Dimitrije Karaman Explained

Dimitrije Karaman (Lipova, Arad, c. 1500-Lipova, Arad, after 1555) was an early Serbian poet and bard.

The earliest known Serbian Guslar is referred to in 1551 by Hungarian historian Sebestyen Tinodi Lantos, who wrote in his Chronicles:^[1]

In addition, describes the performance, explaining that the bard (guslar) is sitting and holding the gusle between his knees, breaks its cords in the highly emotional artistic performance, with a sad and dedicated expression on his face.^[2] Karaman did not confine himself to his gusle, but was also a soldier, and often took part in the battles against the Ottoman Turks of Suleiman the Magnificent who were then menacing Western Europe.

See also

• Gusle
• Serbian epic poetry
• Filip Višnjić
• Tešan Podrugović
• Old Rashko
• Djuro Milutinović the Blind

Notes and References

1. Book: Fried, Istvan . Istvan Fried

   . Istvan Fried . 1997 . East-Central European literary studies.

2. Book: Else Mundal. Else Mundal. Jonas Wellendorf. Oral Art Forms and Their Passage Into Writing. 2008. Museum Tusculanum Press. 978-87-635-0504-8. 100–.