Zaharije Orfelin

Zaharije Orfelin
Born1726
Vukovar, Slavonia, Hungary
Died19 January 1785 (aged 58–59)
Novi Sad, Hungary
OccupationPoet, writer, historian, editor, engraver
Literary movementBaroque

Zaharije Orfelin (Serbian Cyrillic: Захаријe Орфелин; 1726 – 19 January 1785) was a Serbian polymath who lived and worked in the Habsburg monarchy and Venice.[1][2] Considered a Renaissance man,[3] he is variously described as a theologist, scientist, poet, engraver, painter, lexicographer, herbalist, oenologist, historian, publisher and translator.[4][5][6][7]

Saint Lazar, Serbian Great Prince, a copperplate by Orfelin (1773).
The first Serbian magazine by Zaharije Orfelin, published in 1764.
  1. ^ Habicht, Werner; Lange, Wolf-Dieter, eds. (1995). Der Literatur Brockhaus (in German). BI-Taschenbuchverl. p. 147. ISBN 9783411118007. Orfelin, Zaharija Stefanović, *Vukovar (Kroatien) 1726, † Novi Sad 19. Jan. 1785, serb.
  2. ^ Roszkowski, Wojciech (2015). Cultural Heritage of East Central Europe: A Historical Outline. Instytut Studiów Politycznych Polskiej Akademii Nauk. p. 171. ISBN 9788364091551.
  3. ^ Djokić, Dejan (2023). A Concise History of Serbia. Cambridge University Press. pp. 198–199. ISBN 9781107028388. They included Zaharije Orfelin.. a Venice-based Serb Renaissance man and polymath born in Vukovar.
  4. ^ Ivić, Pavle (1995). The History of Serbian Culture. Porthill Publishers. p. 180. ISBN 9781870732314. Zaharije Orfelin (1726-1785).. was a gifted painter, a scientist and a poet.
  5. ^ Ahmed, Waqas (2019). The Polymath: Unlocking the Power of Human Versatility. John Wiley & Sons. p. 293. ISBN 9781119508519. Zaharije Orfelin (eighteenth century Austro-Serbia) – A master engraver and one of the leading publishers of his time who edited works mainly on cultural history and herbalism. He was also a celebrated poet.
  6. ^ Pieroni, Andrea; Quave, Cassandra L., eds. (2014). Ethnobotany and Biocultural Diversities in the Balkans: Perspectives on Sustainable Rural Development and Reconciliation. Springer. p. 89. ISBN 9781493914920.
  7. ^ Archer-Parré, Caroline; Dick, Malcolm, eds. (2020). Pen, print and communication in the eighteenth century. Liverpool University Press. p. 43. ISBN 9781789628272.