Ilija Despot

Ilija Despot (Zaostrog, 20 July 1885 – Split, 28 November 1970) was a Croatian theologian, lawyer, poet and writer.[1]

Early life

Ilija Despot was the son of Pavao Despot (1847 - 1888) and countess Manda Kostanjić (1849 - 1918) of the noble House of Kostanjić from Drvenik. He was also the nephew of the Croatian writer fra Ivan Despot after whose example he wished to become a priest. After his theological studies in Zadar he decided to remain a layman and went on to study law of which he achieved a doctoral title in Zagreb in 1920. He worked as a judge and lawyer and as a cultural associate in Križevci, Šibenik, Split etc. His writings are influenced mostly by Silvije Strahimir Kranjčević and Andrija Kačić Miošić who was a priest in the same franciscan monastery of Zaostrog as fra Ivan Despot. His numerous writings include poems, travelogues and cultural, historical and biographical studies.[2]

He was married to Iva Paulina Mardešić (born 1899) of the wealthy industrial Mardešić family from the island Vis. Their son Pavao Despot (1936 - 2017) was also a notable writer and poet.

Bibliography
  • Drhtaji duše (1912)
  • Duša (1914)
  • Iseljenoj Hrvatskoj (1914)
  • Nad grobom majke (1917)
  • Kidanje (1926)

References
  1. "DESPOT, Ilija". Hrvatska Encyclopaedia (in Croatian). Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  2. Pandžić, Ivan. "DESPOT, Ilija". Hrvatski Biografski Leksikon (in Croatian). Retrieved 26 February 2017.



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