Vuk Stefanovic Karadzic (1787-1864) was born into a family where the children died, and was named Vuk that he "would not been have killed by the witch." He was born in Trsic in the Ottoman Empire (now Serbia). He continued his education in Loznica, and later in a monastery in Tronosa. They didn’t teach him in a convent, but forced to keep cattle, and his father takes him home. Failing to enroll in Karlovac high school, he went to Petrinja. He later came to Belgrade to meet Dositej, his beloved educator. Dositej roughly chased him away and he disappointed went to Jadar and started working as a clerk at Jakov Nenadovic. When the Great School was opened in Belgrade, Vuk became his student. Soon he fell ill and went to Budapest for treatment. Later he returned to Serbia when the uprising fails, he went to Vienna. In Vienna he met Jernej Kopitar who continued to help him in achieving plans. He began his work on the reform of the Serbian language and spelling, and the introduction of national languages in the literature. Due to problems with Prince Milos, he was not allowed to print books in Serbia, and in the Austrian state, his work acquires friends and support in Russia, where he earned a permanent retirement in 1826. Only his daughter Mina Karadzic stayed alive in a family. His major works are: "Small Simple Slavonic-Serbian Songbook" (1814), "Dictionary of the Serbian language" (1818 and 1852), the New Testament (translation into Serbian, 1847), Serbian folk tales (1821, 1853, 1870), Serbian epic poetry (1845).
Vuk was revered in Europe, he was elected a member of the Berlin, Vienna, St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences, he was accepted as a member of scientific societies in Krakow, Moscow, Göttingen, Paris ... was decorated by the Russian and Austro-Hungarian Emperor, King of Prussia and the Russian Academy of Sciences. In 1861, he was awarded the title of honorary citizen of the city of Zagreb. Vuk died in Vienna. His remains were transferred to Belgrade in 1897 and he was buried with great honors in the Cathedral, next to Dositej Obradovic.
Authors of the stamp and final processing: Nebojsa Djumic and Bozidar Dosenovic.
Publisher: Poste Srpske a.d.
