Laza Kostić, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Laza Kostić

Serbian writer and politician

Date of Birth: 12-Feb-1841

Place of Birth: Kovilj, Vojvodina, Serbia

Date of Death: 26-Nov-1910

Profession: writer, lawyer, poet, politician, translator, journalist

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Lazar "Laza" Kostic (Serbian Cyrillic: ????? ???? ??????; 12 February 1841 – 27 November 1910) was a Serbian poet, prose writer, lawyer, philosopher, polyglot, publicist, and politician, considered to be one of the greatest minds of Serbian literature.
He devoted himself to writing poetry and to translating from European languages.
He promoted the study of English (to balance the German predominance in the Balkans) and was among the first with Dr.
Jovan Andrejevic-Joles (1833–1864) to begin the systematic translation of Shakespeare into the Serbian language.