Dositej Obradović
Serbian writer
- Lived
- 1742–1811
- Country
- Austrian Empire
Updated September 2026
About Dositej Obradović
Dositej Obradović was a Serbian writer, philosopher, pedagogue, translator, educational reformer, linguist and the first minister of education of Serbia. An influential protagonist of the Serbian national and cultural renaissance, he advocated Enlightenment and rationalist ideas, while remaining a Serbian patriot and an adherent of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
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