Dimitrije Karaman

Dimitrije Karaman (Lipova, Arad, c. 1500-Lipova, Arad, after 1555) was an early Serbian poet and bard.

The earliest known Serbian Guslar is referred to in 1551 by Hungarian historian Sebestyen Tinodi Lantos, who wrote in his Chronicles:

In addition, he describes the performance, explaining that the bard (guslar) is sitting and holding the gusle between his knees, breaks its cords in the highly emotional artistic performance, with a sad and dedicated expression on his face. Karaman did not confine himself to his gusle, but was also a soldier, and often took part in the battles against the Ottoman Turks of Suleiman the Magnificent who were then menacing Western Europe.