2013200 Years from the Birth of Petar Petrovic Njegos - Sheetlets

Bishop Petar II Petrovic was born on Njegusi in November 1813, the second son of Toma Markov Petrovic, the youngest brother of Bishop Peter I and Ivana Prorokovic. After he was baptized with the name Radivoje under what is popularly known, and later as Bishop Rade. After he became bishop, he just signed his monk's name - Peter and surname - Petrovic: Bishop Petar Petrovic.
Njegos began writing as a young boy. They were short and meaningless songs in the spirit of folk songs, often sung with the harp. Sima Milutinovic in his collection of folk songs entered five of the alleged Njegos`s songs. Later, in 1834, he published two collection of poems, where there are a few songs which are already looming ingenious poet “Luce Microcosme” and “Gorski vijenac”. His works have been translated into several languages ​​, including Japanese ( "Gorski vijenac" , "Luce Microcosme" ) . "Gorski vijenac" in French reworked Biljana Janevska , in the ten