IVAN MAZURANIC
\ˈa͡ɪvan mˌazjʊɹˈanɪk], \ˈaɪvan mˌazjʊɹˈanɪk], \ˈaɪ_v_a_n m_ˌa_z_j_ʊ_ɹ_ˈa_n_ɪ_k]\
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The greatest of Croatian poets; born at Novi, about 1813. He was procurator-general in 1850; president of the Croat-Slavonian high court of justice, 1861; governor, 1873-80. His chief work is the epic "Death of Smail-aga Cengic"[Jenghiz Khan] (1846; several editions), translated into Bohemian, Polish, Russian, Slovenic, and German. He wrote the notable political pamphlet "The Croats to the Magyars". Died 1890.
By Charles Dudley Warner
