2024200th Anniversary of the Birth of Branko Radicevic - Set CTO

Branko Radičević (Slavonski Brod, March 28, 1824 – Vienna, July 1, 1853), a great poet of Serbian romanticism, introduced revolutionary changes in the development of Serbian literature and language. He was born to his father Todor and mother Ruža just before the holiday of St. Alexius, after whom he got his baptismal name. He lived in Slavonski Brod (Brod na Savi) with his family until 1830. Until 1835, he studied at Serbian and German elementary schools in Zemun. From 1835 to 1841, he studied at the Karlovac Gymnasium – "the most excellent student" with calligraphic handwriting and the best herbarium with plants from Stražilovo. In Timisoara from 1841 to 1843, he studied philosophy. There he writes his first poem in Serbian – Girl at the Well. He moved to Vienna to study law, which he did not like.