Đura Jakšić / Ђура Јакшић (1831-1878) was a Serbian poet, painter, narrator, play writer, bohemian, and patriot.
Jakšić was born in
Srpska Crnja. His house is today Memorial Museum that still stands in his hornor.Early education obtained in
Timisoara (now in
Romania) and
Segedin (now in
Hungary). Djura Jaksic had studied fine arts in
Vienna and
Műnchen.
Djura belongs to the most expressive representatives of Serbian romanticism. Passionate, of impetuous imagination, flamy emotions, rebellious and a freedom-lover, he has written, with romanticist pathos, songs about freedom, against tyranny, and verses of lyric confession full of deep pain.
He has written some forty short stories, some of them designes as novels. He has written three dramas: Stanoje Glavaš, Seoba Srbalja, and Jelisaveta, and novel Worriors.
He was one of the most talented Serbian painters of the XIX century and most prominent representative of romanticism in Serbian painting.
Although he is best known for his literature and paintings, Djura was also a teacher and professor. Schools and colleges troughout the country of Serbia and
Montenegro, and areas of former Yugoslavia bear his name.
