a member of the Palmotić noble family.Alongside Vinko Pribojević and Juraj Križanić, he was an early pioneer of the ideas of Slavic unity. He was a Ragusan patrician, member of the Palmotić noble family. Palmotić's parents were Džore (Georgius) Palmotić and Ora (Uršula) née Gradić, who was related to the Gundulić family. Ore was close cousin of Dživa, the mother of great poet Ivan Gundulić, which made Junije his nephew. Ore and Džive were the daughters of two Gradi's (brothers Pavlo and Miho). He had an older brother Džore and younger Ivan, who died young in his childhood.Little is known about his schooling, but he may have attended city school as it was mandatory for male nobles. It is known that he attended a private school opened in 1619 by the Jesuits and whose lecturers included, in the next few generations, Ivan Gradić, Ignjat Tudišević, Marin Gundulić, Ivan Dražić and Bartol Kašić. As Palmotić's teachers in that school, Stjepan Gradić especially mentions Ignjat Tudiševuć and a Sienese Italian, Camillo Gori.Aged 18, he became a member of the Great Council in the Republic of Ragusa. He began to write while still young, writing in continuation of the tradition of Ivan Gundulić inspired by Ovid, Virgil, Tasso and Ariosto. Although influenced by the Latin literary tradition, Palmotić wrote in his native Croatian language, as well as translating libretti from Italian. He also translated the Christias di Girolamo Vida, the Christiade, an 'Illyrian' poem in 24 verses, that was posthumously published in Rome in 1670.Although his poetry was melodramatic and dealt primarily with mythological topics, his drama focused on contemporary Dubrovnik, particularly the life of the aristocracy.His nephew Stjepan Gradić, ambassador and Vatican librarian, wrote about his life, supplying precious material to future biographers.All the works of Palmotić were published by the end of the 19th century by the Croatian Cultural Association.