Petar II Petrović Njegoš
Born in Njeguši[?], educated in monastery of Cetinje[?], he became ruler of Montenegro with 17 years. Seeing the necessity for Montenegro to become a modern state, he reconciled quarelling Montenegrin tribes[?], established Senate, government and courts, started collecting taxes, strengthened the borders of Montenegro, built roads, first school and printing works. And while doing that, he wrote his poems; Mountain wreath is most famous of them. He died in Cetinje; he is burried in a small chapel on top of mountain Lovćen[?] where, later, his mausoleum is built.
Major works
- Hermit of Cetinje (1834)
- Light of microcosm (1845)
- Mountain wreath (English translation (http://www.rastko.org.yu/knjizevnost/umetnicka/njegos/mountain_wreath.html)) (1847)
- Fake tzar Šćepan small (1851)
Quotes
Blessed is he whose name lives forever. A good reason had he to be alive!
When my wife asks where I have been today, I will tell her that I've been sowing salt. And woe to her if she does not believe!
What is man? (And it's his fate to be man!) A small creature deceived oft by the earth, yet he sees that the earth is not for him. Is not the real more puzzling than the dream?
External links
- njegos.org (http://www.njegos.org)