Jovan Sterija Popović (Serbian Cyrillic: Јован Стерија Поповић; 13 January 1806 – 10 March 1856) was a Serbian playwright, poet, lawyer, philosopher and pedagogue who taught at the Belgrade Higher School. Sterija was recognized by his contemporaries as the one of the leading Serbian intellectuals and he is regarded as one of the best comic playwrights in Serbian literature.
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13 January 1806 Versec, Austrian Empire (Present day Vršac, Serbia)
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Died |
10 March 1856 (aged 50) Werschetz (Serbian: Vršac), Austrian Empire (today Serbia)
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Zodiac | Capricorn |
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