Platon Atanacković Explained

Platon Atanacković
Birth Date:	10 July 1788
Birth Place:	Sombor, Vojvodina, Habsburg monarchy
Death Place:	Novi Sad, Habsburg monarchy
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Platon Atanacković (Sombor, Vojvodina, Habsburg monarchy, 10 July 1788 – Novi Sad, Habsburg Monarchy, 21 April 1867) was a writer, linguist, patron of Serb culture,^[1] bishop of the Eparchy of Bačka and president of Matica srpska.^[2]

Born in the then Austro-Hungarian-occupied Vojvodina, he became the bishop of Bačka and promoted education among his people in the diaspora and the home country. With help of the German translation of Frédéric Eichhoff's works,^[3] he demonstrated the cognition of Sanskrit and Serbian (Srodstvo slavenoserbskog jezika sa sanskritam or Affinity of Slavo-Serbian languages and Sanskrit, Letopis Matice srpske, 1843).^[4]

Platon's secular name was Pavle. He was involved in literature, politics and humanitarian work. He taught for 70 years as a professor in Szentendre, Hungary. In 1829, he became a monk in Krušedol Monastery, after his wife died. Soon, he was elevated to the ecclesiastical rank of abbot, and then Archimandrite. He became in 1839 bishop of the Eparchy of Buda.^[5] Back then, he got transferred to the state government in the Eparchy of Bačka.

He did much for education and the promotion of culture in the nation. He helped financially to establish the Serbian Law Academy in Novi Sad,^[6] and he established a foundation in Sombor for the education of poor students,^[7] and assisted the Serbian National Theatre.

Works

During his lifetime he wrote more than 40 literary and scholastic works, including a few translations from German:

• Bukvar (Serbian Primer)^{[8] [9]}
• Prinos rodoljubivih mislej na žertvenik narodnoga napretka,^[10]
• Dijetalne besede,
• Povjest rezidencije episkopa budimskago”,
• Apostoli i Evanđelje u prazničani i nedjeljni dana preko cijele godine,^[11]
• Pedagogika,
• Metodika,
• Srodstvo slavenoserbskog jezika sa sanskritam^[4]
• Starozavetni Proroci svi sedamnajst, translated from German by Platon Atanackovic, Bishop of Backa, Novi Sad, 1861^[12]
• Radost' u isceleiu negovoga kralevskoga erchercoga Iosifa, ungarie palatine, 1864^[13]
• Tobias, Judith, Esther, Job, translated from German by Platon Atanackovic, Bishop of Buda, Novi Sad, 1858^[14]
• Socinenija Solomonova i Sirachova, translated from German Die Werke Solomons und Sirachs by Platon Atanackovic, Bishop of Backa, Vienna, 1857^[15]
• Slovce Presvjascennejseg Gospodina Platona Atanackovica, Episkop Budimskog, Novi Sad, 1839^[16]

Notes and References

1. Book: Gorenstein, Shirley. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. March 4, 1973. The Society. 9780871696311. Google Books.
2. Web site: Danica Ilirska. March 4, 1844. Google Books.
3. Book: Katičić, Radoslav. Novi jezikoslovni ogledi. March 4, 1992. Školska knjiga. 9788603004847. Google Books.
4. Web site: Atanaković, Platon – Persons of Indian Studies by Prof. Dr. Klaus Karttunen. February 2017 . Sep 15, 2020.
5. Web site: Будимски архијереји .
6. Web site: DejinyMat_41-2010-1_16 . dml.cz.
7. Web site: Treasures of Yugoslavia: An Encyclopedic Touring Guide. Nebojša. Tomašević. March 4, 1982. Yugoslaviapublic. Google Books.
8. Book: Kempgen, Sebastian. Slavic Alphabet Tables: Volume 3 - Odds and Ends (1530-1963). November 24, 2016. University of Bamberg Press. 9783863094461. Google Books.
9. Web site: Savremena škola. March 4, 1950. Google Books.
10. Web site: Prinos rodoljubivych myslij na žertvenik narodnoga napredka. Platon. Atanacković. March 4, 1864. Br. Episkopske Pečatně. Google Books.
11. Web site: Apostoli i evangelī︠ia︡ u prazdnične i ned︠ie︡lʹne dane preko ci︠e︡le godine: s prevodom srbskim ot Episkopa Platona za učilištnu i domašn︠iu︡ potrebu. Platon. Atanacković. March 4, 1862. Episkopska Knʹigopečatn︠ia︡. Google Books.
12. Web site: Starozavetni Prorocy (Proroci) svi sedamnajst. Preveo Platon Atanackovic. (Die Siebzehn Propheten des alten Testamentes.) serbocroat. litt. cyr. Platon. Atanackovic. Sep 15, 1861. Bischöfl. Dr.. Sep 15, 2020. Google Books.
13. Web site: Radost' u iscělenìû něgovoga cesaro-kralěvskoga vysočestva erchercoga Ìosifa, ungarìe palatìna. Platon. Atanacković. Sep 15, 1846. Pismeny Kr. Sveučiliŝa Peštanskog'. Sep 15, 2020. Google Books.
14. Web site: (Tobias, Judith, Esther, Job, Serbisch von Platon Atanackovic.). Biblia. serbocroatice. Platon episcopus Budensis. Atanackovic. Sep 15, 1858. Medakovic. Sep 15, 2020. Google Books.
15. Web site: Socinenija Solomonova i Sirachova. (Die Werke Salomons und Sirachs. Übers. von Platon Atanackovic.). Sep 15, 1857. Grund. Sep 15, 2020. Google Books.
16. Web site: Slovce Preosvjaščennejšeg Gospodina Platon Atanackovića, Episkopa Budimskog, govoreno im u Sobornoj Karlovačkoj Cerkvi na dan posvjaščenija svog, 12 septembrja, 1839. Platon. Atanacković. Sep 15, 1839. Pechatano pismeny G. Pavla Īankovića. Sep 15, 2020. Google Books.