Gligorije Vozarević dating history

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Gligorije "Gliša" Vozarević (Ležimir, Habsburg monarchy, 1 August 1790 – Belgrade, Principality of Serbia, 10 January 1848) was a prominent Serbian publisher, bookbinder and editor. He was the first in Serbia to begin selling books inexpensive enough to make them accessible to a wider readership, while at the same time developing a standard method to pay authors. He began by purchasing the most modern press on the market, moving the equipment into a printing and bookbinding house, and opening a bookstore in the center of Belgrade in 1827. It was here that the first public library in the city of Belgrade was established in 1832. He maintained strong connections with the country's literary elite and played a key role in the development of Serbian literature in the early 19th century. Vozarević published the best-known works by Dositej, Vuk, Sarajlija, and Miloš Svetić as well as seminal textbooks on science and history.