Svetozar Miletić [SEP] position held
Svetozar Miletić
Svetozar Miletić (; 22 February 1826 – 4 February 1901) was a lawyer, journalist, author, politician, mayor of Novi Sad, and the political leader of Serbs in Vojvodina.
Family.
Miletić's ancestor was Mileta Zavišić who came to Bačka from Kostajnica near the border of Bosnia where he led a company of three hundred men and fought against Ottomans for thirty two years. Since Ottomans wanted to punish him after they signed a peace treaty with Austrians, Mileta moved to Bačka and changed his last
") in six volumes and " Velikokikindski dištrikt " ("The District of Velika Kikinda"). He also published studies on Svetozar Miletić (1926) and Jovan Jovanović Zmaj (1933) as well as more than 100 scholarly articles. After World War II, he was president of Matica srpska, a position he held until his death.
There is a school in Novi Sad named after him.
External links.
- Vasa Stajić