Jovan Grčić Milenko

Jovan Grčić Milenko (; 15 November 1846 – 25 May 1875) was a Serbian poet, writer and a physician. The freshness of his lyrical poetry places him in the succession of Branko Radičević and he is also noted for his power of natural description. He translated Goethe, Schiller and Heine into Serbian, and his own poems into German.

Biography Jovan Grčić was born in the village of Čerević in the municipality of Beočin in Srem, Austrian Empire as the oldest of three children (Jovan, Djordje and Katica) of Todor and Ana Grcki. His family was of Greek origin. His father Todor, a merchant, died young (1850), leaving his wife to raise the children. Jovan was educated in Serbian in Čerević, and in German in Petrovaradin, Szeged and Pozun.

The similarities between Grčić and Hoffmann is more general. It cannot be seen at once, but many components of the fantastic are common to both writers. These are: the protagonists feeling being cut off from the others and being exceptional, the feeling of foreboding, and complete interaction between the plot, the main hero and nature. These similarities are not found in single parts of the stories but throughout the narrative.

Legacy

He has been called a "Nightingale of Fruška Gora", for his lyrical work. such as the Anthology of Modern Serbian Lyric. A school in his hometown is named after him.

Selected works Pesme. Spevao ih Milenko (1869) U gostionici kod 'Polu zvezde' na imendan šantavog torbara (1868) Sremska ruža (1868-1869) Mozaik (1875-1876)