Gavrilo Stefanović Venclović
Gavrilo Stefanović Venclović | |
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| Born | c. 1680 |
| Died | c. 1749 Szentendre, Habsburg Monarchy |
| Occupation | Writer, poet, philosopher, theologian |
| Literary movement | Baroque |
Gavrilo "Gavril" Stefanović Venclović (Serbian Cyrillic: Гаврилo Стефановић Венцловић ; fl. 1680–1749) was a priest, writer, poet, orator, philosopher, neologist, polyglot, and illuminator. He was one of the first and most notable representatives of Serbian Baroque literature.
Venclović's most important contributions as a scholar was in the development of the vernacular in what would a century later become the Serbian literary language. He is also remembered as one of the first Serbian enlighteners, student of Kiprijan Račanin.