Aleksa Šantić

(1868-1924)

Serb poet

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Aleksa Šantić (Serbian Cyrillic: Алекса Шантић, (listen); 27 May 1868 – 2 February 1924) was a poet from Bosnia and Herzegovina. A Herzegovinian Serb, his poetry reflecting both the urban culture of the region and the growing national awareness. The most common themes of his poems are social injustice, nostalgic love, suffering of the Serb people, and the unity of the South Slavs. He was the editor-in-chief of the magazine Zora (1896–1901). Šantić was one of the leading persons of Serbian literary and national movement in Mostar. In 1914 Šantić became a member of the Serbian Royal Academy.

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Born	27 May 1868 Mostar, Bosnia Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Died	2 February 1924 (aged 55) Mostar, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Zodiac	Gemini
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