Lovro Mihačević (July 23, 1856 in Kreševo – November 25, 1920)Leksikon hrvatskih književnika BiH od najstarijih vremena do danas/Me-Mu Mirko Marjanović: Leksikon hrvatskih književnika BiH od najstarijih vremena do danas, Sarajevo: Matica hrvatska : Napredak, 2001., , (COBISS.BH)Fra Lovro Mihačević (1854. - 1920.) was a Bosnian Croat Catholic priest, author, albanologist and epic poet. He served as a missionary in Albania, spoke fluent Albanian, and published the Albanian-related works Po Albaniji (1911) and Albanski problem i Srbija i Austro-Ugarska (The Albanian Problem and Serbia and Austro-Hungary, 1913). He heavily influenced his pupil Gjergj Fishta, a renowned Albanian epic poet.Robert Elsie, "Gjergj Fishta and the Albanian National Epic," Lecture given at the Center for Russian and Eastern European Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, on 26 January 2005.
Mihačević contributed to Albanian culture. While working as missionary in Albania, in Franciscan schools in Troshan and Shkodra, he instilled the love for literature and mother tongue of his pupil, later famous Albanian writer, "Albanian Homer", Gjergj Fishta.Pater Gjergj Fishta (1871-1940)
See also Croatian literature Albanian literature Gjergj Fishta
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