Juraj Šporer

Juraj Matija Šporer or Đuro Matija Šporer[1] or George Sporer or Đuro Matić Šporer (1795–1884) was a Croatian physician and writer who was one of the forerunners of the Illyrian movement.[2] Šporer was the first Croatian person who attempted to publish a native 'Illyrian' language newspaper. His attempts failed because of the complete lack of interest for newspaper published in his native language.

Juraj Matija Šporer
Born	(1795-03-24)March 24, 1795[1] Karlovac, Habsburg Monarchy
Died	August 1, 1884(1884-08-01) (aged 89)[1] Rijeka, Austria-Hungary
Occupation	physician and writer
Literary movement	Illyrian movement
Notable works	"Almanak ilirski" "Kastriota Škenderbeg: tugokazie u pet izvedah"
Relatives	father: Josip Šporer, the first mayor of Karlovac and one of its first Freemasons

Family, education and professional career

Šporer was born in Karlovac in 1795 in Habsburg Monarchy. His father Josip, originally from Bribir,[3] was the first mayor of Karlovac under French control (as part of the Illyrian Provinces), appointed directly by Napoleon[4] and one of the first Freemasons in Karlovac.[5]

Šporer began attending the gymnasium in Zagreb, continued in Senj and completed it in Zagreb. He graduated with a degree in medicine and philosophy at University of Vienna and received the status of physician in 1819. Šporer worked as a physician in Karlovac, Bakar, Rijeka, Split, Klagenfurt and Ljubljana.[1][6] After he was retired in 1851 he moved to Rijeka where he lived until his death on 1 August 1884.[7]

Bibliography

Under the influence of his father and against the approval of Austrian emperor Francis II, in 1818 Šporer was the first Croatian person who made an attempt to publish a newspaper (Oglasnik Ilirski) in his native (Serbo-Croatian: domorodnom) language. His plans were to publish it in Vienna twice per week.[8][9] In this attempt he was supported by Aleksa Praunsperger from Samobor and Aleksa Vancuš from Zagreb.[10] He failed to realize his idea to publish this magazine because of the complete lack of interest in a newspaper published in his native language.[11][12] In 1823 he published "Almanah Ilirski" in Karlovac.[1] He signed his name as Matić.[13]

In 1849 Šporer published his tragedy on Skanderbeg (Kastriota Škenderbeg: tugokazie u pet izvedah) and depicted Skanderbeg as Slav who united all South Slavs from Istria to Krujë.[14]

Bibliography

• Juraj Matija Šporer (1849). Kastriota Škenderbeg: tugokazie u pet izvedah.
• "Odziv iz prošlosti" - 1863, memoirs[15]

References

1. Radovi. Akademija. 1957. p. 355.
2. "Šporer, Juraj (Đuro) Matija". Istarska enciklopedija (in Croatian). Zagreb: Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
3. Rijecka Revija. 1958. p. 290. Juraj Matija Sporer (rođen 1795. u Karlovcu, po ocu Josipu porijeklom iz Bribira), liječnik i
4. Prosvjeta. Društvo hrvatskih književnika. 1904. p. 585. Istim dekretom bude , Karlovac izjednačen s municipijima Ljubljane, Trsta, Zadra i Dubrovnika, kojima je maire imenovao sam imperator. Napoleon postavi prvim karlovačkim mairom Josipa Šporera.
5. "Karlovački masoni – tko su bili članovi slobodnozidarske lože". Večernji list (in Croatian). 25 May 2011. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
6. Pet stoljeća hrvatske knjizevnosti. 1965. p. 171.
7. Rijecka Revija. 1958. p. 290.
8. Kulturna povijest Hrvatske. Otokar Keršovani. 1988. p. 60. Idući pokušaj pokretanja novina u sjevernoj Hrvatskoj bio je onaj što ga je godine 1818. izvršio Juraj Šporer, koji je svoj list pod naslovom Oglasnik ilirski namjeravao izdavati u Beču.
9. Perović, Blažo M. (1988). Jugoslovenstvo i nacional-feudalizam. Gardoš. p. 9. ISBN 978-86-7409-011-4.
10. Kaj. 2006. p. 99. Sačuvan je naime Oglasz kojim Karlovčanin Juraj Matija Šporer (1795. - 1884.) najavljuje pokretanje Oglasnika ilirskog u 1818. godini. S njim su još dvojica entuzijasta: Aleksa Praunsperger iz Samobora i Aleksa Vancuš iz Zagreba.
11. Šicel, Miroslav (1997). Programski spisi hrvatskog narodnog preporoda. Matica hrvatska. p. 12. Oglašavajući početak izlaženja svog polutjednika u "domorod- nom" jeziku (na žalost, nikad realiziranog)
12. Šicel, Miroslav (2004). Povijest hrvatske književnosti XIX. stoljeća. Naklada Ljevak. p. 26. Juraj Matija Šporer, nesuđeni izdavač nikad rođenog Oglasnika ilirskog, oglašavajući 1818. godine početak izlaženja svog polu- tjednika u ...
13. Šurmin, Duro (1903). Od godine 1790 do 1836. Tisak dioničke tiskare. p. 78. Đuro Šporer-Matić. Šporer je god. 1823. izdao „Almanak ilirski", a potpisao ga kao Matić
14. Milaković, Josip (1907). Hrvatska pjesma: izbor umjetnog pjesništva za puk. Naklada Drus̆tva Svetojeronimskoga. p. 5. ... prvi propovjednik jugoslavenstva Juraj Matić Šporer u drami »Kastriota Škenderbeg» prikazao svojega glavnoga junaka kao Slavena, oko kojega se okupljaju svi južni Slaveni «od Istrije do Kroje«.
15. Josip Horvat (1980). Kultura Hrvata kroz 1000 godina. Globus. p. 115. Juraj Matija Šporer (1795-1884) u svojim memoarima »Odziv iz prošlosti«, objelodanjenima u listu »Pozor« god. 1863, upotpunjuje sliku školstva i ćudorednosti mladeži početkom stoljeća.

Further reading

• Tržok, Ivo (1979). "Juraj Matija Sporer - preteča Gaja". Kaj. pp. 115–117.