Sava Bjelanović
| Sava Bjelanović | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 15, 1850 Đevrske near Knin |
| Died | 1897 Zadar |
| Citizenship | Austro-Hungarian |
| Nationality | Austro-Hungarian, Dalmatian |
| Political party | Serb People's Party (Dalmatia) |
| Residence | Zadar, Dalmatia |
| Alma mater | University of Vienna |
| Profession | journalist, politician |
| Religion | Orthodox Christian |
Sava Bjelanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Сава Бјелановић, 15 October 1850 - 1897) was a Dalmatian journalist and politician, the leader of the Serb People's Party in Dalmatia and one of the most prominent Dalmatian Serbs of the 19th century. As a writer, he represented a classical reaction against decadent romanticism in literature and an anticlerical rationalism in general thought. As a politician he represented Serbs of both Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic denominations in the Diet of Dalmatia.
Sava Bjelanović was born at Đevrske near Knin in Dalmatia. Bjelanović completed his elementary and high school education in Italian in Zadar, the then capital of Dalmatia. He became a member of the United Serbian Youth. He studied law at the University of Vienna, and returned home in 1880 to open his practice in Zadar. Although trained in law, Bjelanović decided to make a career in literary journalism and politics. He spent the next seventeen years battling injustices and championing human rights among his people.
Sava Bjelanović had a distinct political objective when in 1880 he established the newspaper called Srpski list (Serbian News). And it is equally well known that his Srpski glas (Serbian Voice) was, under a different form, a continuation of Srpski list, which was suppressed in 1888. Both newspapers were very popular and influential. He was remarkably active and effective as a newspaper publisher and writer. While principal theoreticians of Orthodox clericism tried to identify Serbs with Orthodoxy, Sava Bjelanović, leader of the Serbian National Party of the Littoral, propagated interreligious equality, launching among the popular masses in Dalmatia the slogan "Love your brother irrespective of his religion". His editorials were widely read for his fearless attacks on the unwisdom of Austrian policy and the injustices done by the Austrian authorities to the Dalmatians (Croats, Serbs and Italians, all equal citizens of the province). The Glas continued eight years after Bjelanović's death, before it became a victim of political power play.
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