Petar Preradović
March 19, 1818 – August 18, 1872
Countries:
Croatia
Place of Birth:
Grabrovnica, Croatian Military Frontier, Austrian Empire
Place of Death:
Fahrafeld, Archduchy of Austria, Austria-Hungary
Petar Preradović (19 March 1818 – 18 August 1872) was a Croatian poet, writer, and military general in the Austro-Hungarian Army. He is one of the most important Croatian poets of the 19th century Illyrian movement and the main representative of romanticism in Croatia.