CroatiaPitanje 25 · Culture and customs

Which writer, the author of the epic »Judita« (Judith), is called the father of Croatian literature?

In the exam (Croatian)

Kojeg se književnika, autora epa »Judita«, naziva ocem hrvatske književnosti?

Correct answer

  1. Marko MarulićAlso accepted: Marulić

Why?

It is Marko Marulić from Split. He wrote the epic »Judita« in 1501, and it was printed in 1521.

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Source of the questions: Pravilnik o načinu provjere poznavanja hrvatskog jezika i latiničnog pisma, hrvatske kulture i društvenog uređenja u postupcima stjecanja hrvatskog državljanstva, Annex 1 (Narodne novine 6/2021). No official answers are published: the answers, the explanations and the English translations are ours (made with AI). This site is not official and is not affiliated with the Ministry of the Interior (Ministarstvo unutarnjih poslova). The exam itself is in Croatian.

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