Jovan Stejić


Jovan Stejić was a Serbian writer, philologist, critic of Vuk Karadžić's reform and medical doctor.

Biography

Jovan Stejić is the first Serb Doctor of Medicine who came to work in Principality of Serbia. He was Prince Miloš Obrenović's personal physician, founder of the Serbian Civil Medical Corps, one of the founders of the Society of Serbian Letters, and the author of many scientific and literary works and publications. Upon his arrival organized civil health service in Serbia started to function.
He often collaborated in the "Gazette" of Society of Serbian Letters and was its editor at one time. He was also a newspaper medical editor for Dnevnik and the Serbian National Journal.

Selected work

He also translated parts of Lucian of Samosata, August von Kotzebue, Hugues Felicité Robert de Lamennais, and some of Rabnera's brilliant German satires. He read Sir Walter Scott and recommended him to dramatist Joakim Vujić and novelist Milovan Vidaković.