Serbian Post will release tomorrow four new stamps and two First Day Covers! This four stamps depicts story "The frog is reading newspapers" by famous Serbian poet Jovan Jovanović Zmaj. Jovan Jovanović Zmaj, was one of the best-known Serbian poets. He was a
physician by profession. He wrote in many of the genres of poetry,
including love, lyric, patriotic, political, youth's, etc. But he is
best known for his children's poetry.
His family was an old and noble family. In his earliest childhood he
showed a great desire to learn by heart the Serbian national songs which
were recited to him, and even as a child he began to compose poems. His
father, who was a highly cultivated and wealthy man, gave him his first
education in his native city. After this he went to Ofenpesth, Prague,
and Vienna, and in these cities he finished his studies in law.
This was the wish of his father, but his own inclinations prompted him to take up the study of medicine. He then returned to his native city, where a prominent official position was offered him, which he accepted; but so strong were his poetical instincts that a year later he abandoned the post to devote himself entirely to literary work.
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