Varaždin literary circle

The Varaždin literary circle or Croatian-Kajkavian literary circle (Serbo-Croatian: Varaždinski litararni krug; Hrvatskokajkavski književni krug) was a literary group which emerged at the end of the 16th century in Varaždin. The framework of the Varaždin literary circle had four members.[1][2] One of them was a Roman Catholic vicar Antun Vramec while other members were writers Ivanuš Pergošić, Blaž Škrinjarić and Blaž Antilović.[1] The arrival of Antun Vramec to Varaždin marked the emerging of the Varaždin literary circle.[3] Some members of this literary circle were the first authors who wrote or published texts in Kajkavian dialect of Croatian language.[4]

The forerunner of this literary circle was Protestant preacher Mihajlo Bučić.[1] Some sources include Bučić as member of this literary circle.[5] The Varaždin literary circle followed the line of contemporary European literary and theological societies.[6] The Varaždin literary circle was careful not to show any simpathies toward Protestant Reformation.[7] In his works Vramec deliberately used simple language spoken by the population of Slavonia, to suppress the books published by Protestants.[8]

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