ABOUT IVAN GUNDULIC
Early seventeenth-century Croatian poet known for a religious work entitled Tears of the Prodigal Son and for an epic poem called "Osman." He also wrote a 1628 pastoral play entitled Dubravka.
He was the son of a Ragusan senator and received a superb early education in philosophy and the humanities.
His famous line, “Oh beautiful, oh precious, oh sweet Liberty," was recited by the musician Bono at a 1995 charity concert for Bosnian and Herzegovenan children.
He raised two daughters and three sons with his wife Nicoleta Sorkocevic.
He, like Italian sculptor Alessandro Algardi , was associated with the Baroque period in art, literature, and music.
