Brne Karnarutić

Brne Karnarutić (1515–1573) was a Croatian Renaissance poet. His most famous work was Vazetje Sigeta grada, a historical epic on the Siege of Szigetvár.

Life He was born in Zadar, in 1515 or somewhere between 1515 and 1520, Afterwards he worked as a lawyer and duke's advisor in Zadar, where he died between 2 February and 27 August in 1573.

Works

He adapted Ovid's metamorphosis on Pyramus and Thisbe under the title of Izvrsita ljubav i napokon nemila i nesrićna smrt Pirama i Tizbe (Venice, 1586). Much more famous is Karnarutić's other work - Vazetje Sigeta grada (Venice, 1584), the first Croatian historical epic on the Siege of Szigetvár and the death of Nikola IV Zrinski and courageous defenders of Szigetvár (1566).