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Ivan Mažuranić
Ivan Mažuranić (; 11 August 1814 – 4 August 1890) was a Croatian poet, linguist, lawyer and politician who is considered to be one of the most important figures in Croatia's political and cultural life in the mid-19th century. Mažuranić served as Ban of Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia between 1873 and 1880, and since he was the first ban not to hail from old nobility, he was known as "Ban pučanin" (Ban commoner).
His realistic assessment of strengths and weaknesses of Croatia's
Illyrians were criticized from different points of view, and their practices were attacked more often individually rather than as a system, and had a different lifespan, eventually suffering the same fate: disappearance from the language. The so-called etymological orthography survived the longest, until the turn of the century.
Cultural development.
The most influential writers within the movement were Ivan Mažuranić and Petar Preradović. Mažuranić contributed his epic "Smrt Smail-age Čengića" during this time, and Preradović published love lyrics.
Other notable